Penny & Rose may be in the business of selling home fragrances, but its true stock-in-trade is nostalgia, and...
Paper Inspiration
You don’t look at a David Prince photograph, you allow yourself to sink into it slowly, like lowering yourself into...
In today’s competitive real-estate market, the company that can “flip the script” on conventional marketing efforts is the one...
It’s a simple rule of marketing: The more complex your product or service, the more unforgettable your marketing materials...
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...
No matter how on top of things you are, there are occasionally those birthdays or other events that sneak...
In Charlottesville, Va., as in many college towns, the present overlaps the past in everything from monuments to architecture....
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...
Call it the Christmas spirit – that overwhelming urge to send your clients something completely over-the-top during the holidays....
Sometimes one of the biggest challenges we face as creatives isn’t a small budget nor insufficient time to do...
From wedding invitations to great tomes on history, one of print’s most vital roles in today’s digital world is...
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...
It’s tough to craft a client gift with just the right blend of fun and sophistication. As a design...
When you’re trying to catch the eye of the discerning consumer in the crowded gourmet chocolate bar market, you...
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 is nothing quite so magical as taking a walk during a crisp fall day, the trees a kaleidoscope...
If there’s one thing rarer than great design, it is great design in aid of a good cause. This...
There’s always been some of the American “can-do” spirit about Field Notes. When designer Aaron Draplin couldn’t find a...
We hear about “user experience” (or UX) all the time these days, usually in relation to websites and apps,...
Luxury weddings are big business, and subject to trends just like any other industry. The hottest wedding trends were...
Every day I’m amazed at the creativity and imagination on display on today’s wine and spirit shelves. Yet the...
Any time you’re feeling creatively uninspired or lamenting that you just don’t have a big enough budget to create...
If you’re a car company, putting your potential customer “in the driver’s seat” virtually is pretty easy these days,...
There is a haunting magic to the frozen landscape of Alaska in winter that is nearly impossible to capture...
I can see it now. It’s late. You’ve been busily jotting down one note after the other while you...
In a way, every wine is a storybook. But suppose a vintner had casks of wine that became lost,...
