Let’s pretend for a moment that we’re not automatically predisposed to adore any wine that rejoices in the name...
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Those who doubt the inspiring, restorative powers of international travel need look no further than “Cocinando un tribute” (“Cooking: A...
Many of us have an almost Pavlovian response to unusual résumés, particularly when they actually secure the creator their dream job. What...
While we’ve traditionally been advised to “take the rough with the smooth” in life, our society has virtually eliminated...
Update (July 13th, 2016): PRO members: Want to get this sculptured emboss look for your own projects? Discover everything...
Often it seems that wine & spirit companies instruct their label designers to focus 100% of their creativity on the...
Paris’ Murmure is one of those design studios to whom you simply explain what you want to accomplish and then get...
The relationship between fish and newspapers is a long one. The British, for example, have long enjoyed receiving fish and...
Everyone has their shortlist of favorite designers – not necessarily the ones lionized at industry conferences, perhaps, but those...
Were Freud alive today, he’d no doubt have a ball with Volkswagen and creative agency Ogilvy’s longstanding obsession with the idea...
Museum exhibit catalogs really are hit-or-miss affairs. For every stunning piece of print craft there are half a dozen...
Occasionally you see a packaging design idea that is far stronger than its initial execution. Take Windsor Vineyards’ color-it-yourself...
“Cool” doesn’t even begin to cover the style and craftsmanship that went into this wedding invitation for designers Shaun Green...
The packaging Brand Union Hong Kong came up with for “The Governor’s Choice,” a version of Mandalay Rum aimed at the...
The progress of a fad runs a little something like this: inspiration, adoration, imitation, detestation. Thus the recent explosion in...
When the Croatian Phonographic Association wanted some cool business cards, Ivan Dilberovic was only too happy to come up...
Anyone who doubts the power of a little sensuality in our oversexed, 50 Shades of Grey society should spend...
Granted it’s been (mumble, mumble) years since we received a school yearbook of our own, but we’re pretty sure...
Postage stamps have always been fantastic canvases for creativity but, it has to be said, nearly always within a...
The rash (we use the term advisedly) of subscription boxes recently has proved one thing pretty clearly: cool subscription...
This year’s HOW Design Live was a whirligig of inspiring talks, great people, and of course getting to see and...
We’ve featured a fair number of crowdfunded projects over the years but this is the first time we’ve been...
Intricacy of detail can take many forms in print design today as this edition of “Cool Designs” demonstrate. This week,...
Still in love with The Design Collection 2.0 Sampler that Neenah Paper released last month but wish you could...
While we appreciate fine beers, wines and spirits as much as the next person, we have to admit it...
The more digital our lives become, the greater our hunger for brilliantly designed print books. This week we discover a tome...
When packaging is really swinging for the cheap seats, it thoroughly makes us rethink the item being packaged and...
Do you have enough whimsy in your life? Here’s how to tell: You can never have enough whimsy in your life. It is...
Perhaps the most effective packaging is the type that somehow appeals to our sense of nostalgia. This week, we discover...
It often feels as though we have so many projects going at once, we seldom have a chance to...
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