PAPERFIELDsmall print systems
Independent print concepts / Vol. 01Device + Media + Everyday use
Personal printing / Product development

Small things.
Printed well.

Labels for everyday order. Notes for the next idea. Photos worth keeping in reach.

Explore three compact device concepts, with the paper and workflow considered from the start.

Explore the collection
Three fictional personal-printing devices arranged with paper outputs
PAPERFIELD
PRINT SYSTEMS / 01—03
FIG. 01   A small-print collectionOriginal concept imagery · Illustrative devices
01 / The collection

Three ways to make
something tangible.

Select a device by the thing you want to make. Each dossier keeps the device, its media and the host workflow in view.

The paper comes first

A good little printer begins with what comes out of it.

02 / Find a starting point

What are you making?

YOUR STARTING POINT / CONCEPT SETLine 01

Short identification labels

Next, considerMedia · Host · Output

A useful starting point for development. Final compatibility belongs in a tested sample.

Compose this set
Blank paper rolls, label tapes and photo stock arranged as a material study
03 / More than a device

A system of
small decisions.

The finish of a label. The way a note tears. The feeling of a photograph in a hand. Media choices shape the product long before a carton is packed.

Use the media guide to separate intended output from the engineering questions that still need an answer.

Explore media and compatibility

Take a print idea further.

Compose a sample set