ABOUT US
From the Block to the Beach.
American Beach. Virginia Key Beach Park. Highland Beach. Oak Bluffs. Atlantic Beach. Chicken Bone Beach. Bruce's Beach. Inkwell. Sag Harbor.
paperxpencil is a coastal publishing and apparel brand rooted in the preservation of historically Black beach culture. Through storytelling, garments, journals, and visual works, PXP explores the relationship between the shoreline, memory, inner peace, and the Black experience.
Inspired by the historic beaches where Black families gathered, rested, created, and reclaimed joy, the brand exists as both an archive and a reflection. The ocean becomes more than scenery it becomes a place of inheritance, solitude, healing, and cultural memory.
Founded by Brooklyn-born designer and engineer Jude Caze, paperxpencil was shaped by years spent journaling near the beaches of South Florida and studying the emotional atmosphere surrounding coastal spaces. Blending editorial storytelling, archival influence, and understated design, the brand approaches apparel as a companion to deeper narratives rather than fast-moving trends.
Every collection, story, and object released through PXP is connected by a shared philosophy:
slow down, observe, reflect, and remember.
From historically Black shorelines to imagined coastal futures, paperxpencil documents the emotional geography of Black coastal life through a quiet and timeless lens.
The shore remembers.
So do we.
Jude Caze, Fort Lauderdale
Founder, paperxpencil© Creative Design Lab
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hello@paperxpencil.com
PHONE
754.207.2940
HQ
2950 West Cypress Creek Rd.
Ste. 333 (PMB# 1069)
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