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Eco-Friendly Binders with No Rings to replace Ring Binder?

Pre-Order Zero-Waste Binder KIT (ships late April)Are you looking for Eco-friendly Binder?

A quick search on the internet reveals a few Kraft paper-finished Binders with the Eco description attached to them.

I wonder why we call them ECO.

Because of lack of better option?

The Vinyl or other Plastic covers are replaced with paper. But the complicated metal mechanism presenting the sharp tooths of metal rings is still there— and the heavy covers and the mechanism weigh a lot. Plus, there is a never-ending headache: What size should I buy?

0.5″? 1″? 1.5″? 2″? 3″?

What would you do presented with a binder without all the above headaches? 

ringless binders with tabs S

Ringless binders with tabs

Ring-less Multi-binder with two sets of paperwork inside
Same Ring-less Multi-binder with two sets of paperwork inside. UP to 350 pages.

This Binder reduces 80% of the materials and waste used for the Ring Binders.

No Spine and NO Rings still perform the same function and are much more pleasing because of their flexibility.

 They come in two Flavors. 

0-2″ Multi-binder. Two sets of ties bind two sets of paperwork. 0-3″ up to 6″ Spineless binder
ringless multi-binder with one set of paperwork
ringless multi-binder with one set of paperwork

Both weigh around 2 ounces and are cut from a flexible sheet of tear-resistant paper.

Spineless Binder covers with two tags
Spineless Binder Covers with two tags
Compare the sizes
Compare Sizes. Black three-ring Binder with a ringless binder on top
Stack of Spineless Binders with visible tags
Stack of Spineless Binders with visible tags

The Eco trend is here to stay.

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how many school supplies does your child really need in Idaho?

I recently read a post by KAT, Idaho’s proud parent of a school-age daughter.

There are funny questions about the availability of medical help for kids carrying backpacks heavier than themselves, the number of 3-ring binders of all sizes littering her closets, and the abundance of other school supplies lingering in her house.

Very few people take on this subject since most of us take the reality as it is without a word of protest. There is no alternative, they think. Even if they would go outside marching with signs protesting the terror of school supply reality, there is not to hope much somebody will help.

Years ago, when going to school, I used one copybook, always starting with the first page during each lesson and tearing it out to have it new and fresh for new upcoming subjects. How did I get away with that? God only knows what smart kids can do to survive school.

My creative use of paper did not end there.

Being always a fan of paper and paper-made things, I won the school competition by constructing a Steam engine model from paper. At my older age, I concluded that paper printing and distributing flyers and papers about communist government activity was a good idea.

The fate of similar Paper addicts followed…

So being an expert on “PAPER, or rather paper addict, ” I can offer KAT advice.

Do not use Ring Binders. Instead of the long selections of Colors and sizes and misaligned rings and Spines dominating your landscape, use a “ringless Binder.”

I devised it as another paper to hold the leaflets. Yes, a Single sheet of paper with a few ties cut into the covers holding any number of pages and not exceeding the thickness of the stack, not even a fraction of the inch like the ring binder spines DO.

No metal rings, parts, heavy covers, and spines. Just a plain Flat sheet of tear-resistant paper.

It is an ECO-friendly contraption eliminating 80% of the material normally used in a ring binder.

It will reduce the stacks of used and unused binders to a few discreet pages in your situation.

I am sure your kids will love the fact that the Ring binders are gone and, no doubt, will finish off the ringless binders very quickly, so there will be no residue left in your closets after school years. They are Eco – recyclable.

Can you imagine? You do not tear apart pages anymore.

You can remove and replace them in quite an orderly fashion. I wish I had one years ago.

And they are Flexible and Soft to the touch.

Jacek

The Paper Addict.

 
ringless multi-binder with one set of paperwork
ringless multi-binder with one set of paperwork
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Why choose No Ring Binder?

Ringless Binder

You may think I am talking about a ghost since no product is available to fit this description. But you may be wrong.

There is one using ties instead of rings.

Recently I read an article hailing the advantages of 2 rings binders over three rings binders. According to the author, with two rings is easier to flip through the pages. The author also extensively discusses the benefits of the ” light-touch lever-arch mechanism with an easy-grip rubber handle.”  There is also “A unique ball-and-socket ring closure” and “locking bar mechanism” The description is long and complicated enough to fall asleep before you finish the sentence.

You may skip all this boredom and go straight to the no doubt more sexy “NO RING BINDER.“

It is SIMPLE. Cover with a couple of ties cut into it.

IT IS EASY TO FLIP THROUGH THE PAGES like a notebook since it has no sticking-out rings.

As an additional benefit, I should mention that the basic version of the NO RING or RINGLESS Binder comes with two sets of ties, each assigned to the left edge of the respective cover. It is possible because the FLAT ties don’t stick out of the cover plane, even one millimeter/fraction of an inch. So, You may divide your paperwork. For example, Your calendar/organizer on the left and your notes on the right.

ringless binder with two spines
Ringless Binder with two spines

It is a unique solution, Notebook, and Binder in ONE.

If you are in doubt, check the video below.

The Binder shown in this video is a “Single Spine” (single set of ties) capable of handling up to 150 pages.

Two spines (two sets of ties) Binder’s main purpose is to handle up to 350 pages of your paperwork. And then there is the

Spineless version, capable of handling from 1-800 pages. One sizes takes all without the ring binder headache forcing you to choose one of the several sizes (1/2″,1″,1.5″, etc.)

Try One.

With no rings, there is no Spine.

 

 

 

 
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Ring Binder, Ring-less binder or Not?

Have you received a dirty look from a fellow you just handed a collection of papers kept together with staples?

The wire not flattened enough by the stapler hurts.
Bloody fingers do not add to the positive impression of your offer.
It seems stingy. Didn’t it?
But being serious, how many of us are forced to use ring binders as early as in school and hate the brick-like contraptions? The rings are always in the way of your hand reaching the opposite page and the spine. The spine sticks like a mountain, blocking the view and taking your storage space even if half empty.

Ringless binder or Not? You may collect the full display of negative emotions toward Ring Binders here and there when searching the internet and blogs dealing with organizers. Teachers and students share their solutions to avoid and replace the infamous Ring-binder. They are discussing: the disc-bound notebooks, Chicago screws, metal prongs, and a variety of other solutions designed with one goal in mind To make it FLAT.

The rest of and adult population seems to have given up their hopes seeing no solutions. 

But there is a Ring-less binder developed in Chicago. It contains no metal parts of any sort visible among competing solutions. Cut from a flat sheet of reinforced paper. No sticking out pieces, rings, or prongs. Nothing can hurt your fingers, and it binds any number of leaflets effortlessly. One universal size replaces the usual selection of Ring binders designed for a specific number of sheets.

When I asked the designer why he spent his time designing solutions for the office supply industry when every CEO is eyeing electronic files and computers as replacements for paper documents, he said:

A piece of paper can last for hundreds of years without a power source. Can you find a similar Hard drive? You print your family pictures to preserve them on paper. How many have you lost when kept in memory of your electronic devices? Of course, electronics have their role, but they are not solutions for everything.

Kids still go to school, and we all use tons of paper. We need a hard copy here and there. Where would I keep my records when all my hard drives for the last ten years are gone? I do not have to worry about compatibility or power supply with paper. Plus the cost. It is just a fraction of a penny per page.

There is a future for paper, but not everybody has enough imagination to see it. Certainly, it is time to offer something better, not the museum quality 133 years old contraption (Ring binder) born at the time the first steam engines entered the world. For people paying attention is clear that the public is searching for a replacement.

The big behemoths of Industry in the US have no interest in upending their already existing sales and offer a simpler, less expensive, and very competitive to their offer product. As you probably know, competition in the US died under several decisions of the Supreme Court promoting the interest of Big tech. Infringers who have no interest in promoting competition to their well-established offer. That is why many new products already available elsewhere never will have any chance to show up in the US. As an inventor, I have bigger hopes in the EU since there is no antipatent Big Tech lobby and no PTAB invalidating 84% of all nationally issued patents. In the US, Small companies are quickly extinguished by Big Tech moneyed competition and domestic or Chinese Infringers. At a certain point, when you see all roadblocks in the US, you start to think: What we inventors do here is out of desperation, not hope, knowing full well that we should look to have a startup and hope to survive elsewhere outside of the US.

I knew well the plight of independent Inventors in the US.

The Supreme court made several inventions “Patent ineligible” in direct defiance of Congress-made statutes and the US Constitution’s Article I, Section 8, Clause 8. Plus, there is PTAB. Established by the 2011 Leahy Smith American invention Act Patent review board know, also as the “Patents Killer squad.” PTAB is invalidating 84% of issued by USPTO patents at the request of the competition. For people looking for more info, you should start searching for information about “Efficient Infringement,” describing how big US and Chinese corporations kill competitive startups in the US.

Suppose you wonder why you can have patents for certain types of technology abroad when in the US, it is forbidden. I think the answer is clear. Big Tech doesn’t wish to have competition.

We wish the designers good luck finding the future – but Abroad?

Do we wonder why 50% of foreign fillers in the German Patent office are from the US? With the EU unitarian patent court and a pan-European patent on the horizon, the outflow from the US may only increase.

Do you need more information?    There is a movie, INNOVATION RACE explaining the basics.

How China is winning the race and we are losing.

It would help if you considered it your patriotic duty to support HR 5874 by tossing away all the misgivings in US patent law and creating conditions to restore US competitiveness.

Sorry, I should write about the Fellow with a bleeding finger handling my paperwork, but… More blood comes from other directions.

J.T.

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The Guide to the best Ring-less Binders

The idea of a Ring-less binder is an expression of desire by people craving a binder without the pain of the rings. The actual product PER SE did not exist for the last 133 years since the Rings were invented. The expression is mainly used by young people still hoping to find an alternative to a ring binder and is sometimes used by marketers who are aware of that.

And there are attempts to right the wrong in the ring binder:

  1. It did not escape the attention of designers at the five Star ACCO Brands creating Flex Binder. “It acts like a notebook and binder. The plastic cover folds back over the rings to lie flat like a notebook.    Substitute designers used Ties made from steel wire covered with plastic as rings. 1 1/2″ rings hold up to 300 sheets.” Yes, You may call it Ring-less, but the metal wire seems like an overkill, not fulfilling the promise of a flat binder. By addressing the fixed dimension problem of a ring binder, the product is sought after among students in the US. 

    From our point of view, being assembled with steel wire and other heavy components, it is overkill to use pounds of steel to bind ounces of paper. Still quite cumbersome to handle, almost like it’s an older brother ring binder.

     The second iteration of the Ring-less Binder is available in the EU. Not universally known among users and sold under different names:

    “Strip-Binder“ or “Loop File”

  2. I think the lack of one easily recognizable name leads to struggle in the market. Four major companies in the EU produce it. You may bind up to 30-50 pages max, and it is flat and quite handy, but the plastic prongs tend to bend uncontrollably when used extensively, rendering the whole thing useless.
    From our experience point of view, this is quite a handy gadget but feels too vulnerable to the touch of the user’s hands. As users report, it doesn’t last very long.

3. Sold in the EU. Q-Connect Transfer File 35mm Capacity Foolscap Buff or “Transfer Spring File.”

  • Spring binder for secure storage and reorganization of documents
  • Spring clip mechanism: insert and remove papers quickly anywhere
  • The compressor bar keeps records neat
  • Easy access to files for quick reorganization
  • It fits A4 and foolscap documents
  • Capacity: 35mm. (1.37″)

    With about 240 pages max capacity, it serves the user better than the “Loop file.”

  • Then there are the springs and the metal mechanism that make it flat impossible.

    ACCO Presstex Hanging Data Binder, 12″ x 8.5″, 6″ thick

    The 6″ (15.5cm) (to carry 11 pounds / 5kg) of paper is Impressive but complicated. Online reviews indicate that not every user can follow assembly directions.

    Then we have the mavericks.

  • Fastykula
    Fastykula

    “FASTYKULA “The impossible to pronounce name describes the binder used in archives in Poland.

    It binds several pages perfectly flat thanks to an uncomplicated combination of Covers and ribbons. We like its lack of pretenses—simple and effective solution.

The last on our list today is the “Ringless Binder.”

Made from a tear-resistant flexible sheet of paper, it no doubt fits the ringless description delivering the same utility as a ring binder with ties instead of rings. The big spine covering the rings is gone, and the empty or full binder is always flat without the added pleasure of dealing with the spine always present in ring binders.

There is one more big difference between Ringless Binder and the rest,

ringless binder with two spines
ringless binder with two spines

Ringless binders may have more than one spine.

Thanks to the flat unobtrusive profile of the binding ties, It increases the number of bound documents and allows multiple spines to divide papers into separate sections. Quite a wonder in the office world. It comes in several versions.

1) Binder

2) Multibinder  Two Spines 350 pages

3) Universal Binder  Two Spines 350 pages. It has additional ties allowing to use it for two hole Prong folder punched paper

4) Spineless Binder  800 pages plus

Mutlibinder Filled with documents
Mutlibinder Filled with documents.

We think this unknown “Ringless Binder,” “bind book,” “multi-binder,” or whatever name its designer applies the easiest to use of all the listed above.
* It delivers the Binder – notebook combination most users are searching for. (No sticking out rings)
* Delivers the additional new benefit of a second spine allowing the user to divide the paperwork.
* Its one-size Spineless Version replaces the whole gamut of different thicknesses of ring binders. Being able to bind continuously any amount of pages from 1-800 (No need to estimate what thickness of ring binder I should use)
* Since it eliminates all metal parts and 80% of the weight of materials used for comparable ring binders is ECO-Friendly.
How to find it? You may Google Ringless Binder. Among the results, you will find some links.
Sold on Etsy and PaperBee.net
Most manufacturers dress ring binders in Kraft paper Finish and claim it ECO-Friendly. Eliminating the poisonous vinyl, Polyvinyl chloride (PVC or vinyl) from covers is a step in the right direction, but what about the Metal parts? Here we have a product delivering full functionality using only 20% of materials used by competing solutions and eliminating steel/metal parts with a high carbon footprint.

 

 
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ring binder notebook

supreme cat
supreme cat

Ring Binder Notebook

The three words are like a mantra, always repeating wherever I am looking.

From what I see. In simple translation, the three words are expressions of incompatible wishes. No Ring binder will pass as a notebook.

Yet you can find sellers offering something that appears to be Gun forced marriages. Except ONE. The Ringless binder!

New kid on the block. Good-looking, Slim and thin (like most youngsters), have no Big belly hiding the Rings. Instead, Flexible ties emerge from a flat sheet of tearproof paper. They fashion colorful covers with sometimes animal images, which is Good for youngsters. Finally, they can take their favorite pet to school and will not be chastised for that. One of them fashions a Title “Supreme Cat grab folder.”

As the designer/artist explains. It is in honor of the US Supreme Court Judges grabbing whatever they can from our rights like, for example, the right to possess fruits of our labor (Oil States VS Green energy April 24, 2018) In essence:” You are an Inventor, You build something, You spend time and money and to your surprise, it belongs not to you it is own by the government.” As the designer claims the “Supreme Cat grab folder” grabs the leaflets with the same zeal as the Supreme Court grabs our rights.

multi binder open
Ringless multi-binder filled and open

But seriously. It does.

“Ringless binder” keeps up to 350 pages attached to two sets of ties.

The ties are cut into the left edges of the covers. Ties are flat and unobtrusive. Thanks to such an arrangement there is no need to have the big bulky spine so present in any Ring Binder. The two sets of papers are shifted away from the spine leaving enough space for it to remain flat.

Flat and flexible Is easy to carry around if you use it as a portfolio filler. NO RINGS!!!

Try one. The long-suffered pain of dealing with the brick-like ring binder will be gone in no time. It has siblings like the “Spineless Binder” singlehandedly managing up to 800 pages in a single shot instead of the range of thicknesses employed by the ring binders. Simplify your life.

ringless binder
ringless binder
ringless binder
ringless binder in a portfolio

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Cute Binders for school

Cute Binders for school

In the Sahara-like landscape of the US office supplies, one Camel takes all attention.

Its big hump dominates the landscape. It is a three-ring binder with a Big Spine. The remainder of the old times when was born along with the steam engine and they conquered the world together. The Steam Engine is in the museums. The old ring binder still rules the office world. Most people recognize the fact that his ribs or rings so painful to use are borrowed from the Thesaurus Rex but there is no easy replacement.

 

ringless binder with koi fish
ringless binder with koi fish

Is easy to understand why we face such limited selections by looking at the endless reviews of “Cute School Binders” all leading to amazon. com Sponsored By Amazon. com. Paid for by Amazon. com Sold by…  One behemoth dominating the US landscape is limiting competition and our choices. Trying to change that There is even a wholesale website containing a selection of merchandise under the title “Not Sold on Amazon .com”

If you pay enough attention you know: The younger generation is looking for an easier way to handle the paperwork.

There are a few new choices not known before. They deliver not only some fun for your kid but are also much easier to use.

Let me introduce a Ringless Binder

1st- Great News. The Metal mechanism with the Rings is GOONE. Replaced with flexible ties cut into the covers of the binder. It eliminates the Spine hanging like a mountain over every Ring Binder making it impossible to store.

Ring binder rings
Ring binder rings

Our Notebook-Binder is always FLAT.Multibinder empty

Multibinder empty. Just a sheet of paper

Made from a sheet of tear-resistant paper is flexible and pleasant to handle. It comes in different configurations.

1) Basic with a single set of ties, tying up to 150 pages.

2) You can have also a Multibinder to use as two subjects Notebook/binder. It can handle double the number of pages (up to 350) thanks to the unusual arrangements of two sets of ties.

ringless binder with two spines
ringless binder with two spines

3) There are also other arrangements but what counts the covers among others offer nice animal-related art / unlimited fun for kids crawling for some beautiful toys. Only Pets they can take to school.

Below you may see a few designs. We will add some of them to our offer. If you like one. Please let us know.

Ringless binders
Selection of simple ringless binders

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do not set up a reminder

look up and buy now

the cute ringless binder

 
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Should I use a notebook or binder for college?

Single Spine Ringless Binder demonstration

Should I use a notebook or binder for college?

This is a question we should not ask. Unfortunately, Ever present Ring Binders do not offer the utility most students are looking for. Blogs are full of discussions about the most comfortable arrangement everybody is looking for. On the TOP of their Wish List is No doubt a “Ring-less Binder”. The ribs, Pardon, Rings of the Dinosaurs Rex of the office world are always in the way of fingers trying to write or reach the opposite page and everybody wants to get rid of them.

We think we have a solution to their dreams. In the form of a real Ringless Binder.

What we would like to recommend? Shamelessly our own design. Ringless Binder.

Ring-less Multi binder demonstration
Ring-less Multi binder with two spines and up to 350 pages

Rings are replaced with flexible ties. The spine is eliminated. As well as 80% of the material used to assemble the Ring-binder. The poisonous Vinyl Covers are gone.  Finally, you can use an Eco-friendly binder.

Binder Notebook opened
Binder Notebook opened

It is a simple sheet of tear-proof paper with ties cut from the covers. It keeps together almost any number of pages. If You need a zippered portfolio you may use this binder and insert it like any notebook.

ringless binder with koi fish
ringless binder with koi fish

So finally here is the real Notebook/Binder in One. In our Shop.

Try One. Certainly is not going to cost you a fortune, especially compared with Ring binders.

 

 

 

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What is better notebook or binder?

Ringless Binder with single spine and 150 pages capacity
No Ring Binder with single spine and 150 pages capacity

Notebook or binder.

Are there binders without rings?

Students in US schools forced to deal with the pain of using and carrying around brick-like ring binders are asking endless questions. You can easily see that on the top of their wishes is a quite legendary “Binder notebook.” This nowhere to find mythical beast combines the utility of the ring binder with a simple, easy-to-use notebook.

Three-ring binder was born at the same time as the First Steam engine

Students shopping for basic school supplies meet the stark market reality where the only choice is a 133-year-old Ring-binder.

A not exactly modern solution, the Ring binder was invented when the first Steam Engines came to life.

A few manufacturers are producing a variety of widgets that are supposed to replace the Ring Binder, but none of them is up to the task.

The problem is spines exceed the thickness of the paper they contain. The need to deal with metal prongs (Prong Folder) that easily hurt fingers with sharp metal edges, or the fancy Punchless binders in various shapes, frankly missing the tooth to grab and keep the leaflets effectively. 

There is a solution that comes closest to fulfilling the dreams. The Flex hybrid note binder has collapsible rings made from steel wire, but the heavy-duty beast takes up so much space in the backpack and, quite frankly, quite often feels like an overkill. Pounds of steel to carry ounces of paper?

Notebook Binder
Notebook / Binder for school

So among the unsatisfied, a designer came up with a simpler solution.

The ringless binder is made from a sheet of tear-resistant paper.

Ringless binder with its 2 oz (56grams) average weight is ECO friendly. The designer Eliminatined 80% of the material usually involved in the CONSTRUCTION of the OLD Ring-binder.

Try it out! Visit our Shop at SmartPaperCuts.com 

Binder Notebook opened
Binder Notebook opened

 

 

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NO Ring Binder for Ring-less People

Ringless binders

Binder notebook in one
Yellow Student’s binder – notebook in one

A bunch of us out there is swearing on our lives to avoid the Ring binders at all costs.

Their brick-like quality, Rings terrorizing fingers and Sticking out like a mountain spine don’t make it a favorable item on our shelf, especially when they are half empty. Every time you buy one you have to choose among one of the available sizes, and of course, if you end up using them, they are always too big or too small and in the end, the rings misalign.

2 Spine Binder
2 Spine Binder – notebook in one

But there is hope on the horizon. The 133-year-old reign of the Ring binder may end. Do you see the picture here? The yellow page with a couple of round cutouts? It is a binder made from a piece of paper using flexible ties instead of rings. It stays flat regardless of the amount of paper you put in. It can bind just a few 120-150 pages, but his cousin’s 2 Spines ring-less Binder can gobble up to 350 pages. All of it without the unique Spine dominating the Ring-binder. And there is one more member of the same (Insane) family: “Spine-Less Binder” This fellow has an appetite. It can devour up to 800 pages and has one more quality. Singlehandedly replaces all sizes of Ring-binder. No more headaches about which one we should choose.

Spineless binder
Spineless binder with a tag

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Office Binders in the US vs binders in the EU

Ringless Binder with a BIG TAG
Ringless Binder with a BIG TAG

Except for the difference in the number of rings and holes, a wider variety of binders are available in the EU. Market divided between 27 countries, Each one with its language and with several producers and often national only distribution allows for a wider variety of available products you never have opportunity to ever see in the US. In the US, the market is devoid of any real competition, and with a small number of prominent sellers dominating the industry and Legal protection practically nonexistent thanks to the 2011 American invention Act as well rulings of the Supreme Court for years consistently taking away patent rights from small entities and individuals, the fringe products have no chance to exist. If it does, the damage comes quickly in the form of unauthorized copies sold by Chinese or domestic infringers.

But let’s go back to the EU Binders.

Strip binder mechanism

#1 Strip Binder or Loop File with prongs. With no single term describing

strip binder

this binder is challenging to find. Produced by four big companies.

1) Due to its construction can carry no more than 30-50 sheets.

2) Its flexible fork mechanism doesn’t survive rough handling. It can be damaged even in regular but prolonged use.

But it sells since there is always demand for an alternative to a ring binder.

 

#2 C/BOARD FILE W/STRING  I found it under the fascinating Polish

fascicle

name FASCYKUŁA  (Fascicle – in English) Simple, Old but practical. Made from 630 gsm Cardboard. Produced by several enterprises in the EU. Used to keep larger portions of archived documents.

 

 

 

#3  Q-Connect Transfer File 35mm Capacity Foolscap Buff. Wow, What a name!! Sounds like a Spanish Hidalgo.

Q-Connect Transfer File 35mm Capacity Foolscap Buff

Luckily their price is very short. According to reviews, they take in more pages than the venerable #1 strip binder.

In one review Mrs. Payroll wrote: “Needed some files to store clients’ end-of-year accounts and paperwork. I did not want to spend a lot on storage files. Use lever arch files all year and then transfer to these spring files, so they are less bulky for storage purposes.
Not sure the files are thick enough for everyday use. May need to spend a bit more. But ideal at 39p each for my needs!!”

 

 

That’s it for now.  More will come…

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Ringless binder

Ringless binder

Stack of Ringless, Spineless Binders with visible yellow tags marking the location of certain documents.

Have you noticed? The number of people looking for a: “ringless binder.” 

Try searching: I hate ring binders.  There are quite a few results. The answers are: “Binders For Non-Binder People,” Ring Binder vs. Bound Book, etc.

Users are dissatisfied with the Ring-binder. As the answer to the prayers, you may see a “Grip binder,” a look-a-like binder in the form of a box. Clipboards with Covers, zippers, etc. I dare to say the number of answers indicates the simple truth: There is No viable replacement for the Ring binder’s effectiveness.

Ringless Binder
Binder able to bind up to 350 pages. Using flexible ties instead of rings or prongs.

Ring binders with the spine sticking up and metal rings always in the way of hands trying to reach a page are uncomfortable to use. Plus, their brick-like form is quite painful to carry around, and it has a profound effect on the users,https://www.paperbee.net/shop/

That’s why they search in vain.

But there is One.

Binder and Notebook in one.

Multi-binder. Binding up to 350 pages with two sets of ties. It can be used as two subjects notebook.

No longer does anyone has to choose. It is made from a sheet of reinforced paper and is strong. Instead of rings, a flexible tie is used. It always stays flat regardless of the number of pages it binds. It comes in versions. One looks like a notebook but without a spine.

It binds from one up to 350 pages.

Another “Spineless” singlehandedly replaces all sizes of commonly available ring binders with different thicknesses and accommodates from 1 to 800 pages in one simple design.

Where can you find it?     In our SHOP

Ringless and decorative binder with up to 150 pages capacity
Ringless and decorative binder with up to 150 pages capacity

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I am missing.. The insects. Are we Next?

The bee

Do you remember the time not so long ago when you seriously considered installing a “bug shield” on your car since every drive ended with a windshield smeared with insects you met on the highway? Right now, the sky is clear, and even on the most extended trip, multiple hours spent on the road do not produce the same result. The long-time effort of Monsanto to pollute our environment has final effects. I am missing the bugs, Their night swirl around my headlights, The heart-stopping sound when the big one meets the windshield. Oh, I wish I drove slower. Now they are gone. Hardly anything is swimming in the air along my long trip on the highway. Even the mosquitos are missing from the morning scroll among the trees of a nearby forest preserve. What next? Who is next? As the remainder, I created a Bee as a paper pop-up in honor of our gone but not recognized insects/friends. What should I do next? Long lost, from my view, a Grasshopper? Pop-up paper monument? In a Coffin? Are we next?

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“United Inventors Association” The TROJAN HORSE of the Big.Tech.

There is well known saying about the devil wearing priest garb and using his tail to announce a mass.
Amazon as double faced devilA couple of weeks ago, looking at the “United Inventors Association” Washington DC prestigious address and the lack of real engagement with the inventors’ community, I became curious?

After requesting info among their sponsor supplying financial backing, you can see names like “Google” and “Amazon.” 

Google and Amazon support financially this quasi inventors organization to use it as a Trojan Horse to channel inventors attention and put through the Congress new and new anti-competitive measures to limit Inventors’ rights. Inventor is their competition. There is a real Inventor organization US INVENTOR, but they do not enjoy Big Tech’s financial support.

There is also Supreme Court issuing anti-inventor decisions, somehow always finding itself on the side of the Big Tech. 

Currently, there is no way to start an Invention supported business in the US and survive. Term “Efficient infringement” describes the method employed by big companies outright stealing marketable inventions knowing that no startup, no inventor can afford years-long and costing millions of challenges in US courts to reinforce inventor patent rights. In addition, a new institution was introduced in the US patent ecosystem in 2011 by the American invent Act; PTAB is Invalidating 84% of US-issued patents on behalf of big Chinese and US businesses.

On April 24, 2018, in Oil states against vs. Greener’s energy Supreme court decided that you, the citizen of the United States, do not have rights to fruits of your own labor? If you ever come out with an invention and spend time and money to develop it, the fruit of your labor is not yours anymore. According to the totalitarians from Supreme Court, patent/Invention is now a government “franchise.” 

There was historically a group of people in the US with no rights to the fruits of their labor. We called them slaves.

I used to live in two countries under communist regimes at the time, Poland and Czechoslovakia, and all property there was a government franchise. 

Step by step, Supreme Court transform this country into a new anti-democratic system. Not only “interpreting” US law but also usurping powers of Congress, issuing decisions contradicting existing statutes like, for example, introducing “judicial exemption.” gradually stripping US inventors from their rights to patent their discoveries.

There is, however real Inventor organization: US Inventor working to restore our property rights gutted by the Supreme court.

If you care about future of this country support US Inventor !!!

 

 

 
 
 
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poplifecards.com or not every pop-up card is cute.

A new website carrying pop-ups is showing on the horizon. After the quick inspection is clear to the viewer that there is no slightest effort to distinguish themselves from the competition. there is NO invention, No dedicated designer behind. Just repetition of medium quality designs so well known from offerings by other sellers. There is no way to distinguish their cards from any other Vietnam (Or China) importer. The generic website offers no info about the people behind it, but after a closer inspection is clear that this is the website of one of the Vietnam-based makers as it points to their pricing policy and the number of rather unimpressive designs. However, there is some extra effort since the manufacturer offers printed cards instead of single-color colored papers used by others. As a result, some of the cards are a little bit neater than the competition.

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Fresh Cut Paper? popup cards with no so fresh interpretation

FreshCut Paper Dear Dahlia comes with its very own festive pink vase that allows it to sit on any flat surface. Our paper flower bouquets never wilt, never fade and never lose thier color. More than a greeting card, it's a keepsake for years to come for any recipient. There is a new website on the paper horizon. “FreshcutPaper”
On the first sigh, impressive, nice graphics and designs.
But after 3 seconds, there is also a reflection.
Looking at the subject of the designs, the viewer starts thinking.
I saw it already somewhere.
Of course, it’s the new trend of paper flowers we call among us the “Mee too movement.”
It has nothing to do with the well-known social movement against sexual abuse and sexual harassment.
It is about designers impressed by others who start the same subject.
This time I dare say they follow our Paperbee.net pop-up flowers.
ME too, I too, screams their web pages suddenly featuring a bunch of paper flowers.
I like the subject, and I can do it too.- screams the page.
Can you?
1) The designs are SO BIG. At least 24″(60cm) high. The size alone physically prevents any attempts to have them on display Longer. Small is beautiful. Not BIG.
Who is going to keep it on display, requiring so much space?
There is no certain intimacy we develop with small and beautiful.
2) Stylized Designs are well done, but… It is quite clear that the artist cannot bring his own interpretation of the subject, and that’s why he sticks to realistic renderings.
Lack of creativity and, in my opinion, understanding of the medium shows up when we look at the string of the designs. He is changing flowers but they look all the same. BORING in effect.
God-given spark is not present.

On the positive side. I can congratulate the designer that he is trying to bring his own voice to the growing paper flowers Field.

With so many web site pushing China/Vietnam-made and design pop-ups, his work is a welcomed addition.
Frankly, I am afraid after the initial push; he may not last very long. Small sizes and an interesting variety of interpretations are needed.

The cultural background (US raised) emphasizing repetition (not developing interesting variety) works against the designer. Of course, looking at his website, he totally disagrees with our assessment.

The image has the link to their website.

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Printed Matter Art Book Fair

Over a year ago (2019) Prompted by my family’s desire to see the newest indie-independent art we went to Chicago’s “Printed Matter Book Fair”. After finding parking on Wabash Ave short stroll brought us to the Michigan location of this glorious event. Old buildings on Michigan Ave destinations by themselves showing to the visitor quite an interesting 19-century approach to architectural design. There is a certain charm preserved in the old interior decoration. A crowd of mostly young people filled the stairs and walkways on 3floors of the building.
Crowded Floors filled with exhibitors and viewers with little space in between on the first sight offered plenty of interesting things to see. But after a while searching for the new, beautiful, and unexpected there was a sort of disappointment. Clearly, we expected more. The first thing which struck my practical mind was a discovery that no independent bookseller present on these 3 floors was offering something I would purchase, read and cherish for at least for a while.

Books exist not only in their physical form but at least to me as the frame for an interesting message. The message was the ingredients missing. The main message emerging from seeing the fair was a message of the author’s loss and confusion. Focusing on form, printed pages without a clear intellectual path produced nothing memorable. Even a few pop-ups I saw, did not bring to me this kind of satisfaction or curiosity to prompt me to purchase one since they are bound to sit on the shelves forgotten because of the sin of not carrying a message.
Message It is the ingredient missing from contemporary US American art. That’s why Manga Books and similar foreign inventions dominate the U.S. market. They bring the message – excitement.
In a culture focused on the financial aspect, simple seeds of imagination and creativity have no chance to flourish. The young generation of makers is trying but since there were born and raised in this environment there are trying, but falling short.
Coming back to my family we came to the conclusion that our time could be better spent.
Unfortunately.
But I think we should keep watching. true art comes unexpectedly and in small portions.
This February 2021 Printed Matter will launch its first Virtual Art Book Fair (PMVABF)
https://pmvabf.org/

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Smart paper cuts. Florida

A Christmas Tale
A Christmas Tale pop-up book by Vojtech Kubasta

When my wife and kid enjoyed the warm beaches during our annual Florida vacation, an active person like me scouting for unusual and beautiful, found in the local museum collection of pop-up books by Vojtěch Kubašta. Paper “Umelec”(Artist In the Czech language) put the old-world’s overwhelming charm into the pop-up world. In Florida, unexpectedly, I was back in Prague still remembering the charm of the Old City, The antiquariat where I was buying the 19 century, old human anatomy books with wonderfully illustrated pop-up cut out of organs you can move to see the next layer of the human body. The “Wlasky salad” and “housky” buns I was buying in the neighborhood store every morning.

Vojtech Kubasta was able to transfer the charm of the old-world into the pages of his books. For me, it was a sudden transfer into the charming and long-forgotten world.

The language I was able to master enough to start reading books in Czech quickly. Places where everybody wishes you a Good day regardless if you know anybody there. The strange way the coffee is served and people keep utensils when they are eating. During the fall, the dark sweet cherries I was eating sitting among the branches of huge cheery tries in an old palace park—the dark memory of the day I had to leave this newly discovered and charming world behind. After so many years, it still hurts.

Hej, Wake up. I have heard the voice of my wife. The curator of the Fort Lauderdale museum asked about the Vojtech Kucasta books’ collection agreed to show to us, my family, the treasures in his possession. I wish you the same experience.

But please do not go to Prague for the Beer drinking trip. Lucky I was able to enjoy the old city before the era of tourist invasion. There still were old antique cars on the streets, dark cities after sunset, and beer number 10 showing without question automatically up the front of every new guest in the local “Wycep” (Pub)

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The end of the Reign of the Ring Binder.

 Friedrich Soennecken inventor of the Ring Binder should certainly wake up from his well-deserved final rest knowing that finally there is something/ somebody good enough to challenge his invention “Ring-binder” 133 years long reign in every office on the earth.

To my surprise, the new solution comes not in form of a complicated mechanism but as a single, flexible sheet of material cut a certain way. All rings and metal parts are eliminated. And it works. There is no sticking-out spine always taking the same space on the shelf even if empty. The New Ring-Less Binder is flexible and quite pleasant to handle, the same as the rest of this new family serving the same binding functions.

The Challenger has no worldwide ambitions currently trying to find a licensee for his invention in the U.S. and then eventually in the E.U.

This is not the first time the Reign of the Ring is challenged. There are numerous challenges to its rule sponsored by many companies. None of them were successful, lingering on the fringe of the Office market mostly due to the fact that they introduce their own sets of problems.

In the U.S. there is an additional problem with the office market dominated by very few big players with immense financial resources not taking any risks when it comes to the introduction of a product competing with their well-established best sellers.

To make things more palatable for inventors the 2011 Leahy–Smith America Invents Act effectively makes U.S. patents worthless and unenforceable by a small player not having financial resources to finance legal challenges. Leahy-Smith’s act sponsored by Big Tech effectively enables “Efficient Infringement” practiced by already established companies barring entry to the market for eventual startups/competition. Introduced by this legislation PTAB (Patent Trial and Appeal Board ) enjoys well-deserved fame as a ” Patent killing squad” invalidating by own admission 84% of all challenged patents. The effect: Invention exodus to more promising lands already caught politicians’ attention in Congress. The problem is that the incoming Biden administration is already (11/29/20) hiring people from Big Tech with a cozy relationship with the Obama White House.

5 Ring-Less binders by Alfac.us
Ring vs Ring-less
compare Ring-Less with empty Ring binder

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Allen and Patty Eckman Paper Sculptures

Among the unusual and beautiful Allen and Patty Eckman paper art is in one of the top places. I was looking for some small sculptures, examples of western art I stumbled on a striking image showing an Indian boy. A long time ago I was being myself wannabe in this western art field trying to promote glass Christmas ornaments with western subjects. I was able to sell only glass “Prairie schooners” Cowboys and their maidens and Stagecoaches but never any Indian subjects.  Later on, I realized that the reason well embedded in the American psyche. The deep wounds still dividing society, more than 100 years after the carnage. It makes Native inhabitants unable to accept anything from outside as part of the still ongoing invasion and on the other side deep denial of the historical facts, denial of the facts of the real and brutal history, and inability to reconcile. As the naive newcomer, I never realized the deep scars the American psyche trying to promote a naive propagandistic view on US history. The authentic art from both sides is the only acceptable line of communication. That’s why we buy Indians jewelry on the side of a highway in Arizona or pottery in South Dakota and that why I am searching for authentic western art. It brings certain unspoken truths.

If you have a minute I think you should take a look at their website https://eckmanfineart.com