Design Work Life: Cataloging Inspiration Daily

Easy Tiger is a new Kansas City based sta­tionery busi­ness that strives to make “cards for awe­some peo­ple.” And they are cer­tainly dis­trib­uted in an awe­some way — through refur­bished vin­tage vend­ing machines.

See, our machines (and cards) are just a byprod­uct of a few peo­ple who share the same crazy idea: that cards should be fun. From the way that you buy them, to the way that you use them. And what’s more fun than old, sal­vaged vend­ing machines? We couldn’t come up with any­thing. There is just some­thing amaz­ing about putting in some change, pulling a mechan­i­cal knob, and dis­pens­ing a lit­tle piece of paper good­ness (and enve­lope, of course). No gim­micks. No elec­tric­ity (except for our flu­o­res­cent bulb, when we want to get fancy). Just some vend­ing machines from the 1970’s find­ing a new lease on life.

Check out all of their card designs online right here.