And you thought you believed in recycling. Paul Sahre and his pals build this supersized hearse from paper for a music video (They Might Be Giants' "When Will You Die") then 'drove' it to a recycling yard in Brooklyn. See it to believe it... "This has been one of the hardest, most ridiculous/pointless yet rewarding things i've done in a while. maybe ever. Please ...
These Greeting/Art Cards Will Flip You Out!
What a great idea from Bennett Holzworth and his friends. Tapping into the same energy and collaborative spirit he uses in letterpress projects and blogging, Card to Art is a greeting card that easily transforms into a matted work of art that is ready for a standard frame.
Old New Borrowed Blue: Winter 2012
Winter Wedding Plans? Old New Borrowed Blue is back with Abbey Fowler, proprietor of 625 Paper in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In 2008 Abbey left her job as Art Director at a publishing company and started Syd Design to concentrate on custom wedding stationery. After three years of growth, she re-branded as 625 Paper (her wedding anniversary is June 25th) and moved ...
Old, New, Borrowed, Blue: You Can Too!
Speaking of expressing one’s personality, we here at Syd Design are in the process of changing our name to 6.25 Paper Studio. (www. 625paper.com) The old name did not connect to my heart or feel like the right brand to use on our current business path (plus, to be honest, I’m over people calling me Syd). So instead we’re borrowing my own wedding date, creating ...
Green With Envy? Put Green Ideas to Action!
"Pretend you are standing in a landfill surrounded by the remains of many pretty things. How could you have prevented them from ending up there? Imagine the final destination of your print piece, you reverse engineer to incorporate sustainable materials and practices that reduce to zero the likelihood of any part of that piece ending up in the waste stream." ...
Dream Tripping in the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica
Have you ever won a nice vacation somewhere? Well, Sean Arian—to his astonishment—did. And now this Los Angeles attorney with a passion for the environment is hardcore environmental adventurer on Neenah Paper’s “Eco-Trip for Two” in Costa Rica and its miraculous Osa region. Mr. Arian was randomly selected from more than 5,000 entries in Neenah’s ...
Eco-Friendly 2011: Think Forward…Then Backwards
Start Your Eco-New Year Green. Marian Bantjes knows how. By Guest Contributor Heather Parlato | 626-344-2756 hp@parlatodesign.com There are many ways to reduce, reuse and recycle my way towards sustainable projects. Over the next month I would like to share a few ideas to help you think more sustainably. I welcome feedback and your own tips to share [...]
Out With the Old? Rethink. Reuse. Repurpose.
Did Santa contribute to your waste stream this past holiday season? Every time we update technology, we create unwanted gadgets. What to do with all this stuff? Rethink. Reuse. Repurpose. Send us your ideas. We will share with our friends.
Hardly Ever Never: Here Comes the Garbage Barge
Selected among the Top Ten Best Illustrated Children's Books by the New York Times Book Reivew is one heck of an honor. More than 2,000 are submitted for consideration. But getting selected on your first ever submission in the category like Chris Sickels did? Unprecedented so far as we know. Great things happen to nice people who talent is only surpassed by ...
S’More Kelly Stevens and Whole Foods Market? Sure!
We introduced Kelly Stevens this past summer in Neenah's newest ENVIRONMENT® Papers promotion. With Turkey Day and the rest of the holiday season rising in our minds, we checked back in with Kelly to learn more about her personal and professional commitment to environmental stewardship and change.















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