Paper Inspiration

What style hangtag will the well-dressed man be wearing next year? It’s the question that naturally jumps to mind...

Simply put, “from darkness into light” is the philosophy behind Ellie Cashman’s hauntingly beautiful floral wallpapers, cushions, fabrics and...

For the uninitiated, opera might seem a stale, stodgy affair better suited to some bygone era. But those who...

If you were to dream up a patron saint for letterpress experimenters, you could do a lot worse than...

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...

This packaging for La Mer lotion is definitely a contagious design. If you have read Jonah Berger’s bestselling book...

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...

Young children are notorious for preferring to play with the boxes items arrive in more than the items themselves....

Raising money is never easy, particularly if, like the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver (MCA Denver), your exhibitions occasionally...

Esperanto might never have really taken off, but the Internet seems to be in the process of moving us...

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...