The Social Type was founded by paper and design enthusiasts Allison Brennan & Jessica Tree. They first launched their own line of foil pressed greeting cards in 2010, and have since expanded into other fine paper good products. They opened their flagship brick & mortar stationery store in Los Angeles in 2016, with an additional brick & mortar in Hudson Valley, NY that opened in Fall of 2022. Their wholesale studio resides in Glassell Park in Los Angeles, CA.