Behind The Cards

We live in a fractured world, where elegance in card design and digital communication seem to speak from two ends of a spectrum. This very website is digital, so it’s at one end of the spectrum. But what it offers is something timeless, that can help you get off the roundabout and enjoy the beauty of holding something real. The ‘something real’ embodies the art of sending heartfelt messages through physical greeting cards. Real greeting … Read more

Perceptions of quality are the subject of Robert Persig’s Zen and the Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance. He makes two points. One, that not everything we perceive can be reduced to what he called the church of reason. And two, that to be alive in this world we must not be frightened of getting involved in things that feel uncomfortable. So, science has its place, and not everything can be reduced to art and feelings. And … Read more

It’s the season for new cards. The Covid lockdown played havoc with our ability to get out and take photos, or get out at all. Not just us, of course, but millions of others. Boris Johnson wasn’t locked down, but Partygate as it became known is water under the bridge. Or maybe not. There may be more in that story yet. Meanwhile, during the pandemic we processed orders on the current stock, and talked about … Read more

How do you say happy birthday to a child of one’s loins? There are many ways. One way to show closeness to the child is by saying that they are a chip off the old block. Of course, there are some children who would not want that. What do some children want in this current age? It is the importance of the individual. And an individual would not like to think of him or herself … Read more

Don’t sit under the apple tree with anyone else but me, as the song goes. Very soon now, the year will have swung around to Valentine’s Day once again. Looking in the rear view mirror of history, it was the day that the ‘man approaches woman’ traditional approach was turned on its head. At other times of the year, the proper and fitting way was for a man to declare his love for a woman. … Read more

You can imagine the excitement when a male and a female Giant Panda came to Edinburgh Zoo. Their arrival was a big deal – in a specially chartered nine-hour flight from China. It took five years negotiating with the Chinese government and the China Wildlife Conservation Association to agree the deal. And there was a lot that Edinburgh Zoo had to get right. The animals’ home was built in two sections, like adjoining rooms in … Read more