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National Stationery Show 2012national stationery show |
We’re off to NY tomorrow am to the National Stationery Show. This will be our second year. Here are a few new items.
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Gwendolyn Mason Letterheadbehind the scenes procrastination |
The National Stationery Show is right around the corner and we have so much to do. This is our second year at the show and I thought it would be easier, but it is actually harder. We are still painting new designs and I have a daunting to do list consisting of: ordering walls, electrical, furniture, lighting flooring, finishing catalog (as soon as designs are completed) mounting cards, press kits, bios, sending out our mailer, it goes on and on. So when I am busy I obsess over details like having my own letterhead and insisting that are “paid” stamp is ugly and we have to make a custom one. paperwink hooked us up on that front.
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New Dear Hancock Cards at Anthropologiebehind the scenes Dear Hancock retailers |
A new batch of cards are now available at Anthropologie. Go check them out at a Anthropologie store near you!
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Everything I can do she can do better – Charles Eamesinspiration |
If you haven’t watched The Architect and the Painter I recommend it. For all the couple partner teams out there Ray and Charles Eames are our biggest inspiration. I was most excited to learn more about Ray Eames. Charles Eames deferred to her completely about color. Her inclination to view everything as a painting and her natural ability to see form in relation to other form were aspects that really drove the couple’s design practice. One of her paintings below:
After looking at her work it is not surprising to learn that the German expressionist painter Hans Hoffman was her mentor and teacher. Ray and Charle’s house is now on display at LACMA and if you are in LA- go! It’s amazing. You can see that their house was another playground for Ray. You can also see Hans Hoffman paintings hanging from the ceiling next to a tumbleweed in their house.
As stated by their colleagues Ray Eames staging of objects in photo shoots simply brought everything together. The below example of the famous Eames bird in the middle of the black wire chairs brings a warmth and a relatability that becomes essential to our response to them. Just imagine the chairs without the bird. It would seem cold and detached. You can see our small tribute to the Eames bird painted on our Collector’s Desk stationery.
The Eames also inspired Ice Cube. Check out him Celebrating them here:
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Dear Hancock at Still House NYCDear Hancock retailers |
We are so proud to report that Dear Hancock goods can be found in over 100 of the best shops nationwide. Our goods can also be found in Canada, Europe and Asia. You can view a list of our retailers here. To celebrate we wanted to share these images of a beautifully styled store that carries our goods called Still House in NYC. Isn’t it GORGEOUS? Photos via Hip shops.
