On the wire: Chandra Greer visits one-of-a-kind Campbell Raw Press

[Chandra Greer] Campbell Raw Press is a design studio run by Maggie Campbell and her husband Matt Raw out of their Brooklyn home. Maggie creates beautiful hand-bound books as well as letterpress cards and invitations. She’s the mother of a darling little girl who inspires her every day. And she inspires us with her meticulous talent, positive energy and ability to juggle a million things while always keeping her family at the top of the list.

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Ted Bertz: Posterized impressions from the Durham Fair

[Ted Bertz] After recently finishing a personal project, a book commemorating posters completed from 1987 to 2008 for an agricultural fair held each year in Durham, Conn. — Fair Play: Twenty-three years of Durham Fair Posters — Ted Bertz, founder of Bertz Design Group, reflects on the evolution of the graphic design industry over the same period.

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Rachel Hazell, The Travelling Bookbinder, crosses the Pond

[Alyson Kuhn] Rachel Hazell is a book artist and have-punch-will-travel teacher of book arts. London-born Hazell, who currently lives in Edinburgh, has grand plans for 2012. She is scheduling a bookbinding workshop in a different part of the world each month. January’s was in Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire; March’s will be on the Summer Isles in Northwest Scotland. And February’s — aptly titled Colour of Love — begins today in the Napa Valley. I’ll be right there — writing about paper engineering, stitching and all things Valentinear.

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MOHAWK LAUNCHES LOOP, WORLD’S MOST COMPREHENSIVE LINE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PAPERS

Mohawk Fine Papers announces the launch of Mohawk Loop: the world’s most comprehensive line of recycled and environmentally preferable papers. Made with renewable energy and post-consumer fiber — including the largest selection of 100% post-consumer waste (pcw) options — these papers offer an environmental pedigree without sacrificing quality, variety or performance. The line also includes a new silk finish paper with the highest pcw content for a coated paper available.

Loop helps minimize the environmental footprint for paper specification. The  line includes:

– The largest selection of 100% postconsumer waste (pcw), recycled papers
– A rich color palette with 35 shades ranging from bright white to rich black, with fibered shades and fashion colors
– Eight finishes, including a remarkable “silk coated” finish with 50% pcw, among the highest pcw content coated papers available
– Popular weights, from writing papers to extra heavy covers and paperboard for packaging
– Envelopes stocked in commercial and announcement sizes

Mohawk Loop is entirely FSC-certified, manufactured with Green-e certified windpower, and made carbon neutral. Green Seal certification is pending. Mohawk Loop papers are packaged in Mohawk’s new environmentally responsible packaging materials.

Mohawk Loop is one of many paper-industry firsts from Mohawk. Mohawk Fine Papers was the first mill to make coated paper with post-consumer waste, the first mill to be certified by Green Seal, and the first to support windpower projects through the purchase of renewable energy credits. With Mohawk Loop, Mohawk continues its environmental leadership and responsibility in the broadest sense.

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