Paper Inspiration

Thinking back on it now, few expressions of friendship or love were ever as truly intimate as someone putting...

At a time when our culture lives, sleeps and breathes irony, it takes a lot to capture people’s attention...

Whenever someone laments that there’s nothing new to get excited about in printing these days, I simply hand them...

Like Christmas carols and love for your fellow man, nothing has a shorter shelf-life than holiday-themed client gifts which...

Of all the challenges you face as a designer, there’s probably none greater than that of branding yourself. How...

Sometimes when I see an artist’s humdrum business card I’m reminded of the off-duty comedian’s reply to someone he’s...

Millennia before the dollar was king, luxury textiles were some of the most valuable commodities around. It’s an image...

Though we’ve been told for years to “provide your audience with an experience,” it actually happens so infrequently that...

If there’s one thing rarer than great design, it is great design in aid of a good cause. This...

Some people are thankful for living in the age of the smartphone. Me, I’m thankful for living in an...

If there’s someone in your life who still somehow disputes that “packaging is everything,” we humbly suggest that you...

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 right now, apparently – little gadgets with buttons...

Hands up those who’ve bought wine or spirits purely for the packaging? Yep, thought so. Up till now I’ve...

When it comes to both “getting” and appreciating great design, there are few people we hold in higher esteem...

Many’s the time I’ve thought, ‘You know what New York City could use more of? Bling.’ Or maybe I...

Winning a spot for your business inside the second-largest passenger airport in the Chicago area is huge, and the...

In a marketplace filled to bursting with cheap come-ons for this energy drink and that automobile, there are still...

If you were to sum up the TED experience in one word, “dream” is as good as any. The...

Could you do with more octopi in your life? Of course you could, we ALL could. And KMG Design...

If you want to pacify a child these days you give the little darling your smartphone. And to get...

Though many greeting card companies hedge their bets these days by offering digital cards, there’s little doubt that paper...

Say it with me now: “Sustainable is sexy.” The world being in the state that it’s in, your clients...

Hard to believe but there was a time when stores actually expressed some appreciation for your custom beyond a...

Ninety percent of success today seems to come down to simply getting out of your own way – don’t...

Our industry is blessed with a number of extremely talented designers. But when it comes to honest to goodness...

Branding your own design firm is right up there with giving yourself injections in terms of difficulty – both...

When you want to attract nearly 1,000 designers to a show about paper, you really want your invitation to...