By Michael Schwartz At a time when digital design tools and modern paper choices give you nearly limitless options...
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Considering that anybody who spends a lot of time working with Pantone colors ends up trying to guess the...
Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013 2 p.m. ET (11 a.m. PT) PaperSpecs and Neenah Paper present the free webinar “Uncoated...
If this design were a movie, it would definitely be titled “My Big Fat Wedding Invitation.” And it would...
Wow … wow … wow! Printers can produce some of the most stunning self-promotion pieces and capabilities brochures (as...
Your email, photos, and even Adobe’s Creative Suite have all drifted off into the “cloud” – that magical land...
OK, here’s your chance to tell a major paper supplier how you’d put together their 2013 swatchbook. Yippee! This...
The latest Arjowiggins swatchbook – the “Creative Papers Digital Booklet” – features 11 new digital papers (when you count...
Mohawk continues to slim down its swatchbooks with the release of another six redesigned guides, following the one for...
When you have a brand as recognizable as Sony’s PlayStation, you’d think marketing would require little more than rolling...
However much designers get into the business to flex their creative muscles and as a guilt-free way to indulge...
After years of budget meltdowns and loan defaults, the U.S. Postal Service is being placed under the microscope by...
By Sabine Lenz Just before the holidays, I finally received my own copy. I leafed through the book ooohing...
“We achieved this effect with a dot-for-dot varnish.” The designer friend of mine was understandably very proud of himself....
When it comes to travel destinations, branding can mean the difference between success and economic ruin. And if your...
Seems like the more creative you become, the larger the canvas you look for to express your vision. Which...
No matter how much technology pretends it can get along just fine without paper, it can’t help itself –...
Finch Paper closed out the year on a high note as its “Digital Field Guide Campaign” bagged the 2012...
Some artists are celebrated, some exploited, and some simply make audiences uncomfortable by creating works like Chris Ware’s latest,...
While you were busy buying yourself a little holiday cheer the week before Christmas, Adobe picked itself up a...
The large colorful photos demanded the spotlight, and we wanted to do them justice. The printed piece needed to...
By Deborah Corn In courtroom dramas we are often reminded to never ask a question we don’t already know...
No sooner have you gotten back into the swing of things than you find yourself with THAT feeling: you...
Debbie Millman Would you like to take a peek inside the heads of some of the world’s greatest living...
Erik Spiekermann and E.M. Ginger Internationally renowned graphic designer Erik Spiekermann explains in everyday terms what typography is and...
Steven Heller and Louise Fill Seen in everything from wedding invitations and birth announcements to IOUs, menus and diplomas,...
Editors of Phaidon Five hundred graphic designs created since the advent of mechanical reproduction are showcased in this archive...
This studio typographically invites you to literally turn the business card (plus the notecard, letterhead, label and envelope) around...
This designer went on a flight of fancy for the client’s save-the-date card. And what better motif for a...