Here’s my recipe for the perfect print cocktail. Start with one clear vision, add some eye-catching art, stir in...
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This clever, multi-dimensional interactive calendar transforms our love of paper and our restlessness into one brilliant, hopeful piece of...
A good calendar can amaze and inspire, but it takes just the right blend of design, paper and printing...
Let’s face it: By the time Christmas rolls around we feel about as much like “Wild Things” as a...
Every year I know many of us make New Year’s resolutions to live more sustainably. Inevitably, though, other things...
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Every new, unopened calendar is like a personal challenge that demands “How will you make THIS YEAR different from...
This gift encourages clients to focus less on "thinking outside the box" during the holidays, and more on those...
So intrigued by his own collection of ephemera was prolific letterpress artist Fabien Barral (aka MR CUP) , he...
I made a new friend the other day – the moment I saw him, I just knew we were...
It’s not often that musical artists push the boundaries of printing technology, but my good friend, singer-songwriter Beatie Wolfe,...
These examples of print design inspiration are so well thought out, you'll wonder why you didn't come up with...
These examples of print design inspiration are so well thought out, you'll wonder why you didn't come up with...
You don’t remain in business for more than a century and a half without knowing your demographic, especially if...
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...
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...
Does trying to work out the various details of a project with your client sometimes feel a bit like...
At Manhattan’s upscale Park Avenue restaurant The Pool, you can enjoy everything from tuna carpaccio to dry-aged steaks, but...
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 like...
Some of the most interesting design work being done today can be found in our world’s design schools. Not...
Don’t get me wrong, I love San Francisco. (I’m a designer; it’s in our genes.) But there ARE...
Designing gifts for your clients is a unique opportunity to demonstrate the full range of your studio’s creativity –...
The Junglendar 2017 calendar is a set of 12 sheets (printed on an HP Indigo 30000 press) – one for...
“Fiddle” toys such as the “Fidget Cube” are all the rage, apparently – little gadgets with buttons and switches...
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...
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