China’s current crop of DIY cassette labels is extremely small and very new. The flow of dakou (打口)—discarded Western tapes sold in the grey market created after China’s 1978 economic opening—raised ...

For our money, the best label for pretty much any purpose is one of those embossed Dymo-style stick-on labels, the kind with the raised white letters. There’s just something about them — the raised ...

Instead of messing with paper and tape that get worn and stained, use chalkboard paint to create a permanent label that’s easy to update. I’ve found that adding a brush stroke of chalkboard paint ...