Ron van der Vlugt Did you know? Apple’s first logo was a complex picture, a tribute to Isaac Newton...
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Penny Fowler Frank Lloyd Wright’s graphic work is often overlooked when discussing the contributions of this seminal architect. His...
Mia Fineman The desire and determination to modify the camera image are as old as photography itself. Nearly every...
Before we fill out our own paper wish list for Santa, everyone here at PaperSpecs would like to take...
Though it’s nice to collect swatchbooks and mull over different paper options, when it comes to sending out an...
Direct marketing has a long history of clever promotions, but some landmark of gleeful whimsy was reached by Australia’s...
Creatives are the nosey type by nature, certainly anxious to have a peek at what’s in your Moleskine. Fortunately...
Where oh where would we be without stock images? Can you imagine having to turn around every project you...
At a time when it isn’t just petrulli-tinged peace-and-love types carrying canvas bags to the corner store anymore, the...
It’s an office tradition as old as pretending not to hear the marital phone fight in the next cubicle...
December is my favorite time of year. Besides the holiday festivities, I receive so many colorful cards and envelopes...
What a long, crazy year of Paper Tips it’s been. Like the Roman god Janus, we seemed to be...
There’s no mistaking the designer of this special cover for Process magazine’s NorCal edition. The inspiration was a poster...
QR Codes continue to be this year’s biggest story, especially now that we’re starting to get some numbers to...
Just when you think whimsy has all but disappeared from the paper realm, along comes something like “Smartbook”. Created...
For those in the biz, Pantone is more than an efficient system for not embarrassing yourself too badly on...
As 2013 draws near, it’s time to take a look at what worked this year and what didn’t. What...
If somebody backed their car over a product you made, you’d probably be mildly peeved at the very least....
There’s something uniquely freeing about working with paper to create something one of a kind. Increasingly, it seems that...
By Sabine Lenz I was known as a precocious child. OK, they called me a nosey kid. Even after...
By Will Sherwood “If I feel like I’m in my comfort zone, then I know I’m not working hard...
Whatever you’ve heard to the contrary, catalogs are far from dead. They’re not. (We heard that – they’re not!)...
These designers cooked up a lip-smackingly-good booklet by combining two of my favorite ingredients: Thanksgiving and letterpress. The result...
For 2013, Kallima Paper is rolling out its best calendar yet. This year’s edition is inspired by a compelling...
Throwing nearly 145 years of hodge-podge branding out the window, the University of California recently launched a sleek new...
Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012 2 p.m. ET (11 a.m. PT) From the luscious textures to the myriad color choices,...
You’ve been hiking for hours in a thick wood. You’re lost, you’re cold, and you have a headache that...
For all the gee-whiz gushing over 3D printing this year, one thing has been conspicuously absent: paper! While we’ve...
Despite striking licensing deals concerning every marketable property from “The Hobbit” to “Star Wars,” Moleskine continues to be beloved...
Those looking to move their message to the nation’s fridges and filing cabinets can now print magnetic save-the-date cards...