Papercoal

Industry

Paper & Stationery

Industry

Paper & Stationery

Role

Graphic Designer

Role

Graphic Designer

Work Type

Full Time

Work Type

Full Time

Duration

1 Year

Duration

1 Year

Project Overview

Project Overview

Project Overview

Papercoal is a stationery brand focused on thoughtfully designed notebooks and paper goods with a strong emphasis on material, detail, and presentation. I worked across the brand’s digital and product experience, redesigning the website, creating adaptable product mockups, improving Amazon imagery, editing product photography, and building visuals for different colours, finishes, and customisation options. The goal was to make every touchpoint feel more consistent, refined, and true to the quality of the products themselves.

Skills Applied

Skills Applied

Skills Applied

Visual design

Product Photography

Website Design

Product Mockups

Logo Vectorisation

Website Imagery

Website Imagery

Website Imagery

Created and refined Papercoal’s website imagery to give the brand a cleaner, more polished, and consistent visual presence across the site. I worked on product photography, image editing, colour correction, texture accuracy, and overall presentation to make sure each notebook looked as close to the real product as possible. The goal was to create a cohesive set of visuals that felt premium, highlighted the materials and details clearly, and worked seamlessly across different sections of the website.

Burgundy hardbound notebook held in one hand beneath a close-up of blank white pages.
Beige fabric-covered notebook held in one hand beneath a close-up of dotted pages.
Open burgundy notebook with fanned cream pages, shown beneath a close-up of blank paper.
Open navy notebook with fanned cream pages, shown beneath a close-up of blank paper.

Mockup Design

Mockup Design

Mockup Design

I created adaptable notebook mockups that could be used across different colours and customisation options without losing consistency. The goal was to make each product feel realistic, polished, and easy to visualise while giving Papercoal a cleaner and more flexible way to present its range.

Created and refined Papercoal’s website imagery to give the brand a cleaner, more polished, and consistent visual presence across the site. I worked on product photography, image editing, colour correction, texture accuracy, and overall presentation to make sure each notebook looked as close to the real product as possible. The goal was to create a cohesive set of visuals that felt premium, highlighted the materials and details clearly, and worked seamlessly across different sections of the website.

Orange Papercoal square-grid hardcover notebook with navy product band and elastic strap.
Orange hardbound notebook held in one hand, showing its textured cover.
Hands stretching the elastic closure around an orange hardcover notebook.
Open notebook showing two ribbon bookmarks, one navy and one yellow.
Open notebook back pocket holding banknotes and a payment card.

Brochure Design

Brochure Design

Brochure Design

Designed a brochure to showcase the different branding possibilities Papercoal can offer across its notebooks. The layouts featured a range of logo placements, print styles, and branding applications, helping potential clients clearly visualise how their own identity could translate onto the product. The focus was on keeping every example clean, crisp, and premium, so the branding felt like a natural part of the notebook rather than something simply added on.

Created and refined Papercoal’s website imagery to give the brand a cleaner, more polished, and consistent visual presence across the site. I worked on product photography, image editing, colour correction, texture accuracy, and overall presentation to make sure each notebook looked as close to the real product as possible. The goal was to create a cohesive set of visuals that felt premium, highlighted the materials and details clearly, and worked seamlessly across different sections of the website.

Navy fabric-covered notebook with an embossed Rolls-Royce emblem.
Close-up of the embossed Rolls-Royce emblem on a navy notebook cover.
Black Geberit-branded notebook with dark product imagery and gold liquid artwork on the cover.
Close-up of the white Geberit wordmark and gold liquid artwork on a black notebook cover.
Forest Notebook - Gold sticker.
Close-up view of the gold sticker