Changethethought™

I still can’t figure out how I found the site for Doane Paper this morning, but boy am I glad I did. I was actually searching for information on the artist of a print I purchased over the weekend (more about that in another post soon) and after at least 20 or so clicks to various links and websites, I found what could be the bestest paper ever.

Doane Paper is one of those products you kick yourself in the ass for not thinking of first. After a good self-inflicted ass-kicking, you then ask yourself why this hasn’t been around forever.

To be honest, I haven’t really used pads of paper since college. Well, let me clarify that…I haven’t used line or graph paper since college. Small pads are always on hand, but I never really brainstorm on paper or sketch things out, and I really should do that more. And now I just might.

Doane Paper takes the boxes of graph paper and combines them with the lines of your typical notebook paper or legal pad. Doane Paper was created by Chad Doane during the break of a product design meeting. After realizing that half the room was using grid paper (the product designers) while the other half was using legal pads (the marketing team) he decided to combine the two and the rest is history.

Not only can you order some pads for yourself through the Doane Paper website, but you can also download a PDF or JPEG and give the paper a trial run.

Now if I can only convince myself to step away from the mouse and to pick up a pencil…

written by Adam Lorber | tags: Chad Doane, Doane Paper