If you work in the print design field, you’ve heard of the French Paper Company. Its one of the few independent American paper mills left and they also have a fabulous marketing team that has wisely teamed French up with designers like Charles S. Anderson to create some great packaging and products. One of those…
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Vintage Pen Nib Boxes
This lovely collection of vintage pen nibs was collected and photographed by Dutch type designer Erik Van Blokland of LettError. They all still have nibs in the boxes. Stunning. (via AdaLou Vintage)
Finding the best Read Later Option
After a post several weeks ago asking all you fine readers about the best options for reading news and saving articles, I narrowed down the list for the “read later” options to three of the most popular options: Instapaper Readability Pocket Each offers bookmarklets or plug-ins for popular browsers, each offers apps for iPhone, iPad…
Pencil Shaving Art
Pencil shaving artwork by Marta Altés. (via Adalou Vintage)
Fierzo Desk Organizer
This elegant Fierzo Desk Organizer holds notes, photos and other ephemera in its tensioned metal frame. The pale wood base can be used as a pen holder. Small: 11.5″ W X 2″ D X 6.75″ H, $58.00 Large: 26″ W X 3.75″ D X 10.5″ H, $132.00 Design by Julie Richoz (ECAL), 2012. By Alessi.…
Vintage office goodies from Life Japanese Stationery
For someone who loves the aesthetics and apparatus of the vintage office, the Life Japanese Stationery products will surely please. Life uses the same featherlight paper stock for their Airmail stationery that they used in 1946 when they opened their doors. They even have matching Airmail envelopes. Airmail paper pad is $12.95 AUD for 50…
Daycraft Folding Tray
This cool little leatherette tray from Daycraft in Hong Kong is a deep teal blue on one side and a bright orange on the other. It ships flat and has snaps on the corner to fold up into a sort of origami bowl. Snap from one side and the points face into the shallow bowl,…