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Every Paperblanks® book is inspired by world art and culture, by traditional craft and practice, and by visionaries, rebels and artists across the ages. Paperblanks Stories is a blog series about the origins and stories behind some of our designs.
Our Leonardo's Sketches Collection renders two of Da Vinci's sketches and notes from his famous treatise, the Codex Leicester. One design -- Sun & Moonlight -- features Leonardo's scientific observations and theories on the light of the moon relative...
Every Paperblanks® book is inspired by world art and culture, by traditional craft and practice, and by visionaries, rebels and artists across the ages. Paperblanks Stories is a blog series about the origins and stories behind some of our designs.
We're pleased to announce the following additions to the Paperblanks catalogue for Fall 2011: New Collection: Mucha The muted and complex palette of pastel colours and the sensuous, sinuous lines of Alphonse Mucha’s work heralded a novel moment in art history....
Every Paperblanks® book is inspired by world art and culture, by traditional craft and practice, and by visionaries, rebels and artists across the ages. Paperblanks Stories is a blog series about the origins and stories behind some of our designs.
Paperblanks' Embellished Manuscripts Collection is a series of journals that portray the work of some of the greatest writers, thinkers and artists of all time. The Poe, Tamerlane journal, examined in the video above, is one of the best-selling...
In this fast moving world keeping a journal can be a therapeutic way of dealing with our thoughts and emotions.  Whether it is through sketching, writing or painting, using a journal can be beneficial in keeping a calm state of...
We're pleased to spotlight one of Paperblanks' newest collections: Parisian Mosaic. The Design: Inspired by an 18th-Century Leather Mosaic Binding Our Parisian Mosaic Collection was inspired by an 18th-century leather mosaic binding executed in Paris by master binder Nicolas-Denis Derome. Descended...
Every Paperblanks® book is inspired by world art and culture, by traditional craft and practice, and by visionaries, rebels and artists across the ages. Paperblanks Stories is a blog series about the origins and stories behind some of our designs.
Today is the first day of Ramadan, and in honour of this important Islamic month, we've decided to spotlight our Safavid Binding Art collection. Ramadan lasts 29 or 30 days and involves those who participate - over 1 billions...