Caught Our Eye

For an art that thrives on creativity, daring and the unexpected, most of the instructional tomes on print design...

Halloween, like grim death, is fast approaching (happy Friday, everybody!). Which is as good a reason as any to...

Mohawk’s latest announcement proves either that it continues to peer into the secret desires of designers everywhere…or it’s simply...

This week’s announced acquisition of Consolidated Graphics (CGX) by RR Donnelley & Sons paves the way for a consolidation...

International Paper this month announced that it has dramatically boosted the performance of its JetSet and JetStar line of...

At at time when we’re being sold on electronic business cards, sole proprietors tend to be the ones who...

Print and digital are like those crazy kids in the movies that we just know should get together, but...

Appleton Coated added Utopia Two Points Gloss to its popular line this month, with an eye firmly on the...

“Hello there! My name is Cameron, and I re-imagine buildings and structures as if designed entirely with type…” What sounds...

This week, Staples joined us all in the 21st century as its printing arm, Staples Print Solutions, added two...

It’s nearly Halloween and we haven’t had so much as a rattling skeleton or inappropriate political mask around the...

Like recovering binge-drinkers who always manage to work alcohol into the conversation, we usually can’t go 24 hours without...

When you set out to make a big impression with your printed piece, there’s an understandable urge to bulk...

No matter how accomplished a print designer you might be, occasionally you’ll come across a project that drapes an...

It’s been a good week for soul searching. Earlier, it was the implications of the new Verily magazine and...

The creation of knock-your-socks-off invitations was the subject of PaperSpecs’ free webinar Sept. 24th. During “High End Invitations,”  guest...

If you’re looking for another C1S option that minds its environmental P’s & Q’s, you’ll be happy to know...

For a certain individual, type is captivating, type is illuminating, type can even be seductive. Seldom, though, would even...

Let’s just admit it, shall we? We’ve been known to miss the point, to get the wrong end of...

Leave it to a designer to inject a bit of old-world  style into our everything-digital world. After rediscovering her...

Every day seems to bring another paper designed to out dazzle, out pop and out shine the one that...

Have you ever seen a square wine bottle? How about a wine bottle wrapped in beautiful paper printed with...

If Moleskine is the sleek, perfect little notebook, Field Notes is its rowdier, more spirited cousin. And like any...

Over the years we designers have embraced color, texture, and a wide range of finishing techniques. Now we’re going...

Every year, thousands of books are published to tell a story, promote a point of view, or to cash...

Verso Paper this month reached into its magic hat and plucked out the new Aspect EDP Face Sheet: an...

Recently we’ve seen countless attempts at uniting paper with smartphones (such as last week’s Evernote/Post-it Note combo). The whole...

Women have not had an easy time of it when it comes to magazines geared toward them. Early last...