Heidelberg Versafire CV digital printing system now also printing neon yellow

A splash of color: New neon yellow toner provides an eye-catching splash of color Function also retrofittable for older systems Bright party invitations, dazzling bills and posters, eye-catching advertising leaflets, even in short runs, with or without personalization, and still cost-effective – from now on, everything is possible! Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) is now offering…

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Get the Action on Board

IPP International Paper & Plastic, an independent trade organisation, presents the BoardBox, an inspiring and comprehensive cardboard collection. The BoardBox is a unique tool for printers, designers and brand owners. The tool can be used to make the right choice of cardboard for packaging and other applications. The theme is ´Get the Action on Board´…

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Noto: a font with 300,000 letters for 800 different languages

Publishing is global. This means that apart from world languages such as English and Spanish a global publisher needs to support 300 other languages. If you add all of these up you get 300,000 different characters. Google, which is making a name for itself with automated translation of web content, is facing this problem head-on.…

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220,000 unique posters for Wallpaper

The 20 year anniversary of Wallpaper magazine will be celebrated grandly because thanks to HP. The history of those 20 years is being shown through 220,000 posters. Graphic designer Tony Brook, known for his work for brands such as Nike, Design Museum and Christie´s, has been asked by Wallpaper to make some exclusive designs for…

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Label community salutes industry’s finest

The winners of the 2016 Label Industry Global Awards were announced last night at a gala ceremony which took place after the opening day of Labelexpo Americas. Held at the Rosemont Theatre, Chicago, the awards recognize the notable achievements and commercial creativity of label industry manufacturers, suppliers and converters over the last twelve months. Outstanding…

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Studio Dumbar now part of Dept. Studio

Design agency Studio Dumbar is now part of Dept. Studio. Dumbar will continue to operate under its own name and with its own management, but as part of the Dept network of agencies. Dept. consists of TamTam, Expand Online, a friend of mine, Second Degree and Building Blocks. Now that it includes Dumbar Studio the…

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My Firefly, design your own label

Juice brand Firefly developed a new campaign called My Firefly. Consumers get the chance to design their own label. The bottle follows the trend of the focus on digital printing. The campaign will be rolled out across the UK. At festivals, such as the UK Festival, consumers can have their photo taken in the Firefly…

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Clever beer mat

Belgium beer manufacturer Jupiler, together with advertising agency TCC from Breda, the Netherlands, designed a refreshing smart solution: the Refilltje (Refiller, a word play on the word viltje which is Dutch/Belgian for beer mat). The Refilltje is a normal beer mat with a small ridge which fits over the beer glass. If your glass is…

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Lorem Ipsum ??

Many creative souls, publishers and printers use it, the dummy text ´Lorem ipsum….´ But where does this come from? A Latin professor, Richard McClintock, has done some research. It seems that we need to go back to the year 45BC.  In the Latin text of De finibus bonorum et malorum (The extremes of Good and…

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Grotesque: The comeback of an 110 year old typeface

The Berthold Akzidenz Grotesque is perhaps the most famous member of the family of letters which were very popular once. This powerful and playful typeface, made famous by McDonalds, will be given new life. Monotype fellow Rod McDonald made a complete 50 styles, series of what will be named the Classic Grotesques. The series will…

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A message to the future

The Chestnote app lets you decide when and where your messages are opened. Only a few days after the launch in July this year more than 25,000 messages were sent into the future and Chestnote was downloaded in 25 countries already.  According to the manufacturers instant messaging is a thing of the past. Slow messages,…

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