03/28/2026
We got an email from the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SF MOMA). 🤯
They found our website through a blog we wrote about repurposing waste materials into new paper.
They wanted to create customized Thank You cards to give to their patrons at their annual Director’s Dinner.
During our online consultation, we helped them narrow down the types of fliers, pamphlets and other leftover, outdated paper materials they had from prior shows at the museum that we would be able to use to make paper for their project.
They collected the materials and shipped them across the country to us where we sorted them and decided on the best mixture to use to make really fun and interesting paper that would also be good for printing legibly.
We created this great mix of pulped recycled papers that even had some silvery shimmer from some old envelope mailers they had.
We helped them create a great design that let the beauty of the paper show while still getting their message across and leaving the inside of the cards blank so they could put their handwritten Thank You notes inside.
They had us print this great Mark Bradford quote on the back, “I use paper because it is a container of information, it has a memory.” along with a note about how the paper was made, “Printed on upcycled SF MOMA materials-paper with its own history.”
I just love being able to help our clients tell their own stories, speak their own values and send a message that speaks to them, by using the actual pieces of paper that contain their history. It’s not just about being sustainable, it’s about capturing meaning and preserving history. These cards hold deep meaning inside their fibers and every recipient could feel it.
