Like the superheroes that are all the rage at the moment, we designers spend most of our lives hiding...
Author Archive for: aaron-berman
While paper companies have made tremendous strides in creating “eco-friendly” versions of their products in recent years, one of...
“Fast deadlines don’t scare me. I can’t feel or even spell intimidation.” I love the tagline of Allison’s business...
“There’s a kind of Bermuda Triangle lying in wait for practicing designers. Few appreciate that they’re nearing this sneaky...
“Spooked by NSA, Russia reverts to paper documents” Hey, if it takes a worldwide surveillance system to drive people...
It’s been a veritable dance of the seven veils when it comes to Kodak’s long-discussed gold metallic effect for...
The lengths to which some people will go for a simple play on words. People like English graphic designer...
Heaven love dear old James Joyce. The Irish writer, dead now these 72 years, continues to inspire artistic endeavors,...
Thanks to beautifully designed papers and (in this case) digital substrates, anything nature can do…we can create an excellent...
By Aaron Berman If you’ve been keeping tabs on the churning sea of “augmented reality” solutions – you know,...
This one’s for everyone who ever fell in love with “Gilmore Girls” and its idealized fictional town of Stars...
Mr. Letterpress … please meet Ms. Cotton. As you might expect, a love story ensues in this beautiful print...
We were very pleased to see that the people at Beertone were so happy with our recent Paper Inspiration...
Occasionally you come across a story that has it all. Paper art (yay!). Wee children making that art (yay?)....
There’s something charmingly naive about the way the British press can kick up a fuss about practically anything. While...
Domtar continues to drive home the value of paper in an increasingly digital world with the latest in...
After a relaxing day of beer-y barbecues and blowing up small chunks of the neighborhood, why not ease...
Lapping ocean. Check. Azure sky. Check. Singing birds. Check. Breathtaking vistas. Check. Soothing amenities. Check. Everything you need for...
What could be more logical than a Venn diagram to illustrate a human relationship containing an overlapping interest? In...
Kevin Costner heard a voice saying, “If you build it, they will come.” For Green Field Paper Company, someone...
On July 2nd Neenah Paper pulled off its own spectacular fireworks display by announcing that it’s scribbled its John...
Certainly each new brief a designer receives brings its own little challenges. Yet seldom are we challenged to do...
On June 4th, PaperSpecs and Sappi Fine Paper presented the free Webinar “Direct Mail: Pushing the Envelope,” which explored...
Always pushing the envelope when it comes to bringing designs off the traditional page, GPA has expanded its Ultra...
Before television cameras were allowed into many trials in the early ’90s, we relied on a far more traditional...
There’s something clever, simple and admirable about one of the winners of D&AD’s 2013 White Pencil Awards: the “Help!...
Business cards have been done to death. There, we’ve said it. Though there are more options when it comes...
In his recent TEDx talk at University of California-San Diego (UCSD), Guy Kawasaki listed the top 12 things he...
Logos, stationery, expertly crafted paper promotions that excite the senses as they reinforce a brand. There are so many...
If we could live in a world surrounded by paper, we’d rush to the head of the queue and...
