A long time ago, in that time far, far away, when absolutely nothing was leaked online because there was...
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If there’s anything we love more than a good historical mystery, it’s a clever use of printing techniques, which...
One of the most interesting things to come out of this week’s South by Southwest Festival is a short...
The color elves over at Pantone have had a good look around under the sofa cushions and discovered 84...
Mighty Oaks from tiny acorns grow, and great benefits from humble paper come. That’s pretty much the inspirational message...
Run. Run. Run! It’s hard to miss the message behind the 2014 calendar created by German designer Fabian Greiser;...
Most writers would be chuffed to bits simply to have their book chosen as the winner of a £40,000 (about...
The Pepsi Generation may soon become the Paper Generation, according to a patent that recently came to light. The...
By Craig Simpson When you’ve been designing direct-mail pieces for any length of time, it’s easy to think you...
“Let Us Lighten the Load.” To convey this marketing message, Cacao Design created a truly unique corporate brochure that...
Have seven minutes? Then join us as all the steps begin to come together in this, the third installment...
When the word “art” appears in the name of the company that deals in fine art acquisition and management...
What happens when uber-clever advertising agency OgilvyOne meets the uber-focused color-classifyer Pantone? A colorful bit of whimsy in the...
Over the last few years, Mohawk has gradually transformed itself from a paper company with a firm hand in the...
While commercial book design has grown increasingly more ambitious over the years, real-world economics and corporate review boards still...
There’s nothing inherently funny about type. But illustrator Andy Smth, who’s put his skills to work for the likes...
In a coup well in keeping with Mad Men‘s seeming inability to put a foot wrong, AMC has enlisted...
In the high-stakes world of advertising, headhunting the right talent away from rival firms can be an expensive proposition....
Never in the history of PaperSpecs (and we’re going on 11 years now…good grief!) has any paper creation received...
When one-woman typography phenomenon Jessica Hische decides to give her blog readers tips on choosing just the right type...
For all the tension between 21st century digital technology and the time-honored craft of ink and paper, occasionally you...
Digital continues to be the wave of the future in paper as Sappi Fine Paper North America this week...
When the Grammy-winning Dave Matthews Band put out the call to its fans to create original merchandise for its...
We’re not altogether sure what’s been going on in the offices of Sagmeister & Walsh, but they now seem...
After years of fairly lackluster releases (mostly tied to movie and other media properties such as The Lord of...
It wasn’t so long ago that we burned people at the stake for just the kind of sorcery that...
Looking for an example of the transformative powers of paper? Take Tx.to, a new French service that transforms a string...
Neenah Paper’s Beauty of Letterpress project, which has sold exclusive letterpress prints to help the Hamilton Wood Type &...
PaperSpecs PRO membership continues to have its privileges. That means instant access to informative webinars on every facet of...
By Kathrin Blatter There are no two ways about it – product packaging is the “prime time” of design....
