While you were busy buying yourself a little holiday cheer the week before Christmas, Adobe picked itself up a...
Author Archive for: aaron-berman
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...
Penny Fowler Frank Lloyd Wright’s graphic work is often overlooked when discussing the contributions of this seminal architect. His...
Mia Fineman The desire and determination to modify the camera image are as old as photography itself. Nearly every...
Before we fill out our own paper wish list for Santa, everyone here at PaperSpecs would like to take...
Though it’s nice to collect swatchbooks and mull over different paper options, when it comes to sending out an...
Direct marketing has a long history of clever promotions, but some landmark of gleeful whimsy was reached by Australia’s...
Creatives are the nosey type by nature, certainly anxious to have a peek at what’s in your Moleskine. Fortunately...
Where oh where would we be without stock images? Can you imagine having to turn around every project you...
At a time when it isn’t just petrulli-tinged peace-and-love types carrying canvas bags to the corner store anymore, the...
It’s an office tradition as old as pretending not to hear the marital phone fight in the next cubicle...
December is my favorite time of year. Besides the holiday festivities, I receive so many colorful cards and envelopes...
What a long, crazy year of Paper Tips it’s been. Like the Roman god Janus, we seemed to be...
There’s no mistaking the designer of this special cover for Process magazine’s NorCal edition. The inspiration was a poster...
QR Codes continue to be this year’s biggest story, especially now that we’re starting to get some numbers to...
Just when you think whimsy has all but disappeared from the paper realm, along comes something like “Smartbook”. Created...
For those in the biz, Pantone is more than an efficient system for not embarrassing yourself too badly on...
As 2013 draws near, it’s time to take a look at what worked this year and what didn’t. What...
If somebody backed their car over a product you made, you’d probably be mildly peeved at the very least....
There’s something uniquely freeing about working with paper to create something one of a kind. Increasingly, it seems that...
