Branding for CPAs, doctors and lawyers typically results in more conservative designs, typography and palette. What we’re seeing from...
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Storytelling has become the latest darling in marketing and communications. This unusual annual report shows how to create a...
Russian nesting dolls are such a fun concept. They build anticipation as you open each successively smaller layer to...
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In a classic tale of design and romance, two unsuspecting designers take a college drawing class, meet over the...
Can you hear the staccato beat of trombones with those frenetic guitar riffs yet? That’s the James Bond theme...
Every three years, Clampitt Paper sponsors a special competition for designers in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. The company has...
I’ve always liked the idea of sending cards to celebrate a new year. It’s refreshing to receive, and the...
Refreshing the brand of a successful, established business is a tricky proposition. The design needs to stay true to...
This project, a memory sharing and collecting kit, succeeds in its very important goal: to connect the people in...
This birthday party invitation HAD to have made the other parents laugh out loud and feel just a tad...
Who doesn’t need clever gift ideas for the holidays? And when it comes to giving something special to our...
They say that nothing is scarier than a blank page – or label in our case. But the team...
August weather report: sunny with a chance of…? Not only was the headline enticing, but the catalog cover beautifully...
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Design is often about finding inventive ways to get the job done. And we see some of the most...
If anyone still had a question about digital printing’s quality factor, this show-stopping marketing brochure has answered it in...
Peacock Parfumerie Packaging I have to admit the idea had been percolating for a while. As a fellow creative,...
“Unsere Heike hat ein kleines Schwesterchen bekommen…” (“Our daughter Heike now has a little sister” in German.) Yep, you...
“This is not how foil stamping was intended to be.” John Balog, owner of Gottschall Engraving, is clearly amused....
A small lump of gray clay, an even smaller instruction booklet, and one tiny pair of instantly recognizable black...
Start with all the comforts of home. Add a concierge, a valet and a spa. Then throw in a...
“I don’t get it, Brooks,” August Anheuser Busch III is reported to have said, irritated. This was during the...
To showcase how a number of print processes could be combined to produce a product rich in tactile sensation,...
While any couple about to be married dreams of the future, these two lovebirds (both historians) spend a lot...
“It was a rookie mistake,” explained Alisa Wolfson, Group Design Director for Leo Burnett’s Department of Design in Chicago....
Gold and metallic inks right out of the digital press. It was announced as the biggest breakthrough… but that...
It was all fun and games for Legion Paper at the 2013 National Stationery Show with this ambitious, interactive...
This invitation for an elite event (Food & Wine Classic in Aspen) exudes indulgence and exclusivity from every fiber...
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