Ron Chan says he cannot believe he let us talk him into designing a poster for HOW Design Live with all he has going on, but we knew he was a soft touch when it came to bragging about his home town. Look for Ron and others at the Neenah booth on Monday and Tues. Check back with the blog for the signers' schedule. Here we get tips on what to see and do in 'Frisco ...

Could there be a friendlier industry gathering of 11,000 people, 8,500 store owners and 800 exhibitors? Thousands of happy, friendly paper artists, designers and printers, all armed with engraved, pressed, foiled, stamped, numbered, hand-tipped, die-cut, hand-sewn, raffia-tied samples? What's not to like? The NSS is really just a massive Cuddly Kitten Convention. ...

Every year, every month, Fey Printing creates the lion’s share of Neenah’s swatchbooks. While a typical run might be 20,000, quantity for various mills can be anything between 10,000 and 100,000. For 40+ years Fey Printing has partnered with the non-profit Opportunity Development Centers (ODC) for assembly work. ODC, founded in 1965, delivers manufacturing ...

#WhatMovesYou? This new video promo for CLASSIC® Brand papers conceived and produced by Design Army will get your creative groove on. Neenah's exciting brands allow you to express creativity in many ways. In this video, nearly the entire set is built with CLASSIC® Brand papers. Head out to Twitter and follow the conversation: #WhatMovesYou @NeenahPaper .... ...

The new owner was looking for an innovative and authentic way to connect with consumers. Solution: Tru Blooms Chicago will be the first-ever fragrance made from indigenous-sourced ingredients grown by the residents for whom it’s created. The Chicago Botanic Garden, a key Tru Blooms partner, provided expertise and flowers grown through urban gardening programs ...

The Beauty of Letterpress from Neenah Paper is an online destination that shows how this ancient print craft continues to excite the most progressive designers today. The website is resource center, a gallery of work and place where anyone can discover some of the most talented letterpress operators in the United States. Go to the blog post or head straight ...

Who loves engraving? Nancy Sharon Collins and Neenah Paper! Catch up with our favorite "engraving nerd" as she reports from book tour stops in Brooklyn, Upstate New York, Chicago, Washington DC and New Orleans. Join her Kickstarter effort. Neenah Paper is an active supporter of the craft and art of fine printing with such projects as The Beauty of Engraving ...

Friends at Rule29 recently wrapped up large effort with The Konjo Initiative, a new economic development program that teaches shoemaking to unemployed or unskilled men and women living of Kibera, the largest slum in Kenya. Konjo instills a sense of empowerment by helping individuals break the cycle of poverty. Neenah celebrates these and other projects that strive ...

Abbey Fowler returns with Old New Borrowed Blue ... ideas in paper for special occasions. She reports — "In traditional Japanese culure, it's believed that anyone who folds a thousand origami cranes will be granted a wish by a crane. Some legends say that you are granted eternal good luck, not just one wish. This makes the act of giving one thousand cranes ...

From 1977 and through today, Leslie Smolan and Ken Carbone have stood side-by-side as business partners and friends, confidants and collaborators. From Ed Koch to Michael Bloomberg, from Donna Summer to Lady Gaga, from Le Cirque to Per Se, from Studio 54 to the Brooklyn Bowl, from garbage strikes to Hurricane Sandy, theirs is an amazing personal and professional ...