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“Tradition with a playful modern twist” is how one magazine aptly described the style of interior designer Kathryn Scott, which is funny because those words sum up her elegant portfolio beautifully, too. While you may not be able to duplicate her unique look, you can make her super-intelligent approach to brochures and portfolios your own. […]

“I think food, culture, people and landscape are all absolutely inseparable,” said the late, great Anthony Bourdain. Judging by this elegant portfolio of food imagery, it’s a sentiment that professional food stylist/photographer Megan Fawn Schlow also embraces to the utmost. This book’s secret ingredient? Scrumptious Japanese stab binding! As Megan explains, being taken to farmers […]

Let’s face it: By the time Christmas rolls around we feel about as much like “Wild Things” as a bunch of Santa Clauses lazing in front of a crackling fire. But the “Wild Things” gift wrap set that Hemlock Printers came up with for 2019 uses embossing, playful art, and handy gift tags to help […]

Of all the benefits that print offers in our digital world, one of the most often overlooked is “freedom.” Not only can you peruse it anywhere, but its contents are easily clipped and put on a wall, in a notebook, or wherever it is you keep your creative inspiration. It was this simple fact that […]

Blue-sky thinking is fantastic – it’s given birth to everything from the smartphone to your favorite artwork. But as every designer knows, it’s also easy for your clients to get lost in that big blue sky of “we could do this…or this….or this!” To bring their own clients back down to earth, print and marketing […]

Just as the taste of a wine is influenced by the region in which its grapes are grown, the taste of a fine chocolate can be shaped by the land in which its maker came of age and learned the craft. To celebrate its 5 year anniversary, Canadian chocolate bar Chez Christophe wanted to capture […]

No matter how high-definition the video or how sharp the online images, nothing captures the essence of a place quite like a smartly-designed book of photographs. In his latest work, photographer Tadd Myers [projects/website] takes us on a lobster fishing expedition so convincing, you can practically feel the wind rushing through your hair…and that’s just on […]

In a world falling over itself to text, stream and email you just about everything, mystery and surprise are pretty hard to come by. Which is why I was so intrigued by this large-but-understated-looking case. What’s inside? Something that will change the way you think about packaging and marketing materials. But first, let’s savor the […]

Whenever life gets you down, just remember that somewhere out there a little boy is learning how to read. Using the most impressive ABC book you’ve ever seen. Letterpress printed and hand-bound. By his parents. Who are design professors. Using their own personal collection of type, woodblocks and line-engraved images. (It gets better and better […]

What would self-confidence look like if it were packaging? It might present the world with a plain but dignified face with only a sliver of color showing through – a little hint at the hidden depths within. Such is the packaging created by Arithmetic for Roque. It’s not only designed to house a line of jewelry […]