Our story

Forty-five years.
One family.
Every order.

South Coast Designs has shipped precision paper trimmers, blades, and mount boards from Orange County since 1980. We supply a national retail print network and a few thousand print pros who reorder, year after year.

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The Orange County warehouse, present day
The original workshop bench in the early years
Chapter 01 · 1980
The first office

How it started.

A one-room office, a small catalog, and the founder’s phone number on the back.

South Coast Designs was founded in Orange County in 1980 by Maggie Keary, a print industry veteran who believed the best supplier is simply the most reliable one. What started as a small local distributor grew into a national supplier, built not on a catalog, but on a reputation for doing exactly what she said she would. Four and a half decades and thousands of shipments later, that standard still runs the business.

Chapter 02 · 1991
The account that scaled us

Earning a national account.

Won on price the first quarter. Kept on consistency every quarter after.

In 1991, a nationally recognized print and shipping network needed a trimmer supplier who could ship on demand to thirty regional centers. Maggie made the bid. She won it on price the first quarter and on consistency every quarter after that. South Coast Designs has been the supplier on file ever since.

We mention it here because a thirty-five-year relationship with a network operating thousands of retail print locations is the most honest proof we have. The trimmers we send to your shop are the same trimmers we ship to theirs.

Stocked warehouse aisles during the national-network years
Maggie Keary, founder of South Coast Designs, in the early years
Chapter 03 · 2025 →
Generation two

The next chapter, same family.

Same phone number. Same warehouse. New website.

In 2025, Maggie stepped back. Her children took the reins. The phone number did not change. The warehouse did not move. The supplier relationships that took four decades to build are intact. What is changing is the front end: a real website, a real catalog you can shop online, real B2B account tools that procurement teams actually want to use.

The voice on the phone is younger now. The standards are the same.

The catalog, today

What we ship.

Precision rotary paper trimmers from 36 to 72 inches. Replacement cutter heads and blades. Easels for studios, galleries, and trade booths. Acid-free and standard mount boards in several stocks. Everything is shipped from our Orange County warehouse within 1 to 2 business days for in-stock items, anywhere in the lower 48.

What stays the same

Three things that are not changing.

01

You talk to a person.

A dedicated rep handles your account end to end. Not a ticket queue. Not a chatbot.

02

Ships in 1-2 business days.

In-stock orders ship in one to two business days nationwide. Reorders are tracked so we know what you need before you ask.

03

We stand behind the trimmer.

Blade gets dull, send it back. Head goes out of alignment, send it back. We have a parts shelf that goes back forty-five years.

For procurement & print pros

Let’s start the relationship.

If you run a print operation, a sign shop, a photo lab, a school print services department, or an architecture firm, there is a good chance we can build you a standing quote that beats whatever you are paying now. One business day to put it together. No sales calls unless you ask for them.

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Est. 1980
Orange, California
(424) 235-7557