I recently went to an amazing event called THRIVE: The Future of Printing sponsored at GSB’s print production facility and sponsored by HP. The format was pretty cool, it took place at in Long Island City. The backdrop was two amazing 21st century machines, the HP Indigo 5000 and the HP Indigo 5500. A couple hundred people filled the room to hear from experts Stephan Steiner, President, GSB, Rob Mangini, Director of Sales, GSB, Francis McMahon, Director of Marketing, HP and Jan Reicher, Vice President & GM Graphics Solutions Business & Imaging. Read more »

Tags: digital printing

Is company stationery really necessary? Yes. A little while ago, a small company, an entrepreneur of sorts, approached us about a partnership. Great. We were interested, we wanted to know more about his company, we wanted to think things over after the fellow left our office. But he could leave no trail, paper or otherwise, because he didn’t have a business card.

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Tags: Branding, collateral, logo, print design

Do magazines (the printed kind) have a future as we increasingly migrate to the web? This and many other questions were raised at last week’s SPD panel discussion, Paper to Pixels. Five distinguished art directors offered their perspectives on moving from print to web, giving me so much to think about that I’m not sure where to start. Read more »

Tags: print design, web design

After not going to the Lindenmeyer Paper Show since 2005, it was fun to return this year, even though this year seemed very different. The show was the same: paper companies in different booths showing off their paper to potential clients, talking about the latest papers, and how it holds color. Great food, nice place, and you get to see some people you haven’t seen in a while. But I couldn’t help to think that in the middle of a national financial crisis, it was very weird to go to a show where the industry that’s hosting it, is in a crisis of its own. Read more »

We recently hosted studio visits for students entering Pratt Institute. When I revealed that I was on campus 29 years ago, one group was sort of shocked. I think part of their reaction had to do with the fact that I didn’t look that old (I hope). The other part was amazement that I’ve been a practitioner all this time – and I think that provided encouragement as they move closer to their own careers. I also learned that this new generation had no idea of how graphic design work was produced back then. Read more »