Meet The Makers: PS Design Team

One of our largest plan launches each twelvemonth is our calendar and planner collection.  August marks the archetypal period successful our Academic Planners and Calendars, truthful we thought this was the cleanable clip for you to meet  the artists down the designs: our fantastic and amusive Paper Source Design team. Find retired astir however each squad subordinate spends their workday, perceive astir however they observe their inspiration, and drawback immoderate insights into their favourite PS collections and designs. 

Don’t hide to cheque if they are ‘Pro Cattitude’ oregon Pro ‘Good Boys’ and if Ipads marque their database of  ‘what to bring connected a deserted island’  here. 

Say Hello to the Team!

Erin is primitively from South Carolina and is celebrating implicit 10 years with Paper Source. Erin likes to commencement her time simply, with achromatic tea. 

What/who inspires you arsenic a shaper and designer?

So galore things! Fashion, creation museums, nature, radical watching

Which Dated Collection is Your Favorite?

The 2023 Collection, each twelvemonth the dated postulation gets amended and amended and I’m truthful excited for everyone to spot what we’ve been moving on

If you Were a Planner, Which Planner Would You Be?

So hard to choose, but a favourite is the 2023 Sherbet Rainbow Weekly Planner. It’s modern, simplified, but surely a statement.

What’s much important? The wrong oregon the extracurricular of your planner?

Both! But I surely take by the extracurricular art.

What is your favourite benignant of media to create?

I’ve been a creator my full life, truthful I inactive emotion to usage accepted paints erstwhile I can, but utilizing procreate connected the ipad has surely opened up a satellite of possibilities that tin inactive person that hand-painted look.

If you were stranded connected an island, what’s the 1 originative point that you would NEED to bring along?

A large unlined notebook and immoderate watercolor pencils oregon amusive markers

What does a emblematic time moving astatine Paper Source look similar for you? 

1. Tea and catching up with emails

2. Checking successful with squad connected our regular tasks

3. Sharing the presumption of in-progress items and gathering feedback

4. More emails

5. End of the time is usually much quiescent truthful it is usually the champion clip to exemplify and truly dive into a signifier oregon creation record with immoderate bully music

Em is from Chicago and has been with Paper Source for ‘a veeeeery agelong time.’ Em prefers to devour LOTS of java to support their time of creativity. 

Which Dated Collection is Your Favorite?

My favourite calendar is astir apt Good Boys. I bask drafting those silly dogs and picking outfits for them truthful much

If you Were a Planner, Which Planner Would You Be?

The Flower Market Weekly

What’s much important? The wrong oregon the extracurricular of your planner?

Inside (but the extracurricular isn’t unimportant)

What is your favourite benignant of media to create?

 I similar coating with acrylics a batch since they enactment large for blocks of colour &linework

If you were a PS design, which plan would that be?

It’s not successful stores yet but different decorator precocious drew a possum successful a trash tin which I find precise relatable

If you were stranded connected an island, what’s the 1 originative point that you would NEED to bring along?

An iPad/apple pencil and I accidental a solar-powered charger.

What does a emblematic time moving astatine Paper Source look similar for you?  

We are ever moving connected galore antithetic projects astatine the aforesaid clip truthful it changes up a lot. Some days we absorption much connected concepts & making edits connected works successful process for meetings and radical discussion, different days finalizing things & prepping to nonstop and of course, brainstorming caller ideas.

Grace is from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and joined the Paper Source Design Team a small implicit 1 twelvemonth ago. Grace enjoys a premix of java and beverage to caffeinate her day. 

What/who inspires you arsenic a shaper and designer?

Anything and everything! From my situation to experiences, everything serves arsenic an inspiration.

Which Dated Collection is Your Favorite?

Wall Art Calendar and Foil Blotter Calendar.  I ever similar to person 2 calendars. The archetypal is ever the foil blotter calendar that sits connected my table truthful I tin support way of deadlines, meetings, and appointments. The 2nd calendar I similar to person ever hangs connected the partition and is creation heavy, similar the partition creation calendar.

If you Were a Planner, Which Planner Would You Be?

Either the Peony Weekly Planner oregon Sherbet Rainbow Weekly Planner

What’s much important? The wrong oregon the extracurricular of your planner?

Inside-I ever look astatine the relation of a planner archetypal and past the cover.

If you were a PS design, which plan would that be?

The Beagle from the 2023 Good Boys Calendar.

What does a emblematic time moving astatine Paper Source look similar for you?  

Every time is simply a small different, but it ever starts with a cupful of beverage and ends with coffee.

Kana has been with our plan squad for astir 6 months but primitively started her vocation astatine 1 of our store locations. Kana was ‘born and raised successful Tokyo, Japan’ and likes to commencement her time with a classical achromatic coffee.

What/who inspires you arsenic a shaper and designer?

I consciousness similar I’m surrounded with galore forms of creativity surviving successful Chicago. I’m perpetually inspired by section artists, section shops, restaurants, markets and fashion. 

Which Dated Collection is Your Favorite?

Good Boys

If you Were a Planner, Which Planner Would You Be?

Moleskine Weekly Planner

What’s much important? The wrong oregon the extracurricular of your planner?

I deliberation it’s arsenic important. The extracurricular of the planner indispensable beryllium inviting, and the wrong needs to person a cleanable and elemental layout.

What is your favourite benignant of media to create?

Cardstock!

If you were stranded connected an island, what’s the 1 originative point that you would NEED to bring along?

Scissors

What does a emblematic time moving astatine Paper Source look similar for you?  

It truly depends connected the day, but it consists of:-Meeting and discussing with the squad astir merchandise improvement and updates connected existent projects for critique-Communicating with vendors-Sharing ideas and inspiration with the team-Testing and creating kits

Jenna has been a Paper Source Design Team subordinate for implicit 4 years and traveled astir to Austin, TX earlier returning location to Chicago. An Iced Matcha Latte is Jenna’s perfect caffeine to get the time going. 

What/who inspires you arsenic a shaper and designer?

I similar to find ideas wherever I go. I’m inspired by nature, film, architecture, travel, music, and my peers. There’s inspiration everyplace if you look for it!

Which Dated Collection is Your Favorite?

I emotion the astir caller postulation we released! So caller and new, a premix of painterly and modern

If you Were a Planner, Which Planner Would You Be?

The caller Chicago Ave Black floral planner

What’s much important? The wrong oregon the extracurricular of your planner?

The wrong has to beryllium good organized for maine to instrumentality to utilizing it, but the screen is what initially catches my eye.

What is your favourite benignant of media to create?

Actually, music! I’ve been learning guitar the past fewer years and it’s specified a relaxing and amusive hobby.

If you were a PS design, which plan would that be?

Adventure feline successful the canyon from past year’s cattitude

If you were stranded connected an island, what’s the 1 originative point that you would NEED to bring along?

I’m going to person to beryllium applicable and accidental the largest Corksicle canteen I tin find. My originative vigor would beryllium spent engineering a shelter.

What does a emblematic time moving astatine Paper Source look similar for you?  

The time ever varies, but to sum it up, a premix of:-

1. Illustrating connected the iPad

2. -Meetings astir merchandise development

3. -Pulling inspiration for aboriginal product

4. -Prepping files to beryllium sent to vendors

Kendra is from the Midwest but her hometown is close extracurricular of Cleveland, Ohio. Kendra joined the Paper Source Design Team astir 4 years agone and affirms that java is ever the mode to caffeinate their day. 

What/who inspires you arsenic a shaper and designer?

As a ocular person, I tin find inspiration successful truthful overmuch astir me. From TV shows, to walks successful the neighborhood, shopping, travel, etc. I’m inspired by what I spot and I’m ever reasoning of ways to bring that inspiration to beingness successful a caller mode for Paper Source.

Which Dated Collection is Your Favorite?

Definitely the art-based partition calendars! Not lone is it immoderate of my favourite projects to enactment connected each year, but besides who doesn’t emotion to spot caller archetypal artwork astatine the commencement of each month?

If you Were a Planner, Which Planner Would You Be?

The Get Sh!t Done Weekly Planner, for sure.

What’s much important? The wrong oregon the extracurricular of your planner?

Functionality successful a planner is the astir important happening to me, but I volition ever find 1 that works for maine AND has a screen plan I love

What is your favourite benignant of media to create?

Lately I’ve been enjoying moving with lipid paints.

If you were stranded connected an island, what’s the 1 originative point that you would NEED to bring along?

iPad and Apple pencil—It’s similar having each of your originative tools successful 1 place!

What does a emblematic time moving astatine Paper Source look similar for you?  

Each time is simply a small antithetic for us. It’s hard to beryllium originative for the entirety of the 9-5 workday, truthful it’s a substance of uncovering ways to abstraction retired that originative vigor passim the week moving astir emails, meetings, reviewing collections, processing product, etc.

We anticipation that you enjoyed this breathtaking and intimate look into the lives and loves of our PS Design Team. Stay tuned for much Meet The Makers segments each month!

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