Realised I should share some of the love. Here are two lovely paper types.
Skin is amazing paper. It feels rubbery and is amazing when paired with spot UV-coating/spot UV-varnish (in swedish: partiell UV-lack). It's made by a company called ArjowWiggins. Map stocks this paper and can actually be bought in small quantities at the lovely store Rum för Papper http://rumforpapper.se/ (there are some lovely inspiring ladies that work there and I always come away with a lot more paper than I intended to buy).
There's a Thai restaurant here in town (Gothenburg, Sweden that is) that has a beautiful example of this spot-UV-coating-on-skin in action on their business cards. Managed to find an image of something similar here: http://www.fastkit.com/Spot-UV-Overall-UV-s/77.htm (see image above).
More about skin:
The other paper i like is actually not really paper, but paper board. The paper family Invercote is great stuff. Great for things like menus or folders -- things that have to open and shut again and again. It also is really good at looking good embossed.
http://products.iggesund.com/ProductInformation.aspx?Profile=en&Product=ICC&status=01123581321345589
If you have a look at this image you can see how nicely it folds. (see above image)
Oh, oh, just one more. I also really like the paper Silverblade. It's apparenly changed name to Claro during 2007:
It seems to be a good workhorse when it comes to being a good carrier for things like illustrations or photography. It has a good neutral whiteness that does the images justice.
Right. All for now. Paper is magical stuff and makes a huge difference.
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