NYIGF Sustainability Display

 

 

 

Galison has been chosen for inclusion in this year’s “Sustainability: design for a better world” display at the New York International Gift Fair.

Three Galison Products; Avian Friends 1000 Piece Puzzle, Van Gogh Floral Writers’ Note Cards and Van Gogh Floral Writers' Journals, will be on display for the duration of the New York International Gift Fair.

You can see all the eco-friendly products on display and vote for your favorite to win an award at the end of the show; “Most Innovative”, “Most Sensitive Use of Materials” and “Most Sellable”.

We are thrilled to be included this year and help the world be a little more eco-friendly!

 

~Shannon

Columbus Day

 

The New York City Columbus Day parade is getting ready to go past our Midtown offices! And we can’t let all those festivities go by without a quick post about Christopher Columbus and Columbus Day.

Columbus arrived in the Americas in 1492, 519 years ago, and we officially celebrate his arrival on the second Monday in October.

We’re pretty sure he didn’t use the vintage map on our Bon Voyage products, when setting sail, but that doesn’t mean we like them, or him, any less.

Maybe this Columbus Day, we should take inspiration and go on a journey of our own….or at least send out a Bon Voyage Writer’s Notecard on a little trip!

Happy Columbus Day and have fun at all your celebrations; we’ll be out enjoying the parade!

 

~Shannon

Happy Earth Day!

We here, at Galison and Mudpuppy, try to think of the environment every day.

You probably know about our 100% recycled Galison Green line by now, but did you know that a lot of Mudpuppy products also use recycled materials?

Like our new Wooden Magnetic Sets; they contain 80% recycled wood, while the box is made up of 85% recycled paper.

And the list can go on and on, with Playspaces, Money Banks, Constructibles, Artist’s Pads and of course, our puzzles.

We’re trying to help the environment, while still giving our customers fun, quality products.

Maybe we’ll celebrate Earth Day by putting together an Around the World 63 Piece puzzle!

Happy Earth Day!

 

~Shannon

 

Update: We finished the Around the World 63 Piece Puzzle in our offices! What a great way to celebrate Earth Day!

Big Book of Packaging

Our Galison design team has just received news that a number of Galison products will be featured in this year’s The Big Book of Packaging!  

The Big Book of Packaging is a comprehensive guide showcasing the most innovative designs in packaging from around the world.

The book is a great resource for the future of packaging and design; and this year 1/3 of the book is dedicated to the “green” movement.

Galison also supports going green with a line of 100% recycled products including Notecards, Notebooks and Notepads. Just because it is good for the environment doesn’t mean it can’t look pretty too!

Some of our Galison Private Label products also made the book!  Galison or Mudpuppy can customize a format to suit your needs; like these custom sticky note boxes we designed and made exclusively for Anthropologie. We don’t want to spoil everything in the book, so we're just showing a small peak of what you will find when the book is release in late March.

You can see all the featured Galison products by purchasing The Big Book of Packaging when it hits shelves March 22^nd.

 

~Shannon

NYIGF 2011

The winter 2011 New York International Gift Fair was a great success for both Galison and Mudpuppy!

Our design team did a great job putting together our booth; it was bright and lively, perfect for showing off all the new Spring 2011 collections!

And Galison had even more reason to celebrate the NYIGF success; the Bon Voyage Writer’s Notebooks won “Most Sellable” in the Sustainability display! Retailers* were asked to vote for their favorites in three categories, while attending the show; most innovative, most sensitive use of material and most sellable. With over 200 entries to choose from our Galison Green Bon Voyage Writer’s Notebooks came out on top in the most sellable category!

Thank you to everyone who supported us or stopped by to say hello, we had a great time and will see everyone again in August!

 

~Shannon

*(Retailers - All products can be seen and purchased through our wholesale site, www.wholesale.galison.com)