Ken Carbone's ongoing contributions to Fast Company help demonstrate why design should be top of mind among leading business thinkers. His most recent contribution was a call to friends to rethink how their own state license plates could be more effective and graphically arresting. Designing under the influence? We think not!

Ryan McGovern is chatting it up again with some of the best names in his Design Chat series. Thanks to Ryan's coolness, we at Neenah Paper are lucky enough to bring you each episode here on our blog.

“Do you ever get the feeling you’re being duped?” So opens the 2006 Fingerprint: The Art of Using Handmade Elements in Graphic Design, a labor-of-love conceived, authored and designed by Chen Design Associates in San Francisco.

Designing doesn’t bring in the big bucks. So how does Donovan Beery stay afloat amongst thousands of designers, while working for a better cause? His secret: always have time for everything.

Much of paper's past purpose was analog. It stored stuff. It bound human beings to legal oblifations. It bore witness. Not long ago I had the occasion to be at an attorney's office. We were there to sign countless pieces of mortgage forms. I brought my lucky Neenah pen.

Read this interesting guest post by Steve Gordon of Rdqlus Creative: When Omaha Public Schools approached me with the idea of developing an identity for a summer program created to revitalize a community thru its young people, I jumped at the opportunity—because the community in question was the one I grew up in and proudly rep to this day; North Omaha.

The newest promotion from Neenah Paper is hot off the presses, and it’s designed to inspire creativity. Put down that Wacom pen and pick up an Xacto: the "Striking Every Time" piece for Oxford and Esse premium papers is more than just an engaging visual and tactile experience for recipients. It asks you to interact, and includes several clock faces that you ...

Walking Dogs & Other Inspiring Activities captured a lot of imaginations. I promised one of these a week this summer, so here is the second. Using my new 3g smartphone, I walked the dogs with greater purpose this week, watching my three friends to see what they notice that I am missing. This time, they taught a lesson in accepting kindness and sating their thirst. ...

The final interview in our new to the HOW Conference interview series, brings us to Justin Schafer. Justin is a graphic designer who talks about the common thread of inspiration helping him relax and enjoy the conference.

Part Two in our HOW Conference "Newbies" series, brings us to funny man Nate Voss out of Omaha, NE. Part of the popular Reflex Blue Show, Nate brings us his perspective on balancing the fun of HOW Conference with processing the massive amounts of information (and other goodies) received.