Creating Value And Opportunity For Graphic Design in 2015
By Roberto Blake It’s 2015, and the landscape of graphic design has changed dramatically from how it was even a decade ago. This is not only a matter of new technology, but also a matter of a shift in the direction of advertising and marketing itself. There’s now an emphasis on customer engagement and storytelling […]
1/1 Interview With Roberto Blake: Pixel Pusher, Visual Problem Solver, YouTube Marketer
I am kicking off the 2015 with two new Print Media Centr contributors and it is my honor to introduce the first, Roberto Blake, and welcome him to the community! Like most people, Roberto found me through social media. He started sharing his awesome design videos with me, and after I watched a few (along with his […]
Christmas Card Phones Friends And Family When It’s Opened
via springwise.com Telecoms company O2 has created a Christmas card with an integrated SIM, capable of making a call between sender and recipient. Christmas has always been a time for sharing and connecting with family, and every year marketing agencies across the globe take it upon themselves to remind consumers of this fact. Once in […]
Bookmaking Part 4: Cover and Finishing
If you need to catch up: Bookmaking Part One / Part Two / Part Three By Frances Atterbury Finally, a hand made book has got to be covered. Artisan Books are designed around three criterion: Quality, Beauty and Permanence. Because of this, we bind our books in cloth. However, I’ve bound books in leather, cloth, paper, plastic and wood. The list […]
Bookmaking Part 3: Picking Paper And Grain Direction
Bookmaking Part One / Part Two / Part Four By Frances Atterbury Paper is vital. The paper you choose will have a greater effect on the perception of your work than almost anything else you do and it’s simply untrue to imagine that all papers that look the same unprinted are the same when printed. One of the most […]
#UKvUSA: Three Critical Buying Tasks To Kick-Off 2015
Welcome to my blogging duel with TEAM UK’s Matthew Parker. If you have been following along you can skip right to the post… and if you are just joining us, here is some background… Matthew and I haven’t always seen eye to eye when it comes to Print Buying. He comes from the UK procurement world, and I […]
Print Ad Drives “LIKES” To Your Facebook Page
It’s not surprising to find out this awesome ad was created in Brazil. In 2014 they have come up with some very inventive uses for print – including the BBQ Bible and the Kid Tracker. This one has really gone way out of the box they were already out of, by allowing readers who registered for a […]
Poster Offers Spooky Surprise For QR Code Scanners
Although the House Of Nightmares doesn’t open until April of 2015 in Stockholm, Sweden, clever marketers used print and an immersive experience to get some early buzz going! I love stuff like this!
Eagle Systems Scores At GRAPH EXPO 2014
by Ellen Manning Vice President Marketing and Sales, Eagle Systems, Inc Eagle Systems exhibited at this year’s Graph Expo and was thrilled at the response from printers worldwide looking to add cold foil to their print and packaging. Many of those attending told our staff they came to the show specifically to see Eagle Systems’ […]
A23D: A 3D-Printed Letterpress Font … MOVIE!
This is a pretty fabulous juxtaposition of future, meeting past, to create present. This short film is billed as “The story of the birth of the worlds first uniquely designed, 3D printed Letterpress font.” While there aren’t any major plot twists, the movie will still deliver typographic nirvana and 3D print wow factor, with a nice bit of letterpress history. It […]
15 Creative Business Cards
This round up of creative business cards will spark your inspiration for your next business design. What makes a good business card design… is it the paper, the company logo or the creativity? Please comment what business cards are your favorite in this round up. Melissa DiVietri, an entrepreneur growing her small digital media marketing […]
Ikea’s BookBook Proves That #PRINT Is “The” Universal Technology
It’s about time somebody came up with this… finally a technology that works for everyone – PRINT!