Increasingly print design no longer means “flat design” – far from it. Every day brings new creations that stubbornly...
Caught Our Eye
It’s OK to admit this: we do get a bit “theme obsessed” here at the good ship Cool Cards....
Paper can educate, paper can inspire, and occasionally it can even make you feel as if you’ve landed in...
Those catering to the culinary trade now have a new choice for their menus – Fusion Digital Paper’s 13 mil Fusion Polyester...
As we continue to page through the most recent paper mill promos with a twinkle in our admiring eye...
Paper is versatile, vibrant and pleasing to the touch. But sometimes you just want to break out of the...
Sure we may be inundated with more media than we know what to do with, but movies continue to...
For years champions of paper have known in their gut that print has a greater impact on audiences than digital,...
Like any other junkies, the more we experience of great business card design, the more amazing that design has...
As the after-HOW dust begins to settle, we continue to take stock of the new swatchbooks blocking fire exits...
As much as we look to design for inspiration, we also seek surprises – pieces that make us look...
While it doesn’t look like we’re going to reach a consensus any time soon regarding which medium in the...
Certainly we expect business cards to convey valuable information about who we are to potential clients. But does that...
Design is often well thought out; occasionally it’s even fun. But sometimes you see designers really swing for the bleachers...
The marketing world’s been messing around with QR codes and augmented reality for years now, and seldom does anything...
Competition is fierce out there, which means if you or your company have a disarming, playful personality, you want...
In the crush of day-to-day work it’s easy to forget that design can do more than simply sell the latest...
PaperSpecs Poobah Sabine Lenz hit the ground running at the annual HOW Design Live event, and popped off these little snaps...
This month’s HOW Live event is a great opportunity to meet industry luminaries, pick up some awesome swag, and...
There may be no finer human creation than the paper book. The Internet’s a marvel, the combustion engine’s pretty...
Every day we are fortunate enough to see print work that inspires, cajoles, pushes the boundaries, and makes us...
Despite the virtually limitless possibilities of the business card today, we’re still amazed by the number of cards that...
Occasionally it seems that what makes a piece of print design great isn’t so much what it looks like as...
If the Web has taught design aficionados anything, it’s that some of today’s best design work is being done...
We’ve been looking at business cards for a good while now; every week seems to bring another highpoint for...
Earlier this month, award-winning designer Gregg Lukasiewicz showed us some of the most elegant designs we’ve ever seen in...
There are few design arenas more thankless than packaging and, it must be said, for good reason. Sadly, much of...
Though business cards are primarily used to make a “professional” impression, they can also playfully express who we are as...
Those looking to replicate the look and feel of ultra-thick letterpress stationery using today’s short-run digital presses should take...
Good design becomes great design when creatives are not only allowed but encouraged to take a risk, which just so...
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