For most of us, Valentine’s Day is like a high-school trauma that hangs over us for the rest of...
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There’s no shortage of tools to help the designer preview their creations, but the Cricut Explore really got our...
Watching the world’s marketing professionals trying to come up with the ideal way to bridge the gap between print...
Big thanks to Sirius Design Owner Susan Bergeron-West for pointing out the following story on our LinkedIn page. (This comes...
Every year we promise ourselves that we won’t post about Shutterstock’s “Design Trends” report, and every year we give...
You know you’re in trouble when someone begins to make their point by saying “Some of my best friends...
Hats off to Leo Burnett Lisboa – the Lisbon, Portugal arm of the advertising firm – for designing a...
It’s been a remarkable week for paper and sustainability. New Leaf Paper released Reincarnation 100, the first coated paper...
Looking at The Magnificent Multitude of Beer wall map for more than a few seconds leaves you feeling like you’ve...
Making good on last month’s promise, New Leaf Paper this week unveiled Reincarnation 100, the first coated paper made...
We’re not sure whether to file this one under characteristic Japanese wackiness, type nerdity, or old-fashioned cynical marketing of...
Yep, get 100 monkeys banging away on 100 typewriters for a hundred years and you might just end up...
Whatever “fussin’ and a feudin’ ” you hear coming from the direct-mail market over postal rates, they’ll continue to...
Thanks to cheap mailing lists and technology, we know a lot more about the targets of our various direct-mail...
GPA just put paid to finishing equipment this week with the release of its Ultra Digital Pre-Converted Substrates, which come with...
We must admit to having a soft spot for Hallmark, that plucky greeting card company that has somehow managed...
By Alan Rosenspan In a month when many of us are trying to stick to resolutions for the improvement...
You’ve seen those immersion programs that fill your brain with the language of your choice in a short period of...
New Leaf Paper has done it again with the introduction of coated, fine grade papers made with 100% Post...
For those who consider beer as crucial to getting through the day as a fully functioning copy of Creative...
Following the Great Depression, the U.S. Works Progress Administration’s “See America” campaign threw a few bucks artists’ way to...
When your career revolves around various uses of paper, trying to be environmentally responsible is always a tricky business....
It’s been a hell of a couple of years for the Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum, which is still...
Ah, the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago. That’s the event that brought us the first major exhibition of AC...
Last spring, at the height of customer outrage over Adobe’s Creative Cloud coup, users were so offended that some...
In a cheeky take on the Starbucks Rewards Card, a Washington DC coffee shop has created the Disloyalty Card,...
It was only a matter of time, but it still feels a little shocking – like seeing your first...
Though our mind has quickly flown to making out our shopping list the half a dozen times we’ve attempted...
We like to think we bring many positive qualities to this world. Still, when it comes to keeping up...
Picture a zoo devoid of walls between the predators and the prey and you’ll have a pretty good handle...