[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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Presenting Tradeshow Bootcamp: A growing community resource for first-time exhibitors[Sami Jensen] After exhibiting at her first National Stationery Show in 2009, Katie Hunt, founder, Kelp Designs, was interviewed about her experience. Immediately, Katie began to receive e-mails from prospective exhibitors, asking questions many first-timers ask: How do I know if I’m ready? How many products do I need? How much time and money goes into exhibiting? Thus, Tradeshow Bootcamp was born. And just under one year later, its website, www.tradeshowcamp.com, launches today. Furthermore >
Holidays brought to life at Sephora through the magic of paper[Tom Biederbeck] All it took was 36,289 paper flowers and snowflakes, countless additional paper elements, three photo shoots for models and props, eight paper artists (including a master artist brought from Italy) and five vendors to produce the holiday displays in more than 300 Sephora stores for the 2011 season. It may be that no retailer has ever used the medium of paper to create a world of beauty on such a scale. Furthermore >
Inside the studio: His DARNDEST[Bill Klingensmith] My name is Bill Klingensmith, and I am known as the Creative Optimist. MYDARNDEST is the name of my studio and is the independent graphic design business I run from my house in the South Wedge neighborhood of Rochester, New York. Furthermore >
Andrea Peterson gently enlightens us about suminagashi, drop by drop[Alyson Kuhn] Suminagashi is not the formal word for sushi or for delectable ribbons of rice noodles. It is a centuries-old Japanese technique for printing on water a drop at a time. Sumi means ink, and nagashi refers to moving or floating. Papermaker/book artist Andrea Peterson loves suminagashi. She practices it, prints on top of it, teaches it — and uses “sumi” as a verb. Furthermore >
Everything’s up to date and client-centric at Skylab Letterpress[Alyson Kuhn] When I was in Kansas City last August, two terrific (and totally different) letterpress shops were high on my agenda: Skylab and Hammerpress. Hammerpress is in an arty neighborhood and easy to find, but Skylab is in a more industrial part of town, across the river. When we were finished with our tour of Hammerpress, Bob Atkins of Skylab offered to drive over and fetch us. How hospitable is that?! Furthermore >
Lululemon strikes a pose on paper with lots of ‘Great Excuses Not to Go to Yoga’[Alyson Kuhn] I was chatting with Bob Atkins of Skylab Letterpress before the holidays, and asked him whether he’d printed any unusual year-end cards or calendars. He faux-casually commented that he had in fact printed 215,000 cards — in three colors — for Lululemon, the nimble yoga outfitters. My antennae levitated lightly! After a few deep breaths, I called designer Stephanie Chan at Lululemon in Vancouver, B.C. Furthermore > |
We love big type, especially wood type … and we’re just suckers for vintage type. So when the curators at Felt & Wire Shop showed us the new, imaginative 12 x 20 letterpress prints by Roll & Tumble Press, we simply went N-U-T-S! (We think you will, too, when you hear about the Shop’s special offer). Read on! Furthermore >
01.20.12
What, exactly, is the future of printed literature? Our friend Brian Singer (Altitude) has created a video commemorating Ray Bradbury’s dystopian touchstone, Fahrenheit 451, which is set to be released as an e-book. Singer explains, “Seemed ironic that a book about book burning would then move to a platform negating the need for a printed book.” Watch the video after the jump. Furthermore >
01.18.12
Netherlands web developer Jonathan Bouman has a thing for scrolling websites. After his well-received creation of Scrolldit — a scrolling, visual, Pinterest-esque version of Reddit — Bouman decided to tackle Etsy next. Say hello to Scrollsy. Warning: You might want to bookmark it and go back to it later, or you’ll wonder where your entire day has gone. [SJ]
01.17.12
Oh yes, this appeals to the paper lovers and bargain hunters among us. Starting today, the 16-Hour Steal promises to offer a ridiculous deal, every day of the week for a limited period of time, on the affordable art for collectors Jen Bekman is known for. To stay up to speed, you’ll need to get yourself signed up for 20×200′s 16-Hour Steal newsletter. Go get it! [MD]
01.16.12
Gratitude is the memory of the heart, wrote Jean Baptiste Massieu. The Felt & Wire Shop curators inspire us with this week’s Felt & Wire Shop collection — with many ways to say thank you and express gratitude. [MD]
01.16.12
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