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Spotlight: Mary Katrantzou for Paperless Post

There’s just something about Mary Katrantzou. We love many things about our newest Spotlight collaborator’s work, but if you’re forcing us to pick just one, it’s her novel sense of materials. Her clothes are known for their feats of textile printing, and use exuberant patterns to become as important an element as drape, construction, or form.

Katrantzou’s ability to transform a whole garment with something seemingly on the surface is something we saw a little of ourselves in, as party alchemists who look to bring the best parts of traditional hospitality to online life. It’s why we’re pleased to have her designs on a new collection of online invitations. Just like her prints take garments to unexpected realms of perception, her designs let our invitations and cards transcend the envelope—bringing her inimitable design language to parties planned and messages sent online.

You’ll find many prints from her past collections in the borders and on the liners of her invitations, but that’s not all she’s put together. A few Surrealist photo collages transform traditional decorative objects into unexpected (even a bit eerie) tableaux. A few of her invitations even feature lettering inspired by the designer’s jewelry and are constructed from photo-real marble, stone, and glass—quite a hostess gift.

Mary Katrantzou’s collection is the latest addition to our Spotlight series—a collection of invitations and stationery that brings the perspectives, methods, and visions of creative luminaries to an entirely new medium. Browse her collection here.

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Spotlight: Confettisystem for Paperless Post

Nick Andersen and Julie Ho turn spaces into parties. Walking into a room where they’ve worked their shimmery magic is to enter a shining, sparkly world of your tween self’s wildest dreams.

Since 2008, the duo has been creating grand-scale installations and fluttering party objects out of every everyday materials like tissue paper, cardboard, and silk for the likes of Beyoncé, MoMA, the New York Times, Martin Margiela, and Opening Ceremony. Now, the design studio is bringing the party full circle with its first collection of invitations and cards.

Spotlight: CONFETTISYSTEM for Paperless Post is made up of just ten invitations and two greeting cards featuring the design studio’s signature piñatas, colorful tassels, and mylar fringe. Much like Andersen and Ho’s immersive party environments, the design brings an extra pop to showers, bachelorette parties, and any other celebration involving a bit of bubbly.

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With our Spotlight series, we’re creating thoughtfully curated and highly edited collaborations with contemporary designers that might seem like unlikely stationers. Each partner is asked to design a collection that embodies their signature aesthetic in just a handful of invitations as an exploration of how discrete visual concepts can be translated into stationery. Previous partners include PATTERNITY and Dusen Dusen.

Spotlight: CONFETTISYSTEM for Paperless Post is available online and on paper at paperlesspost.com.