[Ted Bertz] After recently finishing a personal project, a book commemorating posters completed from 1987 to 2008 for an agricultural fair held each year in Durham, Conn. — Fair Play: Twenty-three years of Durham Fair Posters — Ted Bertz, founder of Bertz Design Group, reflects on the evolution of the graphic design industry over the same period.
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[Alyson Kuhn] Rachel Hazell is a book artist and have-punch-will-travel teacher of book arts. London-born Hazell, who currently lives in Edinburgh, has grand plans for 2012. She is scheduling a bookbinding workshop in a different part of the world each month. January’s was in Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire; March’s will be on the Summer Isles in Northwest Scotland. And February’s — aptly titled Colour of Love — begins today in the Napa Valley. I’ll be right there — writing about paper engineering, stitching and all things Valentinear. Furthermore >
02.02.12
[Tom Biederbeck] Lucky Peach magazine has serious (and seriously funny) writing about food, lavish original illustrations, swell diversions and inserts (issue #2 has a sheet of parody fruit stickers), no online content, no advertising (well, very little) and curious art direction choices (on its cover, issue #1 displayed the south end of a northbound chicken). And it’s wildly successful. Furthermore >
02.01.12
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Love, love photocards [Tracy Smith] I love photocards. I love sending them and I love getting them, especially from long-time friends {hint, hint} who I don’t get to see all that often. That’s why I’m really excited about a new source for custom cards: Pinhole Press. There is one thing I usually dislike about photocards: most of them come printed on flimsy paper or *gasp* photo paper. If you’re going to put the time and money into holiday cards, they should look like it! Plus, I tend to hang onto photocards, so they need to stand up to the task of being on my fridge for a year.
Pinhole Press cards are printed on thick 110# cover. And since Pinhhole prints everything on Mohawk, I’m an even bigger fan. They use Mohawk Options for their cards and envelopes. It’s bright white, runs beautifully on the Indigo, and at 100% post-consumer waste, it’s a smart environmental choice. Pinhole Press orders arrive in a recycled kraft box. The cards are carefully belly-banded and wrapped in a new eco-ternative to bubble wrap for packing —so it’s all recyclable. And now we love Pinhole Press even more because they are offering Felt and Wire readers a 20% discount on holiday card orders with the promo code: mohawk.
11.25.09
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