2010 Calendar designed by Studio8
(discovered via Creative Review)

likeable:

laser cut paper RFID Radios by Matt Brown
(via mocoloco)

likeable:

Telegram Papers Goods distributes stationery products including notebooks
from O-Check Design Graphics in Korea

via the stylish personal stationery range by O-Check Design Graphics
(discovered via The Design Files)

lynrei:

via simplesong.typepad.com

totally what i need.

Over the Wall, new illustrations by Christoph Niemann (via NYTimes.com)

French Paper Pop Ink Soap designed by Charles S. Anderson Design 
(discovered via lovely package)

I first discovered Jenny Grigg’s work in Fully Booked, and found her work brilliant. Thanks Faceout Books for sharing her behind-the-scenes process for the Peter Carey series in Australia .

bauldoff:

I really like this tissue paper book cover series by Jenny Grigg!

Found on the super FaceOut Books blog, which features the process and challenges of book cover design projects by interviewing the artists behind them.

brocatus via kirstenbecken:

Paper flowers for Chanel’s 2009 Spring/Summer Haute Couture show
[via The Design Files]

A page from This is for You, illustrated with paper cuts by Rob Ryan.
(via chronicle books)

 Reviewing the Kindle 2 on Good’s blog

“The acceptance of a new technology isn’t always an either/or question. It depends on a matrix of advantages and disadvantages. Successful products obsolesce their predecessors only when those disadvantages begin to be heavily outweighed by the advantages. I think e-paper devices, whether Kindle-branded or simply generic, will eventually become a ubiquitous part of everyday life, especially as the color and resolution approaches that of paper…”—Joel Johnson

Acceptance of e-readers as a mainstream alternative to books is difficult for me, though I have to admit my Sony E-Reader is quite convenient for reading manuscripts. And I do have this new Amazon Kindle on my wishlist.

illustration by Heads of State for the NYT Sunday Magazine spotted in the post Illustrating the web (via designnotes)

“The thing that bothers me, and this a blank general statement, but the web has yet to figure out how to show great illustration on the web. PLEASE PROVE ME WRONG if you disagree. I want to see those great sites that elevate illustration like paper does…” —designnotes

James Jean Kindling: New Works on Paper and Canvas at Jonathan Levine Gallery
(thanks for the tip Sophie)

doodleology:

hrrrthrrr:

The Cutty Spot

Peter Karras created these letter posters that are each so unique and beautiful. Each poster is hand cut and individually set, so no two letters or posters are alike.  Feel free to send an H my way….

jingc:

A detail of Jennifer Stark’s beautiful paper art. (via GOOD blog)