By Sara Bader There is a great power in a few well-chosen words, especially when applied to a world...
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Talk about a design challenge! Here’s one for you: make going to the dentist fun. Seriously … not even...
Just like when I look at a tempting dessert menu, there are so many yummy items to choose from...
I stand firmly behind the notion that calendars can be sweet client gifts to give during the holidays. But...
Understanding the meaning behind a brand’s name and ethos, then communicating that visually is an essential part of designing...
Picture it. You come home after a hard day’s work, sift through the mail, and amongst the circulars and...
Seldom does a day pass that we don’t hear something about HP’s Indigo presses, and for good reason. The...
You’d expect the designers of a fundraising brochure for the California Academy of Sciences to include beautiful 4-color images...
Now that we’re over the initial shock of Adobe’s new monthly charge in perpetuity for Creative Cloud, it’s time...
Tuesday, June 4, 2013 2 p.m. ET (11 a.m. PT) “The audience, the message, the offer, the format, technology...
In the midst of a push from every side to move print products to smartphone and tablet screens, at...
In a bid to climb into the upper echelons of the stock-image marketplace, Shutterstock has launched Offset, an upscale,...
Just when you think you’ve seen about every iteration of letterpress printing, somebody raids the toy chest and whips...
Bob Dylan’s 1965 hit “Subterranean Homesick Blues” is famous not only for inspiring the name of ’60s American activists-turned-terrorists...
Concept cars are notoriously pie-in-the-sky creations that are more a celebration of design and the human imagination than something...
By David Sherwin This article is an excerpt from David Sherwin’s “Success by Design: The Essential Business Reference for...
“If only QR codes could talk, what a wonderful world this would be.” Presumably this was uttered somewhere in...
There are some products you see that simply scream “Eureka,” not for what they are, but what they represent....
Most designers adore them. Many are hopeless at making them, and all have their favorites. But occasionally we get...
It pays to do things your own way. That’s been NewPage’s drumbeat since its introduction last August of Sterling...
We’ve been on a fast march toward complete self-absorption for the last 15 years or so, hastened most recently...
Caravaggio, Vermeer, indeed many of the “Old Masters” of painting most-likely used cutting-edge technology of their day to accomplish...
This is the story of a story told through an unusual wooden notebook, a digital version holding even more...
By Joseph Marin Just as a pilot performs a number of system checks on the airplane before takeoff, it’s...
“Well, young lady,” the car mechanic said, giving me this look (if you’re a woman you know the look...
Petres Designs shows us just how creative you can get with black ink in this amazing special edition catalogue...
A card, a book and a poster – all rolled (or should I say “folded”) into one forward-looking holiday...
You’d expect something decidedly original from a name so famous for creative advertising and communications. But this invitation, celebrating...
And here I thought it was just going to be another quiet Friday after a week of Adobe-geddon. We...
Whether you’re looking to find a better FSC-compliant coated sheet, or simply intrigued by the vibrancy of the colors...