Substrate maker GPA has just announced it is joining Italy’s Fedrigoni Group, and already we’re excited by the prospect of gaining access...
Caught Our Eye
There are swatchbooks and then there are swatchbooks. Some are fun, some are beautifully printed, and some do little...
If you’re looking to add an air of mystery and distinction to your next short-run fly sheet, overlay or...
Today, the term “immersive experience” seems to be shorthand for “means of escape from reality,” and of course we all...
The mad scientist’s laboratory that is Arjowiggins is happily poking holes in the wall separating print and digital with a...
We tried to come up with an overarching theme for this week’s business cards. After staring out the window at PaperSpecs...
This week we get broody with a slightly anarchic rock ‘n roll melange thanks to cutting-edge publications from slacker-rock icon Beck...
Digital printing just got more innovative with the recent launch of a new Xerox press that can not only...
Last month we concluded nearly a year of research into all the many options you have for binding your...
It takes a heck of a lot to get us excited about a new magazine; our heart’s been broken...
By their very nature business cards exist solely to “start something”: To start a relationship (business or otherwise), to...
Some design can be like a mind-altering substance that fundamentally changes your sense of what can be done with...
Like the Vietnam conflict for Americans, the year-long UK coal miners strike in the 1980s casts a long shadow...
If you’re looking for a new eco-friendly alternative for your clients’ gift and loyalty cards, Monadnock would like to...
In our quest to track down the most thought-provoking business cards (or at least ones that remind us how...
Paper design can be the very height of elegance or it can take you to the stars and beyond. This...
Sappi Fine Paper North America has just cranked up the brightness on its Opus coated paper line to offer...
Nothing quite compares to the visual and tactile impact an engraved artwork can have, as we discover first-hand in...
Just two months after acquiring rival NewPage, Verso this week added two new coated papers to its portfolio: Focus and Balance....
The design community’s love affair with the Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum continues as Field Notes releases a 3-pack...
We’re not above being visually wowed by business cards, but we’ve got a complete set of fingers that just...
Considering our office looks like the scene of a four bookmobile pileup, it’s funny that this is the first...
Iggesund is busily readying a new and improved Invercote G for the digital market, specifically designed for all two-sided...
Yupo are the Navy SEALS of the substrate world – the only way they could really surprise us at this...
It’s hard not to *squee* with excitement any time new metallic papers are unveiled. This week CTI Paper USA...
While we’re as willing to be seduced by a pretty but pointless business card as the next person, there’s...
So what exactly makes for a “cool design?” It can be extremely sophisticated or defiantly utilitarian. It can rejoice in...
Even a casual peek inside your wallet reveals just how prevalent membership cards are these days. This week at...
The future’s looking a great deal more colorful stateside as Massachusetts-based LCI Paper Co. prepares to offer the latest paper...
Our quest for the perfect business card continues, taking us into some unusual areas indeed. This week we get...
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