This week, font-management company Extensis released an eye-opening report revealing that nearly 60% of designers have “traded fonts with...
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It’s a cruel world out there, as 19-year-old English student Peter Clatworthy discovered recently when he plunked down about...
If you’re itching to gussy up the ol’ homestead for the holidays with a quick paper project, but can’t...
Pantone, that monetized esperanto of the color world, has opened the envelope, cleared its throat, and announced its color for...
OK, the last thing you feel like thinking about in the run-up to the holidays is your direct mail...
Simply tell us you’re producing a magazine by letterpress these days and you already have our attention. But tell...
When designing her self-promotional piece, Megan Zettlemoyer, a designer turned letterpress printer, was inspired by the process shoppers use...
Company holiday parties have come a long way. And this is one of the best examples we’ve seen of...
What is it about coasters and the holidays? I guess everyone has a drink of some sort in hand...
Last summer, Valassis found itself the subject of a court petition over an increased discount – up to 34%...
It’s so easy to forget just how transcendent exquisite design can be, something we were reminded of when we...
In a show of international cooperation often lacking in the cinematic depictions of James Bond, an Australian printer and...
By Aaron Berman Like some of those exotic beer blends you come across while perusing your local grocery shelves,...
What the right hand giveth, the left taketh away. Look no further than news that the United States Postal...
If you somehow missed the news, Amazon head Jeff Bezos unveiled plans to deliver their packages using unmanned drones,...
“Principals start agencies. Principals also run agencies into the ground. What kind of leader will you be?” That, in...
Listen, we know it’s Black Friday. We know that you’re probably just getting up now with a bit of...
It’s been a hell of a year for Adobe. In May it announced that it was phasing out disc...
Looking to keep that champagne nicely chilled during the holidays? Veuve Clicquot is here to help with its clever “Fashionably...
Look, we know you’ve got your hands full with tomorrow’s festivities and everything, but that doesn’t mean you can’t...
What’s that sound? Why that’s the rustling of wheat straw being harvested for actor Woody Harrelson’s passion project: Step...
In all our talk today of paper cards vs. e-cards, there is one demographic that not only wouldn’t dream...
As much as we love paper, one form of the stuff has always bugged us: gift wrap. Oh yes,...
The paper business is a complicated one in the digital age. You have to zig when the competition zags,...
The mind of a creative person can be a very violent place. Not violent in the “now where did...
When was the last time you actually came across a business card that you not only wanted to keep,...
By now many of us have rediscovered the value of having our photos nicely printed on paper, if for...
If there was any justice in this world, every meeting, conference and symposium would be managed by creatives rather...
That’s the beautiful thing about karma. Sometimes people will dramatically overcompensate, making up for a petty infraction with an...
We may not be able to struggle through this vale of tears without self-medicating, you and I, but darn...
