Find out about us
About Paper & Cities
Founded by Alex Zouaghi passionate traveler, photographer and blogger (when he finally manages to put his two kids to sleep!), Paper and Cities sells everything from prints of our favorite cities to colourful cards and beautiful stationery with one ambition: Offering quality products with a heart.
Because for each print we sell, Paper and Cities commits to plant one tree to help reforesting the planet and protecting our environment. A little gesture that we are proud to support with World Land Trust.
Our prints are created by talented and independent artists. It is our mission to support local talents and give them a voice to express their creativity and passion.
Ethical, responsible and incredibly cute (yes, it’s OK to feel proud about ourselves right?), we, at Paper and Cities, believe that big changes come from every little steps, so why don’t you join us in this beautiful adventure, and help us saving this world, one print at a time! I bet you too feel pretty proud about yourself now 😉
From London with ♥,
Alex,
Founder and CEO
This special collection was created to raise money to Foodbank for NYC and helped sponsored hundreds of meals for vulnerable people affected by Covid in New York.
Roberta Spettoli joined the team of Paper and Cities’ artists and create our best selling design ever: The 2020 Christmas postcard.
Paper and Cities is chosen as one of “Eurostar’s favourite small business in 2020”
“Best British Christmas gift in the Notecard category” from Town and Country Magazine.
Meet our Talented Artists
We love to work with talented artists from around the globe to create our unique stationery. Find out more about who we work with.
Clotilde Boucard
Always a cup of tea in the hand, Clotilde is a french freelance illustrator living with her husband and their two troublemakers (cats). All her realisations are hand painted with watercolour. Her work is mostly inspired by nature and the simple things. Indeed, Clotilde truly believed that we can find beauty in everyday life.
Clotilde has illustrated our Urban Explorer Collection
Roberta Spettoli
Roberta is an Italian freelance illustrator living in Bologna. She graduated as graphic advertising, she studied engraving and took a degree in Art Therapy. Since she was a child, drawing has been a way to give life to her inner world. During the years, she explored feminine symbolism for a personal need of affirmation, and developed it both in engraving – linocut in particular – and digital illustration. She loves cats and animals, nature and everything regarding magic and fantasy. Libraries and museums are her haven when she needs to relax, and they become timeless places in which Roberta can lose herself and nourish her imagery.
Lucia de Marco
Lucia de Marco is an Italian illustrator, based in Milan. Lucia has a degree in History of Art and specialized in editorial illustration. Now she’s working as a freelance illustrators and pattern designer. All her illustrations are painted with watercolours and gouache. She loves flowers, tea, autumn, and everything cozy and kind
Zakaria Azis
Zakaria Azis is a Graphic worker and freelance illustrator based in Serang, Indonesia. Zak has been working as freelancer since 2015. Focusing on concept based illustration and trying to build connection between people all around the world, Zak has produced a series of illustrations exclusively made for Paper and Cities, The New York Collection and The Vintage London Collection
Sarah Davis
Sarah Davis lives in Northern California with her boyfriend and 2 cats. She has a BFA in Studio Art with emphasis in photography and works on paper.
Aurélie Baudry
Aurélie is a French, Hackney-based illustrator. She draws fun and stylized scenes of everyday life in London, often combining architecture with little characters. Through Home-Drawn, her illustration studio, Aurélie also creates bespoke house portraits and designs personalised stationery for her clients. All her illustrations are painted by hand using ink, watercolour and gouache.
BESPOKE CREATIONS
Looking for a unique map of London for a 3 days seminar like the team of GOOGLE trusted us to build?
A bespoke piece created for the launch of a new HBO/SKY TV series like what we did a few months ago?
A lovely Christmas card like the one we created for FOUR SEASONS HOTEL?
Don’t hesitate to reach out with your beautiful project and let us do what we do best: Bringing it to life for you!
Look where we've been featured
We’ve been lucky enough to get some lovely reviews since we launched! Take a look at a selection of what’s been written about us.
Best British Christmas gift in the Notecard category
Town & Country Magazine
Eurostar’s favourite small business in 2020
Eurostar
Paper and Cities’ postcards will, without a doubt, make you fall in love with every single European city
