Last week, we were drooling over IKEA’s “Paper Store.” And this week? The Swedish furniture phenomenon has only gone...
Caught Our Eye
Bowing to requests for an economy paper with a 90 brightness and excellent on-press performance, NewPage has loosed Anthem...
Whether it was the annual Christmas recording from The Beatles or those better-than-they-deserved-to-be songs glued into copies of Mad...
They might well be the last minority to receive their own magazine, and one of the last to be...
Sometimes it seems our offices would consist of little more than typewriters and chalkboards if not for the Japanese....
With book publishers today watching each other’s profit margins shrink, it’s nice to see that some are still willing...
By Todd Henry Editor’s note: Contrary to the stereotype, many designers have a pretty low opinion of themselves professionally....
We’ve long since grown accustomed to the tempest-in-a-teapot scares circulated by the media: killer bees (stay away from bees),...
We are not insufferable regarding our own accomplishments in this industry (we hope), but occasionally we do relax with...
There is, of course, no end to the number of pathetic, ridiculous ideas mankind insists on dreaming up when...
No, sadly there is no letterpress edition George R. R. Martin’s saga in the offing. Rather, we were amused...
Every time some new print-digital product comes out, we can’t help but picture one of those lottery machines in...
There’s nothing quite so refreshing in the world of design as an old technique being used in an exciting...
Viva la Rainbow! BPM’s eco-friendly Envirographic 100 series of papers are now available in six pastel colors, yet still...
Many dream of hitting the road with nothing but a satchel and a guidebook. But what if you had...
Like vegetarians tempted by the aroma of a cheeseburger, a new stock-image site will have many designers wanting to...
How do you remarket a series of books that are already some of the bestselling volumes in history? If...
If you’re a frequent visitor to PaperSpecs, chances are you’ve noticed that the homepage is looking a bit different....
Like a pensioner frantically selling off the family silver after a visit from the taxman, the U.S. Postal Service...
Shed a tear for Comic Sans. The amount of contempt directed toward it is out of all proportion to...
It’s always been a bit of a conundrum. Those who tend to pick up craft beers rather than the...
In the latest episode of “Game of Thrones: The Paper Mill Saga,” Domtar announced last week that it has...
When you’re a magazine that explores the graphic design world, occasionally you have to push the boat out a...
It seems every week we bang on about how soulless and cheap the digital world is compared to what...
It takes a talented designer indeed to send up the melanoma of the soul that is Facebook by creating...
By Aaron Berman “Are they greedy or just stupid?” Variations of this question probably echo through the mind of...
While The New York Times has always been held up as the paragon of modern newspapers, news lovers know...
There is a silent revolution underway; a backlash against the ubiquity, sterility and soullessness of the digital age. It’s...
Jessica Walsh’s session on injecting a bit of play into your design was a big hit at the recent...
You can’t throw a wad of paper at the rubbish bin these days without somebody trying to add “augmented...