You don’t look at a David Prince photograph, you allow yourself to sink into it slowly, like lowering yourself into...
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We always recommend going heavy on the cover (and back) of a Wire-O bound book. For one thing, it...
In today’s competitive real-estate market, the company that can “flip the script” on conventional marketing efforts is the one...
You’d think Millennials would be the ideal QR code users: They are tech-savvy, they use an app for everything,...
It’s a simple rule of marketing: The more complex your product or service, the more unforgettable your marketing materials...
There is a refreshing, inspiring social consciousness to the work done by Celery Design Collaborative, a determination to make...
Surprises are pretty rare these days – you’re lucky if you can even watch your favorite show without someone...
You don’t remain in business for more than a century and a half without knowing your demographic, especially if...
German printing company Grunewald has always been on the cutting edge of their profession. Not content with merely personalizing...
No matter how on top of things you are, there are occasionally those birthdays or other events that sneak...
Nearly a year after acquiring Crane’s Stationery Co. in April 2018, Mohawk Fine Papers is finally making and stocking...
We certainly understand your excitement about the Xerox iGen5 Digital Press – that 5th printing station just gets the...
In Charlottesville, Va., as in many college towns, the present overlaps the past in everything from monuments to architecture....
So enticing was the cover of the “hyper-realistic installation novel” in my hands, I would have loved to step...
Our friends at Echelon Fine Printing know us too well, it seems. They recently sent me this invitation which...
If you or I make a bad investment decision, it most likely will feel like the end of the...
‘Don’t say it,’ I warned the “expert” speaker at a print conference (via mental telepathy, of course) – too...
Call it the Christmas spirit – that overwhelming urge to send your clients something completely over-the-top during the holidays....
There was no changing his mind – the FedEx guy insisted on a signature for the package. Seriously? As...
If color reproduction and media diversity are key, the AccurioJet KM-1 from Konica Minolta seems to me to be your...
Sometimes one of the biggest challenges we face as creatives isn’t a small budget nor insufficient time to do...
It was one of those “because you liked this, you might like that” moments on YouTube that served up...
Chip Forman, sales executive at Echelon Fine Printing, suggests that you wrap them in paper, tape them up, and...
From wedding invitations to great tomes on history, one of print’s most vital roles in today’s digital world is...
Working on the same paper specs internationally is always a challenge. After checking with Sabine and our international contacts,...
Sometimes it seems there is no end to the number of super-creative wine and spirit labels out there. While...
Nothing grabs a client’s attention faster than a whiff of hand-crafted elegance. And if you can sweeten the deal...
Dozens of creatives were patiently waiting in line at last year’s Adobe MAX. Well, not me, of course –...
By the nature of paper, the thicker the sheet, the more opaque, meaning the less transparent it gets. So,...
When you’re trying to catch the eye of the discerning consumer in the crowded gourmet chocolate bar market, you...
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