826 National Collaborates With Graphic Designers To End Youth Illiteracy @PSFK

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826 National Collaborates With Graphic Designers To End Youth Illiteracy @PSFK

Fine paper company Sappi has created an ongoing educational series titled The Standard. Their journals are limited edition prints that ironically, express the various limits of print design itself.

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