Featured Work

Tahiti Pehrson

Tahiti is a northern California-based artist who creates large scale installations of hand-cut paper, layered into three dimensional structures.  All of his work is hand cut with exacto blades using Lenox 100 paper.

Check out his gallery to see some of the amazing installations he's done.  His next project is a four story atrium in San Francisco.  We'll be back with details when it's open to the public.  After that, it's an installation in Cape Town next winter.

You can see more of his work on facebook.

Sheer Veneer Journals

Letterpress, foil, saddle sewn wood veneer pocket journal designed and created by Studio on Fire. The cover is our newest paper, a 24pt wood veneer with a kraft backing.  It scores, folds and prints very, very well.  It's made from real wood, not a printed nor embossed pattern.

The pages inside are Colorplan.  Visit us at the HOW conference to pick one up.


Dove Real Beauty

Back in April, Dove posted a three-minute ad that teaches a vital lesson about how we view ourselves compared to how others see us. Trust us, it's worth your time.

A former forensic artist for the San Jose police department met a series of women and asked each to describe the way they look. He had no way of seeing them behind a curtain. He prompted them to detail everything: hair length, facial structure, their most prominent features. He then sketched each participant from their self-description.

Each woman was asked before the study to get to know one of the other participants. The forensic artist then prompted each woman to describe the other's face.

At the end of the video, the artist reveals two sketches — one from the participant itself, one from their partner. The differences are remarkable.

"Women are their own worst beauty critics," Dove says. "Only 4% of women around the world consider themselves beautiful ... we decided to conduct a compelling social experiment that explores how women view their own beauty in contrast to what others see."