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When good design is effectively brought together with exciting printing and finishing techniques, they can make you feel something profound. It’s a partnership nearly as profound as that enjoyed between guide dogs and the visually impaired people whom they serve. It’s a point compellingly made by the intricate cover of this notebook, which holds a […]

“This,” I said to myself when I first glimpsed a rare copy of “Art, Architecture, Icon: Mercedes-Benz Stadium,” “is precisely what books do better than anything else.” And when I say precisely, that’s exactly what I mean. That’s because this enormous 10-x-14-inch tome and its impressive translucent slipcase were painstakingly engineered down to the very […]

With marijuana laws changing at a rapid pace across all 50 states, we’ve seen an explosion of premium packaging for cannabis so elegant and sophisticated, it’s even giving wine and spirit labels a run for their money.  To demonstrate just how skilled they are at producing gorgeous packaging for this market, letterpress masters Studio On […]

It’s challenging enough simply designing humble pieces that will be sent off anonymously into the real world. Now imagine the pressure when you aim to craft an enticing promotional piece to not only celebrate the launch of your own studio, but also doing so by taking over the concept store Raumkomplett and turning it into […]

When I first glimpsed the logo for San Francisco restaurant Trestle – a dancing bear balancing three plates – I thought “that pretty much sums up a designer’s life, doesn’t it?” After all, every day we’re balancing a budget, print materials and our client’s branding. And as it turns out, the Trestle identity itself pulls […]

Like much of Canada, British Columbia can lay claim to more than a few eccentric characters in its nearly 150-year history – people who blazed their own trails regardless of what their contemporaries thought of them at the time. It is these beat-of-a-different-drummer types whom Mitchell Press chose to honor in “Creative Pioneers: 06 Truly Unbelievable […]

The question “How do you keep things new and exciting” isn’t just the focus of “adult toy” retailer Ella Paradis, it goes to the heart of any company that wants to provide creative packaging for multiple products without having to produce and store a wide assortment of boxes. And with its advent box the company […]

With so many of us stuck at home right now, some are rediscovering the fun to be found in board games. One of the most fun and creative I’ve come across lately is actually a client gift with a playful ski theme, played on a board you can wear when the icy winds begin to […]

Some of the most impressive pieces of print design are the ones that make you slap your forehead and sigh, “Now why didn’t I think of that?” This Scrabble card is a perfect example. It uses blind debossing and a red pencil to transform the ordinary birthday card into a fun and interactive experience. (True, […]

Every once in a while I come across something so perfect, so utterly different from everything I’ve seen before, I experience a little chill. That was just what happened the moment I opened this exquisite “jewelry box of honey.” With its daring use of digital printing, foil and intense screen– printed color accents, the sight […]