Flying back home for Christmas leaves you with a lot of spare time to wonder around duty free shops. My favourite section (food apart) would have to be the perfume aisle, it is a gold mine for design, paper and printing process/finishes inspiration. This sort of place and products (perfume packagings), will most definitely engage [...]
Posted on: 22 December 2009, 19:15
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I believe this is something which will always be useful, a list of all known paper merchants and mills around the world. So I have started the creation of such a database, registering of fine and graphic papers for the design/print industry. This is a good quick reference for creative designers looking for a supplier, [...]
Posted on: 18 December 2009, 11:57
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My local printer came across the other day handing me out a little flyer to promote a new printing process they installed at their factory. They call Enhance and it looks very similar to a UV varnish. This finishing process is an aqueous coating, in other words a water based varnish which can be applied [...]
Posted on: 13 December 2009, 16:58
Posted in: design inspiration, print design, printing process/finishing Tags: finishing, print design, printing process/finishing, techniques, varnish Leave a comment