Anna Abalkina is a research fellow at the Institute for East European Studies at the Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

The humble paper check had a good run, but it’s all nearly dead today. Originally developed one thousand years ago in the Middle East, checks were the most widely used non-cash payment method in ...

Many of the studio’s experiments with the print method have resulted in “objects that push the boundaries of paper media”, says Yongjae; we’re big fans of the Riso-printed paper clocks and vases, that ...