This week’s announced acquisition of Consolidated Graphics (CGX) by RR Donnelley & Sons paves the way for a consolidation...
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International Paper this month announced that it has dramatically boosted the performance of its JetSet and JetStar line of...
At at time when we’re being sold on electronic business cards, sole proprietors tend to be the ones who...
Print and digital are like those crazy kids in the movies that we just know should get together, but...
Appleton Coated added Utopia Two Points Gloss to its popular line this month, with an eye firmly on the...
“Hello there! My name is Cameron, and I re-imagine buildings and structures as if designed entirely with type…” What sounds...
This week, Staples joined us all in the 21st century as its printing arm, Staples Print Solutions, added two...
In a classic tale of design and romance, two unsuspecting designers take a college drawing class, meet over the...
Can you hear the staccato beat of trombones with those frenetic guitar riffs yet? That’s the James Bond theme...
It’s nearly Halloween and we haven’t had so much as a rattling skeleton or inappropriate political mask around the...
Like recovering binge-drinkers who always manage to work alcohol into the conversation, we usually can’t go 24 hours without...
By Aaron Berman Come the end of October, thoughts naturally turn to tricks, treats and gentle scares: three qualities...
When you set out to make a big impression with your printed piece, there’s an understandable urge to bulk...
No matter how accomplished a print designer you might be, occasionally you’ll come across a project that drapes an...
It’s been a good week for soul searching. Earlier, it was the implications of the new Verily magazine and...
The creation of knock-your-socks-off invitations was the subject of PaperSpecs’ free webinar Sept. 24th. During “High End Invitations,” guest...
Haven’t you ever wanted to be a fly on the design studio wall? You know, inside the design studio...
If you’re looking for another C1S option that minds its environmental P’s & Q’s, you’ll be happy to know...
For a certain individual, type is captivating, type is illuminating, type can even be seductive. Seldom, though, would even...
Every three years, Clampitt Paper sponsors a special competition for designers in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. The company has...
I’ve always liked the idea of sending cards to celebrate a new year. It’s refreshing to receive, and the...
Let’s just admit it, shall we? We’ve been known to miss the point, to get the wrong end of...
Refreshing the brand of a successful, established business is a tricky proposition. The design needs to stay true to...
Leave it to a designer to inject a bit of old-world style into our everything-digital world. After rediscovering her...
Every day seems to bring another paper designed to out dazzle, out pop and out shine the one that...
Have you ever seen a square wine bottle? How about a wine bottle wrapped in beautiful paper printed with...
If Moleskine is the sleek, perfect little notebook, Field Notes is its rowdier, more spirited cousin. And like any...
Over the years we designers have embraced color, texture, and a wide range of finishing techniques. Now we’re going...
Every year, thousands of books are published to tell a story, promote a point of view, or to cash...