Branding for CPAs, doctors and lawyers typically results in more conservative designs, typography and palette. What we’re seeing from...
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Storytelling has become the latest darling in marketing and communications. This unusual annual report shows how to create a...
Russian nesting dolls are such a fun concept. They build anticipation as you open each successively smaller layer to...
Sweden’s Arctic Paper sprung its three-item AP-Tec portfolio on the public this month, all taking advantage of its Mirroblade...
In Japan, where there are several degrees of formality and famously the “nail that sticks up is hammered down,”...
These printed, embossed and folded squares pay witty homage to the many romantic overtures, great inventions, clever marketing campaigns,...
Quite frankly this is what it takes to get us to care a printer’s pica about the 3D-printing craze currently...
For an art that thrives on creativity, daring and the unexpected, most of the instructional tomes on print design...
Halloween, like grim death, is fast approaching (happy Friday, everybody!). Which is as good a reason as any to...
Mohawk’s latest announcement proves either that it continues to peer into the secret desires of designers everywhere…or it’s simply...
This week’s announced acquisition of Consolidated Graphics (CGX) by RR Donnelley & Sons paves the way for a consolidation...
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...
