Nothing grabs a client’s attention faster than a whiff of hand-crafted elegance. And if you can sweeten the deal...
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It’s tough to craft a client gift with just the right blend of fun and sophistication. As a design...
If you’re a lover of beautiful, imaginative print design, chances are you’ve noticed that the humble playing card has...
Creativity is never effortless; some people just make it look that way. How else to explain “Once Upon a...
There’s always been some of the American “can-do” spirit about Field Notes. When designer Aaron Draplin couldn’t find a...
With the autumn winds starting to blow, we can’t help but be reminded of the holidays fast approaching, and...
We hear about “user experience” (or UX) all the time these days, usually in relation to websites and apps,...
Any time you’re feeling creatively uninspired or lamenting that you just don’t have a big enough budget to create...
I can see it now. It’s late. You’ve been busily jotting down one note after the other while you...
A good calendar can amaze and inspire, but it takes just the right blend of design, paper and printing...
Does trying to work out the various details of a project with your client sometimes feel a bit like...
If you’re a high-end brand today, you know that after a sales meeting you have to leave a little...
At Manhattan’s upscale Park Avenue restaurant The Pool, you can enjoy everything from tuna carpaccio to dry-aged steaks, but...
If you’ve spent any time on social media lately you’ve seen miniature art of every kind, from portraits the...
Like many things, the notion of the gentleman who knows his Gin Gimlets from his Cosmopolitans may be a...
What would a United Nations of Graphic Design look like? I think it might look a little something...
Some of the most interesting design work being done today can be found in our world’s design schools. Not...
As much as I appreciate those augmented-reality prints that “come alive” when viewed through a special app on your...
Don’t get me wrong, I love San Francisco. (I’m a designer; it’s in our genes.) But there ARE times...
I don’t know what students usually receive these days from the colleges and universities that accept them – a...
Designing gifts for your clients is a unique opportunity to demonstrate the full range of your studio’s creativity –...
If you had to distill the essence of your company into artwork that could fit on a single dollar...
After spending a good two months putting together the next issue of PaperSpecs Magazine dedicated to embossing, I thought...
“Fiddle” toys such as the “Fidget Cube” are all the rage right now, apparently – little gadgets with...
When you work in print for a living it is unfortunately very easy to forget what a delightfully experimental...
It’s taken me many years (never you mind how many) to face a simple fact about myself: my love...
While we think nothing today of collaborating online with people a world away, doing so on paper, now THAT’S...
Our industry is blessed with a number of extremely talented designers. But when it comes to honest to goodness...
Here’s a new word for you: “anemoia.” It means feeling nostalgic for a time you yourself have never experienced....
Like kids in the proverbial candy store, the mad scientists over at Field Notes seem to take special pleasure...
