Women of Print – RIT Needs OUR Help!
I received a request from a grad student at RIT to help spread the word on a survey being conducted regarding the status of Women in the Graphic Communications Industry. 5 minutes of your time could help the upcoming and future generations of Printresses out there… so please support this effort. Here is the information… […]
The ROI of Social Media? How about a Print Industry Award!
This story is too cool not to put on blast and teaches a valuable lesson… You never know who is watching! Despite my love/hate relationship with LinkedIn, as a channel for professionals to connect and network I cant deny it’s value or importance. My LinkedIn journey has been pretty remarkable – enough so that it […]
QR Gift Tags Add Voicemail Messages To Holiday Gifts
This is not only a cool use for QR codes, but a multi-channel marketing concept with LEGS. Shopping at JC Penney becomes part of the added value. It’s just smart. Give a Little Magic with Santa Tags Santa Tags will be available at your local jcp 11/15. In the spirit of gift giving, jcpenney is […]
Ever Wonder What a Presidential Invite Looks Like?
It is awesome to have connections, and connections that get invited to a Holiday Party at The White House definitely come in handy when you have a Print related website! After some negotiation, I was able to get a few pictures. I cannot show all of the information and wont describe all the details since […]
Conqueror’s "Typographic Games" poses sports-themed, global, creative challenge and poster design competition
Conqueror’s “Typographic Games” poses sports-themed, global, creative challenge and poster design competition Gold Medalist wins tickets to the 2012 Olympic Games Combined Locks, Wis. (Nov. 2011) – Conqueror, the global premium paper brand from Arjowiggins Creative Papers of Paris, France, announces its “Typographic Games.” This graphic design and typographic poster competition issues a challenge […]
MoMA's The Printed Picture Website Launches
This site is really amazing. “Richard Benson, who wrote the book and co-curated the exhibition, was videotaped for approximately eight hours in the Museum galleries.” The video’s review printing process, technology, and methods of reproducing images in print throughout history. There is a ton of content and information and you will will certainly use it […]
Video: Augmented Reality App Lets You See Through Clothes
This certainly one way to increase the shelf life of catalogs! By Yi Chen The latest Moosejaw winter catalog allows users to see the models without clothes using a special augmented reality app. The interactive Moosejaw X-ray app is available to download on iPhone, iPad and Android devices. When the user opens the app and […]
Starbucks Cup Magic
This year let’s bring the season to life with the Starbucks Cup Magic app. Use the app to find and scan all five Starbucks Holiday Characters – on Red Cups, Christmas Blend bags, in-store and more – and watch as they magically come to life through augmented reality on your mobile device. Who knows what […]
World's First Augmented Reality National Newspaper
Taiwanese media group United Daily News has partnered with visual browser Aurasma to create an augmented national daily newspaper in which the images, ads and editorial are interactive. As with other such augmented reality experiences, users need to point their camera phones towards the newspaper and view the content come to life on the phone’s […]
Meet Arachno-Bot! A Creepy 3D-printed Robot Spider
Everyone has their kryptonite and mine happens to be spiders. The the tenth degree of that, would be jumping spiders, and the tenth degree of that tenth degree would have to be giant jumping spiders. Sure, these are 3D-printed, but in the scene of the Jerry Bruckheimer movie now playing in my head… I’m trapped […]
Top 10 Websites for Designers
Thanks to Millcraft Paper who shared this in their LinkedIn Group, Full Circle – Paper + Print + Design. These are pretty cool so Im passing the info along. If you would like to submit a website you think should be included on an upcoming list from HOW, you can do so here. Each month, […]
Visit Hawaii using Augmented Reality and Print!
If a picture is worth a thousand words, this is priceless. Using Augmented Reality, Hawaii is hoping that this campaign will entice the citizens of Seattle and Chicago to book vacations and avoid at least some of the harsh winter weather soon to be showing up. I have worked on many tourism and travel accounts […]
