Dear Readers,
Our love of print and paper grows ever stronger. Despite the distraction of online media and digital technologies, we are pulled back to the tactile delights of paper—our hearts beating faster at the sight of beautiful stationery.
Though we might have the ability to design our own line of greeting cards or handmake a birthday card on occasion, we’re inspired by the paper goods professionals—the illustrators, designers and entrepreneurs who have turned their passion into a career. In this special issue, we invited stationery and paper goods companies both big and (mostly) small to submit their work for inclusion in The UPPERCASE Stationery Guide. With 50 company profiles and Top Ten Tips from the industry leaders, we’re pleased to bring you this celebration of print and paper.
Other loose themes we explored in gathering content for this spring issue were interpretations of fragility, transparency and ephemerality. From the fleeting beauty of scent to the delicate mechanics of a butterfly wing to the wondrous properties of glass, we learn that things that might appear breakable or temporary are in fact powerfully enduring.
In addition to profiles of 50 stationery companies, we have top ten tips from industry pros Kathryn Hunter (Blackbird Letterpress), Fiona Richards (Cartolina Cards), Tory Wright (Paper E. Clips), Katie Hunt, (Tradeshow Bootcamp), Theresa Kutarna & Brad Kreutzer (Paper Umbrella) and Lilla Rogers (Lilla Rogers Studio).
Read the Stationery Guide below or here in this high resolution preview.
CONTENTS
SNIPPETS
Abecedary
Perfumer’s Abecedary
by Brendan Harrison
Blog Beautiful
Alyn Carlson ColorGirl
by Lois Sturgeon
Beginnings
kikki.K
by Adrienne Breaux
Business
Is Transparency
in Your Toolkit?
by Rena Tom
Ephemera
Vintage perfume labels
Creature
Insect Wings
by Glen Dresser
FINE PRINT
Library
Paper Power
by Nikki Sheppy
Print
Nancy Sharon Collins
Stationer & Engraver
by Nikki Sheppy
Type Case
Engraved Monograms
Small Print
Pen Pals
by Carolyn Fraser
Recollection
Scratch and Sniff Stickers
by Amy Peppler-Adams
Discover
The View-Master
by Jonathan Shipley
ART & DESIGN
Dynamic Duo
Darling Clementine
by Charlotte Rivers
Sketchbook
by Melissa Castrillón
Illustration
An Interview with
Dinara Mirtalipova
Paper
The History of the Envelope
by Correy Baldwin
FIELD TRIP
Around the World in Stationery
by
Ebony Bizys
, Colin Peebles Christensen, Jas Chi Ying Tang, Justine Fahd
, Emily Orpin,
Ana Isabel Monteiro Ramos
, Charlotte Rivers
Press
The Iron Curtain Press
by Andie Powers &
Emily Grosse
Story
The Ecojot Story
by Carolyn Gavin
PLACES/SPACES
Studio
Ceramicist
Cécile Daladier
by Jas Chi Ying Tang
Creative Careers
The Unique Career
of Sonja Rasula
by Erin Bacon
CRAFT
W.I.P.S.
Bee Kingdom
by Vinciane De Pape
Process
Granville Eyeland Framemakers
photos
by Tracey Ayton
Material
Balloons with Willy Chyr
by Glen Dresser
STYLE
Wardrobe
Paper Boy, Paper Girl
Illustrated by Kelly Lasserre
Hobby
Bookhound
by Brendan Harrison
Collection
Old Perfume Bottles
Stylist
Personal Paper Style
by Donaville Herrick
Kitchen
Signs of Spring
story and photos
by Tara O’Brady
Recipe
Aromatic Red Curry
Squash Soup
by Tara O’Brady
Winner
Katie Van Heest
by Erin Bacon
Subscriber Profiles
Peeps
Covet
Chlorine
by Andrea Jenkins
