Russian paper art studio People Too created this Beatles paper diorama. There’s much more in their Behance gallery, including Elvis and other rockers.

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These photos are from a French children’s clothing catalog. The images are photoshop creations, but how fun would it be to hang out in a paper cave? Just watch out for the falling babies.

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Russian artist Michael Sholk created this prototype seat he describes as Cardboard Baroque. It’s only a sample, but he mentions in the comments section of the behance.net gallery that you can contact him for more details and maybe to purchase. I’ve used a laser cutter before but the edges always come out burned - how do you cut cardboard so precisely like this? Or was this die-cut? Anyone know?

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This is a pretty cool project. At first glance I thought, “I want to do that, I could do that!”, then I watched the youtube video, and like all things that look easy, it isn’t. But if you want to try it yourself, designer David Stovell has kindly offered the video and a downloadable PDF file to get you started. Cool idea! Also check out his waste-paper table.

Stovell Design

What a great card to send to someone who has a little piece of your heart… created by designer Nathan Chrislip, Portland Oregon. As seen in the New York Times

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John & Lynne Diamond-Nigh are the proprietors behind Trace Paper, an online merchant of all things paper:, stationery, art, jewelry, lamps, masks and books. Most of it white or monochromatic. They have an eye for the artistic side of paper, their ecommerce site is minimal and showcases simple paper works with little frills. I love the paper jewelry, which is rather expensive, but worth it for a one-of-a-kind paper necklace, yes? Maybe! And it’s fun to look and wish.

In the “romantic gifts” section of the site, you can have a professional poet write a poem for your loved one for only $50.00. That’s pretty neat.

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Take a look at these awesome paper vessels and objects. Designed by Hannah Lobley, they’re made by converting paper goods - most appear to be printed pages - back into solid wood-like blank forms which are worked with traditional woodworking tools.

The wood becomes paper becomes wood, re-used and recycled to become something new and useful again. Hannah calls her pieces “Paperworks”. They’re varnished to seal the surfaces and are available for sale through her website.

Photos by Daniel Lane

Hannah Lobley Showcase
Turnpike Gallery
Leigh, Manchester [England]
Through April 5th, 2008

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How cool is this? A hole-punched portrait, using paper holes just like pixels to create a monochrome image. The artist is Steven Nicholson [who looks like a young Michael Palin] a student at Plymouth University in the United Kingdom studying Graphic communications.

Where does one find such large hole punches??? Are they similar to rivet-hole punches? Good one Steven!

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Time Magazine named him one of the 100 most influential innovators on the planet, Shigeru Ban designs homes and structures using unusual materials, including cardboard tubes. Is it strong? Strong enough for a home? You bet, check out the bridge over a river in France. Weighing 7.5 tons, it can hold up to 20 people at a time. Cool.

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One half Peace, one half Happiness and another half Cool, the folks at the oddly named Gagatree are a group of “gritty graphic designers who are constantly dreaming up new ways of expressing ourselves through products that are graphically inspired, brilliantly designed, incredibly fun and uniquely Asian.”

These paper pop-up cards are anything but stodgy, with bold colors and clever packaging they’re a fun way to bring a little smile to your correspondence - cards that keep on giving. They’re inspired by Chinese Magic Flower paper toys. Order them online through shopmodi, less than $10.00 each.

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Cardboard Design’s affordable cardboard furniture requires minimal assembly, no glue and is 100% recycled and recyclable. Company suggests using the inexpensive [$60.00 US] 2′ x 3′ cardboard table for a sushi party. The vases are etched for a more finished look. Most of the furniture and accessories are inexpensive, or relatively so. The company is commited to creating eco-friendly products, even the adhesives used are derived from from natural sources.

Artist Laurance Rassin offers limited edition painted desks, shelves and screens throuh Cardboard Design.

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Lara Cameron has devised a clever way to make a paper shelf. Why a paper shelf you may ask? Because like many of us, Lara lives in an apartment and can’t hang heavy shelves on the walls. So she created a folded box-like shelf with support above and below to maintain a vertical surface. The shelves are held to the wall with 3M hooks, temporary adhesive strips that come off the wall with a gentle pull on the release tabs.

Clever! Thanks Lara.

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Irvine, California paper artist - and recent transplant from Italy - Frucci turns paper into original, modern jewelry. She uses origami paper techniques to create geometric shapes which are attached to necklaces and bracelets. You don’t see a whole lot of paper jewelry about.

Ilira [Rag & Bone VP] worked for a paper jewelry company called “Origami Designs” during college at RISD. Their paper earrings were covered with a clear coat material for protection. Recently we made paper bead necklaces at home with Japanese Yuzen paper.

But I’ve never seen anything like this kind of geometric paper jewelry. Nice choice of colors, and beautiful photography.

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These are paper flower vases.
Noming Vases are inexpensive and almost impossible to break, unlike the legendary Chinese Ming vases - hence the Noming name (No Ming… oh, I get it). Noming Vases are made from a paper-based material, which is 51% chalk. As a result, not only are Noming Vases 100% waterproof, but they can be used over and over again. Who knew you could re-use a paper vase.

Just in time for spring, white Noming Vases can be drawn upon to create a personalized gift (with or without flowers). $15.00[US] for a set of four vases.

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I tried making this little paper flower card myself, but if you look closely in the photos, the colored part of the card, which are the petals of the flower, is printed on both sides of the sheet. I recreated the design in illustrator and seemd to have cut and folded it correctly, but scratched my head until I figured out why my petals weren’t as pretty as the ones in the photo. I wasn’t printing on both sides. A cute project for a romantic card. Valentine’s Day is coming up. Maybe the little flap could be a green petal? I love the illustration of the woman receiving the card.

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Paper Bonsai, how cool is that? Similar to a 3D puzzle, this little bonsai is 4″ tall, and easily maintained in any studio environment forever without watering. Perfect for my light starved desk.

$20.00 from Wishing Fish.

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While visiting the Memory Trends trade show in Las Vegas this past October, we found modern and contemporary, decorative paper designs for scrapbooks and albums. We just love the new collection from Basicgrey. These papers, from their Blush and Dasher collections, have a contemporary look and color palette perfect for books, albums and even boxes. They might even look great framed.

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Paste Paper artist Deena Schnitman showed off her lovely papers and handbound books and boxes at the Fort Point Open Studio event. It was the first time showing from her new artist studio / loft. On hand were books and boxes wrapped with her handmade paste papers. Deena has licensed her designs to Chanteclaire Fabrics to print quilt fabrics with paste paper images. You can see Deena’s work at the next Crafts At The Castle art & craft show in Boston, MA November 30th.

Visit the Flickr Gallery for more images from Deena’s open studio

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[Only two more days until the end of our “leave a comment, win free books” CONTEST which ends October 31st!]

The Kate Knight collection of papers were on display at the Masterpiece Studios booth. Contemporary designs to bring a modern look to your Scrapbook Deluxe.

Kate Knight Collection

I’ve been away for a few days visiting vendors and friends at the Memory Trends trade show at the Sands Expo & Convention Center in Las Vegas, NV. I haven’t been to Vegas since 1986 and it’s, ahem, changed a little. There was a black, glass pyramid outside my hotel window. And a roller coaster. Oh yeah, and the Statue of Liberty. And the Brooklyn Bridge. All a little bit smaller than the original, Vegas certainly has an other-worldy feel to it. But anyway, about the show.

I met with a few of our vendors who had booths but was mostly looking at the trend of digital scrapbooking and color and pattern trends in the scrapbooking industry. There were modern design elements in a few of the paper vendors at the show, though not as much as I expected. There was a fair amount of traditional scrapbooking materials. Adobe, Fiskars and the Xyron folks were in attendance.

The images above were from the Autumn Leaves “Mod” collection of scrapbook papers. Below are images from their Epiphany collection.

Autumn Leaves