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Box made out of cardboard with decorated paper lid, c.1890-1930, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

Box made out of cardboard with decorated paper lid, c.1890-1930, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

Week 16 - Episode 87 - It's a wrap

May 09, 2019

Once you start looking out for paper in your life you’ll notice that, despite all our technological advances and ecological challenges, it still is everywhere. 

The pretty postcards we buy usually come in similar sized paper bags.

We store our stuff in corrugated paper boxes.

We gladly wrap our gifts in gorgeous paper.

As with many other inventions, this started in China, and coincided with the birth of another clever paper wrap: the envelope. The government used hemp paper to create a kind of envelope used to wrap monetary gifts for officials. A clever device to keep the nature (and amount) of your gift hidden from prying eyes. 

Today, look for packaging and wrapping paper.

Capture those envelopes (old and new), wrapping sheets, boxes, paper bags, cheese paper…and don’t forget to share them use the hashtag #kramerseye on Twitter or Instagram.

Listen to today’s podcast

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