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We’ve seen the Pantone name applied to a good number of products over the years, but this concept by...
You know that feeling. The one where you actually hear yourself reach the limits of your paper or printing...
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One of the greatest advantages of going to industry events like HOW Design Live is that you can pick up...
We’ve all done it. Determined to help break your client out of their “we’ve always done it that way”...
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Neenah’s outdone themselves again with their most recent promotion, “Fresh Takes on Classic Type on CLASSIC Papers,” as you...
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How do you convince consumers to sign up for your email blasts at a time when they are increasingly wary...
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For years Studio Hinrichs has delighted designers and non-designers alike with their annual clean-and-classy Typography Calendar. Featuring 12 distinctive...
Neenah’s outdone themselves again with their most recent promotion, “Fresh Takes on Classic Type on CLASSIC Papers,” as you...
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OK, this is probably the first and last time you’re ever likely to see the words “high tech” and “Agatha Christie”...
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Like most things in life, design is something that’s extremely easy to take for granted. Yet even a casual...
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Sometimes it seems like the workaday designer doesn’t labor under a glass ceiling so much as a gold foil one. How...
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