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
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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Zanders Spectral is one of the few paper brand offering a wide choice of coloured tracing/translucent paper. Manufactured in Germany at the Zanders Reflex Mill, Spectral offers 13 colours and 2 shades of white (snow & blizzard). Available colours: cream, light green, light blue, blue, pink, mauve, red, orange, golden yellow, yellow, poison green, dark [...]
Posted on: 24 January 2010, 0:00
Posted in: paper mill/merchant, paper profile, specialty paper Tags: coloured paper, FSC, paper, paper merchant, paper mill, texture, tracing paper, translucent paper, Zanders, Zanders Spectral, Zanders T2000 Leave a comment
Flying back home for Christmas leaves you with a lot of spare time to wonder around duty free shops. My favourite section (food apart) would have to be the perfume aisle, it is a gold mine for design, paper and printing process/finishes inspiration. This sort of place and products (perfume packagings), will most definitely engage [...]
Posted on: 22 December 2009, 19:15
Posted in: Uncategorized, design inspiration, print design, printing process/finishing, research/study, specialty paper Tags: colour psychology, emotion, fragrance, hear, impragnation board, packaging, paper, print design, printing process/finishing, research/study, see, senses, smell, taste, touch Leave a comment
I have always had a fascination for translucent/tracing papers, probably because I have always loved beautiful colours and light working together… I recently came across the family of paper Cromático, -ca.® by Thibierge & Comar, a French paper mill. They manufacture a collection of translucent papers in 15 shades and 8 weights with matching envelopes. [...]
Posted on: 18 October 2009, 19:00
Posted in: paper mill/merchant, paper profile, specialty paper Tags: coloured paper, Cromatico, French, FSC, Thibierge & Comar, tracing paper, translucent paper Leave a comment