If there’s someone in your life who still somehow disputes that “packaging is everything,” we humbly suggest...
Inspiration
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...
It’s taken me many years (never you mind how many) to face a simple fact about myself: my love...
If you were to sum up the TED experience in one word, “dream” is as good as...
“Packaging” and “rarest Japanese whisky” – if there are two phrases more calculated to inspire excitement in a designer...
The tentacles of an octopus inspired the wrap concept for the design: the idea of an octopus...
It feels as if we are enjoying a golden age for art books. Take this 218-pager highlighting the work of...
Over the years we’ve covered a wide range of hard-to-find projects on PaperSpecs; celebrity invitations, super-expensive wines and spirit...
If you want to pacify a child these days you give the little darling your smartphone. And to get...
Class! Class! Settle down now. Yes, we all understand that designer/lettering artist Kevin Coster’s name is remarkably similar to that...
Though many greeting card companies hedge their bets these days by offering digital cards, there’s little doubt...
The world being in the state that it’s in, your clients are increasingly looking for new ways to show...
Hard to believe but there was a time when stores actually expressed some appreciation for your custom beyond a...
“At ‘Stolen,’ we love the tangible and the tactile,” declares designer Lucy Guernier’s website, and that passion for what can...
While we think nothing today of collaborating online with people a world away, doing so on paper, now THAT’S...