"Ce bleu vous rentre dans l’âme". This blue seeps into your soul. Henri Matisse at the Grand Palais. In his later years, when disability led him to “paint with scissors,” he discovered a new freedom through his cut-outs. A leading figure of Fauvism, he gave color an autonomous power. The publication accompanying the exhibition 03/26–07/26 by Grand Palais RmnEditions is printed on Munken Lynx 120gsm, selected after extensive testing for its color fidelity. The matte surface avoids reflections, the texture holds the ink and gives body to the blue, while the balance of sharpness and materiality brings the image closer to the original.

When designers create for designers, every choice matters. In The Interviews: Volume Two by The Brand Identity - a 636-page publication featuring conversations with some of the most important studios and designers in today’s creative scene - the printed object itself becomes part of the experience. It is printed on Munken Lynx 300gsm for the cover and Munken Lynx Rough 90gsm for the interior. Α paper long associated with design publications for its tactile quality and excellent readability. Because when the audience understands the medium, paper is not just a substrate. It’s intention.

An archive becomes a book. What was once a fleeting note regains its material presence. This notebook was kept during Le Corbusier’s first journey to India, his gaze fixed on Punjab, just before the city of Chandigarh came into being.

Inspiration becomes paper. Becomes texture. Becomes memory. As part of the EBGE Awards, we hosted a presentation on the creative process behind the visual identity of the 2026 Athens Epidaurus Festival by Polkadot Design. From the artistic director Michail Marmarinos’ brief “attractive nothingness” to the calligraphic gesture of Nearchos Daskas, who captured the intensity of theatre on paper with a brushstroke. The bitter, luminous yellow of Vibrant Arsenic Gmund. The Yves Klein blue of Curious Matter Blue, infused with potato starch that you can actually feel when you touch it. Because brainstorming, experimentation, and process are often just as fascinating as the final result. We thank the creative people who trust us to contribute our own perspective through our knowledge and our archive of 6,500 books.

The 2026 visual identity of the Athens Epidaurus Festival is expressed through the calligraphic work of Nearchos Daskas, whose gestures leave traces on paper, evoking the theatre’s orchestra, the resonance of sound, and the immersive nature of the live experience. The bold colour palette blue, yellow, black, and white, creates strong contrasts and enhances the dramatic quality of the composition, while Curious Matter Adiron Blue 270g adds materiality, depth, and character. The paper itself becomes an integral part of the posters’ identity, highlighting both colour and the gestural quality of the design. Far from cliché visual references to antiquity, the Festival’s new visual identity is rooted in colour, gesture, and typography. The theatre’s cavea appears as a trace, while the coated Arctic Volume 150g paper enhances the intensity and luminosity of the colours, including the Festival Director’s “bitter brilliant yellow.