Blog

I have to admit I am a bit of a foodie. And while the food itself is important, ultimately it is the whole experience, from the wait staff to the menus, that truly set a restaurant apart. Take these beautiful menus for the upscale Washington DC restaurant Estuary. Their delicate intermingling of foil, textures and […]

When you think of chocolate the words “guilty pleasure” and “diet-busting” might come to mind. This is all about to change. When K’ul Chocolate (pronounced “cool”) opened its doors in 2015 their goal was to completely reinvent the way people saw chocolate – in this case as a source of energy for physically active people. […]

However much today’s printing techniques help you to make colors “pop,” sometimes nothing stands out quite like the stark contrast between black and white. This is something design studio Topos Graphics and letterpress masters Studio On Fire ably demonstrated with their creative packaging for New York City coffee roasters Sweetleaf. Its combination of dazzling foils […]

Since 2011, MET Fine Printers has skillfully crafted the creative packaging for the First Press olive oil that the Kallas family shares with that company’s friends and clients each year. Derived from the Greek orchards that have been in the family of MET President Nikos Kallas for more than 100 years, the oil turns out […]

If your company provides luxury private jet travel, “good” is never good enough. So when Flexjet wanted to create a high-end invitation for a Fifth Avenue fashion show featuring stylish fabric swatches, Manhattan’s Highresolution printed a piece tailor-made for those who appreciate the finer things in life. The event, designed to highlight Flexjet’s partnership with […]

Anyone who knows me knows there are two things that keep me going: great design and an excellent cup of tea. Imagine my delight then when I received this colorful assortment of teas from the English Tea Shop. Delight quickly gave way to awe, however, when I discovered that this packaging holds not just one […]

In the high-stakes world of fashion, image is everything. So when Coach Inc. – the holding company for Coach New York, Stuart Weitzman and Kate Spade New York – rebranded itself as Tapestry a few years ago to take the focus off the famous leather goods name, everything was designed to reflect the “tapestry” concept, […]

For building unboxing drama, it’s hard to beat the classic telescoping lid when it comes to creative packaging. From perfume to jewelry, the time it takes to slide that lid off amps up the anticipation deliciously. The only problem? Once it’s removed, the show’s over, right? Not so fast, says Corporate Image who, through the […]

After 40 years of designing for everyone from Apple to Wells Fargo, Jennifer Morla celebrated her career-to-date with a massive volume that gives full voice to her passion for the look and feel of print. Even though I was fortunate enough to see a mock-up of the book during its design phase while visiting her […]

When you combine certain elements, the results can be explosive. Just ask Walter White, the rogue science teacher in AMC’s beloved crime drama “Breaking Bad.” To commemorate the end of that landmark series, the network came up with an equally explosive combination all its own when it said “Let’s cook” with the creative printers at […]