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People of Paperblanks

Interviews with artists, authors and real-life journallers.

"Most of my life I have been an artist and designer although I have a degree in liberal arts, not fine arts, and actually did little training for what I ended up doing for a living."
Have you ever wondered what the people behind Paperblanks get up to every day? Did you ever look at a Paperblanks design and wonder, “Hmm, how would this look on my desk?” Well, in this new exclusive blog series,...
Our Peek Inside… series takes a look inside people’s journals and sketchbooks to celebrate their imagination and inspire others. This week we are getting to know Anna Sokolova, an award-winning illustrator and fine artist based in Berlin who uses Paperblanks journals to...
"I just love the Ougi design from our Japanese Lacquer Boxes Collection. It is so beautiful! I really admire the artist’s attention to detail as well as the beautiful colours."
Today, we’re talking with Susanne, a graphic designer and self-taught artist who has made a big impact with her "Tiny Tales." We are excited to share her story with you and to welcome her to the #PeopleOfPaperblanks community. To see...
This year we are celebrating Paperblanks' 25th anniversary, but our journey began long before that first journal collection in 1992. Our story begins with the 1972 founding of Cloudburst Press in an old log cabin in the mountains of British...
Have you ever wondered what the people behind Paperblanks get up to every day? Did you ever look at a Paperblanks design and wonder, “Hmm, how would this look on my desk?” Well, in this new exclusive blog series,...
For a recent Writing Wednesday, we looked into the real-life people who inspired five infamous literary characters. For this week, our last Writing Wednesday post before Hallowe'en, we thought we would take this research to the extreme, and find...
"What I believe makes Paperblanks unrivalled is our cover designs; you won’t find them anywhere else."
Bookbinding has always fascinated us here at Paperblanks, and for more than 20 years we have been mesmerized by the ancient art of bookmaking and its history. Imagine our delight when we came across the bookart work of Rachel...