Despite a reasonable number of wine aficionados out there, most wine and spirit buyers wouldn’t know a claret from...
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An embarrassing cracked spine on the brochure. A disappointingly flimsy postcard. The mottled solid color on the cover. All...
In the old days, everybody drooled over their copy of the Sears, Roebuck & Co. catalog, and that company...
A small lump of gray clay, an even smaller instruction booklet, and one tiny pair of instantly recognizable black...
“This is not how foil stamping was intended to be.” John Balog, owner of Gottschall Engraving, is clearly amused....
Good design has the power to please, to encourage, to inspire, but the ends that it serves are more...
By Cyd Peroni A small lump of gray clay, an even smaller instruction booklet, and one tiny pair of...
Start with all the comforts of home. Add a concierge, a valet and a spa. Then throw in a...
Nope, we’re not gonna do it. We know we’ve had a go at “job to the lowest bidder” sites,...
Despite the growth of digital marketing, consumers still value the experience of paging through traditional paper catalogs. Unfortunately, few...
When you think “magazine redesign,” the emphasis is usually on layout changes and the use of images. Yet with...
The lengths some people will go to publicize the power of direct marketing. Or to get a free Moleskine....
We’re like a kid on Christmas whenever we discover someone really breaking away from the pack with their identity...
It’s always nice to take a break from our brainstorming to see what other creatives find inspiring. In the...
“I don’t get it, Brooks,” August Anheuser Busch III is reported to have said, irritated. This was during the...
Letterpress it; emboss/deboss it; flock, fold and FedEx it – there seems no end to the number of ways...
By Jamie Wieck Editor’s note: It feels like much of our lives are spent looking for that little “Instruction...
You don’t have to work too hard to convince the PaperSpecs team that paper is far more than a...
Creatives revel in their innate wackiness and, given a reasonable amount of success, will invariably turn that wackiness loose...
To showcase how a number of print processes could be combined to produce a product rich in tactile sensation,...
While any couple about to be married dreams of the future, these two lovebirds (both historians) spend a lot...
I know, that question takes you right back to high school. (“Oh for corn’s sakes, go ask him/her yourself,”...
Resolute Forest Products’ Align papers are well-known for using up to 50% less wood fiber – and boasting a...
Last week, we were drooling over IKEA’s “Paper Store.” And this week? The Swedish furniture phenomenon has only gone...
Bowing to requests for an economy paper with a 90 brightness and excellent on-press performance, NewPage has loosed Anthem...
Whether it was the annual Christmas recording from The Beatles or those better-than-they-deserved-to-be songs glued into copies of Mad...
They might well be the last minority to receive their own magazine, and one of the last to be...
Sometimes it seems our offices would consist of little more than typewriters and chalkboards if not for the Japanese....
With book publishers today watching each other’s profit margins shrink, it’s nice to see that some are still willing...
By Todd Henry Editor’s note: Contrary to the stereotype, many designers have a pretty low opinion of themselves professionally....