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As designers, we want our work to surprise and delight. Thankfully, today’s printing techniques give us a nearly infinite number of ways to do so. One of the most colorful examples from this year is this charming notebook from our friends at Giraff. The Tel Aviv design studio has often embraced the element of surprise in […]

Deadlines Ouija Board Does trying to work out the various details of a project with your client sometimes feel a bit like trying to communicate with someone from the spirit realm? Not only does strategic branding firm Traina Design feel your pain, they’ve given creatives everywhere the perfect metaphor for that experience, transforming it into […]

I made a new friend the other day – the moment I saw him, I just knew we were going to get along famously. Why? Because he’s made of paper and hot foil, of course! His name is Robox and he has single-handedly done something few others have been able to do – instantly get […]

It seemed like there was a special feeling of triumph and adventure in the air this year. No, it wasn’t on account of the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, impressive though that still remains. Rather it was being able to see – and hold – another example of human determination and ingenuity: the engraving […]

You know a ceramic-tile company is doing something right when you start thinking how cool the embossed cover of its latest brochure would look as tiling for your dream kitchen. The latest promo for MADE by Ann Sacks uses print’s unique tactile capabilities to reinforce the enticing feel of the company’s own handcrafted products. Designed […]

If you’re a lover of print, chances are you have a drawer, a cabinet, or even a whole closet filled with little scraps of paper: used concert tickets, the odd funky postcard, old black-and-white snaps you picked up in a junk shop years ago. So intrigued by his own collection of ephemera was prolific letterpress […]

It isn’t just beer, wine and spirits that can make people behave in funny, impulsive ways. Recently this gorgeous volume, “Simply Bourbon: An Introduction to America’s Most Beloved Spirit,” has taken to regularly disappearing and reappearing around PaperSpecs Towers as members of our team borrow it just long enough to drink in every last intoxicating […]

Throughout their history, American football stadiums have undergone few technological advances as dramatic as that of the retractable, flower-petal-like roof atop Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium, which was unveiled at Super Bowl LIII (53) on Feb. 3rd during the showdown between the New England Patriots and the Los Angeles Rams. Weeks before the rest of the world […]

Good design can impress. Great design can transport you to another world, or give you a fresh perspective on this one. RheinRevue, a self-published, handmade, accordion-fold book by German photographer Christiane Haid, uses clever folds and 71 insightful snapshots to recreate the sense of traveling alongside one of the world’s most famous waterways. For 3 […]

When you think “legal documents,” chances are you imagine reams and reams of white paper stuffed into endless Manila folderszzzzzzzz. Not Trust & Will. Since most states still require an actual signature and in-person notary to make documents legally binding, this online estate planning company decided to make the paperwork they send to their clients […]