Cambridge Imprint

Cambridge Imprint

Cambridge Imprint is a small paper-making business in Cambridge, England, designing and printing patterned paper. They are known for their beautiful colours, joyful illustration and typography, a lively, hand-drawn aesthetic, and meticulous attention to detail.

The studio is a design partnership of painter Claerwen James, textile artist Jane Powell and ceramicist Ali Murphy. They use simple hand-stencilled screen-printing to create original designs, and spot-colour lithography to replicate that studio process in manufacturing the final paper product. The result is a matte paper of unparalleled intensity and clarity of colour.

Their influences are eclectic, but it has often been noted that their patterns have a particularly English quality, with a palette that is both sober and exuberant. Their paper is uncoated and printed with vegetable oil-based inks. It is therefore both completely recyclable and biodegradable.