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April 13, 2006

Reflections Stationary Full View

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February 28, 2006

Green Design Box

Describe the Challenge: To design an eco-friendly product to fit inside an approximately 3.5 by 14 inch box. Describe Your Creative Process: Brainstormed over 100 ideas and picked several of the best ones to decide on the right theme. Describe Your Solution: I decided to make handmade textile stationary cards and a journal made out of entirely recycled papers and natural fibers. List the Box Contents + Design Elements: 2 Stationary cards with envelopes, package of dried flowers and 1 journal. Card insert on back cover box explaining what the paper is made from using the font Zapfino for the brand name Reflections and the font Gill Sans for the rest of the type. Outline the Green Design Features: All the paper used is 100% post-consumer recycled and also made with recycled fibers like roasted coffee bean chaff and hemp fabric scraps. It contains no virgin wood fiber and is acid free as well. List Specific Eco-Friendly Materials Used in this Project: Name of material/where you can find it/how much it costs 100% recycled papers and tree-free papers They can be found at Green Mercantile, www.greenfieldpaper.com and www.twistedlimbpaper.com. Approximate cost for each package of papers are $5.95. Free samples can be found at the Twisted Limb Paper website.