We’ve heard of Christmas in July, but we weren’t quite expecting to have Christmas in June this week. FedEx played Santa for the studio and brought us lots of goodies including screen-printing supplies, an old globe, a puzzle, and eco-friendly binders.

We heard about the Yudu screen-printing kit from our intern Ellen, who had used them at MICA. We’re excited to start screen-printing a variety of fun projects, from self-promotional items to posters to t-shirts. We even ordered a batch of ink in our trademark ripe green (Pantone 382 U, for those of you with swatch books handy.)

Rebinder mailed us a sample pack of the various binders and folders they make. We love seeing good, simple design meet high environmental standards. Everything they do is FSC-certified and recyclable. Most binders are petroleum-based so this was a great find.

We’ve also been working hard on the new SEED Foundation annual report. As designers, we’re naturally drawn to visually exciting school supplies like maps and globes, so we’ve been working them into some of our layout sketches. The only problem with sketching based on retro school supplies is that we’re not entirely sure if any SEED students have ever been to the U.S.S.R…

Keep an eye out for the results of our Christmas in June over the weeks and months to come!