These sweltering months may not put you immediately in mind of the holidays, but they are coming nevertheless, with...
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An excellent example of how the right design and paper can be not just “pretty useful” but downright essential....
Thinking back on it now, few expressions of friendship or love were ever as truly intimate as someone putting...
At a time when our culture lives, sleeps and breathes irony, it takes a lot to capture...
Whenever someone laments that there’s nothing new to get excited about in printing these days, I simply...
Straight from our “The Right Paper Makes all the Difference” Dept., this stunning face-off between raptor and reptile gets...
Like Christmas carols and love for your fellow man, nothing has a shorter shelf-life than holiday-themed client gifts which...
Of all the challenges you face as a designer, there’s probably none greater than that of branding yourself....
It doesn’t get much more heavenly than enjoying a favorite wine under the stars, contemplating the heavens and...
Millennia before the dollar was king, luxury textiles were some of the most valuable commodities around. It’s an image...
Though we’ve been told for years to “provide your audience with an experience,” it actually happens so infrequently that...
What I’m about to say is the type of thing I never share with people who “aren’t in the business”...
Some people are thankful for living in the age of the smartphone. Me, I’m thankful for living in an...
If there’s someone in your life who still somehow disputes that “packaging is everything,” we humbly suggest...
Speaking as a reputed “Paper Queen” and former Aussie myself, I was naturally predisposed to adore anything called “Letterpress...
A collaboration between Pearlfisher and renowned Irish street artist James Earley, the design for Jameson’s 5th limited-edition St. Patrick’s...
Sometimes you come across a piece that simply makes you smile. Is that a big thing, you ask. These...
“Fiddle” toys such as the “Fidget Cube” are all the rage, apparently – little gadgets with buttons and switches...
We might not be as up on the latest scents as the next person but darn it we know...
Hands up those who’ve bought wine or spirits purely for the packaging? Yep, thought so. Up till now I’ve...
We find ourselves on something of a “wood grain kick” lately, fueled by the introduction of Neenah’s CLASSIC Woodgrain...
When it comes to both “getting” and appreciating great design, there are few people we hold in higher esteem...
It seems like more and more top designers are telling us that in order to compete these days you...
When you work in print for a living it is unfortunately very easy to forget what a delightfully experimental...
Yeah, sorry to do that to you during the workday; I’m sure you’re fancying a glass of Syrah now....
Digital printing is fast becoming the designer’s answer to the fabled magic lamp – whatever wishes you can come...
Winning a spot for your business inside the second-largest passenger airport in the Chicago area is huge, and the...
Business cards can do many things, but can they make you happy just by looking at them? Not so...
In a marketplace filled to bursting with cheap come-ons for this energy drink and that automobile, there are still...
I’ve been thinking a lot about glow-in-the-dark inks since I returned last week from Dscoop in Phoenix. (You won’t...
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‘Agent For Love’ Sculptured Emboss Limited Edition Card Set
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Weekly Quiz: Name This Opening Option
This creative opening mechanism allows your audience to open an envelope, package or self-mailer...
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Weekly Quiz: How Much of a Print Project’s Cost is Spent on Paper?
This is one of those questions you think you know the answer to…until you...
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Webinar Replay – ‘The Savvy Designer’s Secret: Knowing Which Foil or Emboss Technique to Use’
In this webinar, we learned how to effectively blend traditional and digital finishing techniques...
