Cartiere del Garda, part of the Lecta group, has been promoting the paper industrial excellence and development with respect to the environment. As a celebration, a 3 years design/photography project entitled A Better Project saw the light. From 2007 to 2009, 3×10 photographers from around the world have been briefed to document “the experience of [...]
Posted on: 30 August 2010, 16:39
Posted in: Books, design inspiration, environment, paper mill/merchant, print design, specialty paper Tags: book, Cartiere del Garda, environment, Imille, paper, paper merchant, photography, print design Leave a comment
Back in July 2010, Gmund announced the new fine paper division, Lakepaper. They offer 8 paper products (Emotion, Extra Plus, hide, New Ecology, New Line, Reflex, Whisper and Business) with all relatively business and corporate communication oriented. Lakepaper define themselves as “dedicated to the creation and production of fine paper of outstanding quality”, we can [...]
Posted on: 23 August 2010, 19:38
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Howard Smith Paper has been promoting is range of environmental coated (silk,matt and gloss) and uncoated multi-purpose paper Greencoat, as well as introducing its Carbon Balanced paper campaign. “Now, Carbon Balanced Paper from Howard Smith nails the myth for good. “It is paper for which the production and distribution has been carbon balanced, or offset, [...]
Posted on: 11 August 2010, 23:40
Posted in: environment, paper mill/merchant, paper profile Tags: environmental paper, FSC, greencoat, Howard Smith Paper, paper, paper merchant, think4 Leave a comment
Haven’t been updating this blog for a little while now, but was working on its new edition and specially the new list of merchants and adding to it papers and mills. A unique place to find out what papers are out there and where they are from. Hopefully a great resource. This new site is [...]
Posted on: 15 July 2010, 23:47
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For a bit of paper business wisdom and inspiration, marketing applications, research and retrospective on paper as a media today, check out the free Life with Print booklet series by Sappi. Even if not right up to day (2005-2009) this definitely gives interesting insights. “Despite all predictions that the 21st century would see print swamped [...]
Posted on: 26 May 2010, 23:41
Posted in: design inspiration, paper mill/merchant, print design, research/study Tags: booklet, business, marketing, paper, paper merchant, print design, sappi Leave a comment
Mohawk Fine paper are holding another edition of their design competition, The Mohawk Show 11. If you have some great piece of print design printed on one of the many paper stock proposed by Mohawk, go ahead and submit it by May 11.
Posted on: 30 April 2010, 18:12
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The other day through the post came this mailer from advertising the launch of a new micro-site, editionsfromgfsmith.com. On this new website you will be able to buy (expansive) limited editions, high quality prints, from artists (Rankin, John Ross, Lee Funnell) that featured in GFSmith swatches, promotional books or marketing materials. If you have a [...]
Posted on: 18 April 2010, 22:40
Posted in: Shopping, paper mill/merchant, print design Tags: art prints, GFSmith, John Ross, Lee Funnell, mailer, paper, paper merchant, print design, Rankin, Shopping Leave a comment
The other day through the post came a brilliant gift. The 2010 Everynow calendar by , a division of , all wrapped in a cool package with a clever locking system. This calendar features the Munken range of quality graphic uncoated paper (Lynx, Pure, Polar), all FSC+PEFC certified and produced at the Munkedal paper mill, [...]
Posted on: 18 April 2010, 22:28
Posted in: design inspiration, paper mill/merchant Tags: Artic Paper, calendar, diary, Everynow, FSC, Grow design, mailer, Munken, packaging, paper, paper merchant, paper mill, print design, printing process/finishing, techniques, texture Leave a comment
This is one of the most exciting texture I have felt so far. Mohair from , just has the most addictive texture a paper can have, its soft, silky, smooth, fluffy fabric like texture will wake up your senses. Named after the fabric of the same name, you will love the feel of this stock. [...]
Posted on: 17 April 2010, 15:28
Posted in: paper mill/merchant, paper profile Tags: fabric, FSC, german, Gmund, material, Mohair, paper, paper merchant, paper mill, senses, swatch, texture Leave a comment
Colorplan from is one of the most well know uncoated colour paper in the UK. It features an extensive collection of 56 colours, 8 weights and 25 embossings that will suite any application. Not sure why the new swatch is missing the colour reference, but this is anyway one of the largest available range of [...]
Posted on: 17 April 2010, 15:25
Posted in: paper mill/merchant, paper profile Tags: colorplan, coloured paper, FSC, GFSmith, paper, paper merchant, SEA design, swatch Leave a comment