These invitations were designed as a collectible display piece with longevity and multi-use functions, such as the glitter cube...
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Were Freud alive today, he’d no doubt have a ball with Volkswagen and creative agency Ogilvy’s longstanding obsession with the idea...
Museum exhibit catalogs really are hit-or-miss affairs. For every stunning piece of print craft there are half a dozen...
It’s tough to keep up with the ever-changing trends in print design, but if designers don’t stay on top...
I had seen impressive samples. I had spoken to the inventors over the phone. I had heard a lot...
HP Graphic Solutions It’s not every day that a talking peanut blows out 100 candles on a cake in...
Multiple printing processes and techniques are used in combination to create tactile distinction. – Eric Kass, Designer When your...
Occasionally you see a packaging design idea that is far stronger than its initial execution. Take Windsor Vineyards’ color-it-yourself...
“Cool” doesn’t even begin to cover the style and craftsmanship that went into this wedding invitation for designers Shaun Green...
The packaging Brand Union Hong Kong came up with for “The Governor’s Choice,” a version of Mandalay Rum aimed at the...
The progress of a fad runs a little something like this: inspiration, adoration, imitation, detestation. Thus the recent explosion in...
When the Croatian Phonographic Association wanted some cool business cards, Ivan Dilberovic was only too happy to come up...
Anyone who doubts the power of a little sensuality in our oversexed, 50 Shades of Grey society should spend...
Eager to give that brochure or direct-mail piece a little extra zing without significantly upping your costs? Special guest...
The use of blind embossing and detailed sculpted emboss were 100% required for overall design success. – Kurt Gonsalves,...
Neenah Paper Yes, it took one designer, a maker, two modernist design pioneers and a Vandercook press more than...
Granted it’s been (mumble, mumble) years since we received a school yearbook of our own, but we’re pretty sure...
There are conference apps nowadays but really, when was the last time you remembered or gasped at a conference...
For a 2015 marketing initiative, Xerox wanted to show off the capabilities of its iGen 5 digital press: its...
Postage stamps have always been fantastic canvases for creativity but, it has to be said, nearly always within a...
The rash (we use the term advisedly) of subscription boxes recently has proved one thing pretty clearly: cool subscription...
This year’s HOW Design Live was a whirligig of inspiring talks, great people, and of course getting to see and...
We’ve featured a fair number of crowdfunded projects over the years but this is the first time we’ve been...
Sewing through a textured back was tricky to get a straight stitch (but) turning the crank on the old...
Jaf Tea, one of the largest exporters of tea in Sri Lanka since 1944 and a seller of quality Ceylon tea...
The design works because the name and type of spirit are easy to spot right away, and the abstracted...
Intricacy of detail can take many forms in print design today as this edition of “Cool Designs” demonstrate. This week,...
Still in love with The Design Collection 2.0 Sampler that Neenah Paper released last month but wish you could...
Labels, packaging, bags – encouraged by the maker movement, kraft paper is fast becoming THE paper when you want...
Production and the printer are the most important part when it comes to complicated designs! – Denice Sanchez, Clampitt...
