Initially, we weren’t quite sure what to think when Skillshare, which matches skilled people with those wanting to learn...
Caught Our Eye
After years of pretty much doing one thing and doing it really, really well, Adobe recently shook things up...
Arjowiggins, which forever delights in bringing us paper that feels like skin, that glimmers like metal, now pushes boundaries...
Alex Green and wife Stefanie’s recent visit to Mohawk for their 1st (“paper”) anniversary touched a romantic nerve in we...
Letterpress: It’s the paper geek’s printing process of choice, no contest. No enormous machines or impossibly complicated effects –...
There’s a certain nervous energy that surrounds QR codes today; the same sense of excitement unencumbered by logic that...
For all of the minor design miracles that the right software can pull off today, there are still some...
There is a rare, satisfying pleasure in dreaming up color palettes, be they for a magazine, identity, or something...
Continuing a tradition of environmentally sensible products, Avery Dennison Label and Packaging Materials recently introduced a new collection of...
One year before Jack the Ripper plunged East London into terror in 1888, Monotype Corp. opened its doors. That...
For many designers, one of the most rewarding assignments they can receive is the chance to completely rethink the...
In very unique cases, design can be so good you can practically taste it. And when it comes to...
It’s been a long, punishing week. You’ve gone over and over a design in preparation for a client meeting....
Sustainability. It’s an important issue in the world of paper, but it isn’t the sexiest topic imaginable. Once you...
(Note: This is NOT one of those @#!! April Fool’s jokes, thank heavens.) Playing with your food is universally...
We’re sure someone will pull us up about this later, but for the moment we can’t remember the last...
You put a lot of pride into your business cards, especially if you’re a designer. It’s an extension of...
This month, Great Britain’s Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, paid a visit to the offices of Mother, a...
Logos are everywhere, and for those who toil in the mines of design, they are the ideal – a...
Your future lies in the clouds, people. More specifically, Adobe’s Creative Cloud system. Though a move rumored to be...
It might be a heresy, but the truth is that a good portion of design rarely rises beyond the...
Sure, we like the little subtleties we find in business-card design. We’ve been known to stare longingly at a...
With the Internet pumping millions of pieces of creativity into our homes and offices each year, some creatives have...
Apparently will-work-for-fonts designers aren’t our only competition anymore. Recently, the public sector has turned to another source for the...
By Matthew Parker I love exploring unusual places when I go on holiday. The well-known tourist sites are very...
Quite frankly we weren’t sure what to expect when we opened this package from Color-Logic. “Special Effects for Print”...
Don’t get us wrong. We at PaperSpecs have the odd feline darting about our heels and generally making us...
Will they or won’t they? No, this is not about the latest improbable celebrity pairing, but the Post Office’s...
Here’s one for all you romantics out there. To celebrate their first anniversary, Brooklyn’s Alex Green took wife Stefanie...