Paper Pulse: programming interactive paper

Printed electronics have been possible for some time now thanks to conductive inks and special printing technology. But now there is a DYI solution to make regular paper interactive. A fun way to make interactive cards, labels, games or business cards with moving images.  You need only a few electronic components such as LEDs and…

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OCR Journal #001: is this the future of print?

Exclusive, with only 500 copies of which each cover has its own unique data art visualisation, content perfectly attuned to its target market and contemporary design, Office for Create Research offers us a peek into what might be the future of (magazine) printing.  Mark Wilson describes in his Co.Design blog the OCR Journal #001 as…

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Testing out the taxi as billboard

The Heineken Experience, previously a Heineken brewery which was transformed into an interactive journey through the Heineken world, in cooperation with taxi service Cabture and Amsterdam Taxi Service (TCA), has revamped two taxis into driving billboards with a TaxiTop ad for the Heineken Experience. TaxiTop, well-known in New York, replaces the taxi roof light to…

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Stonepaper

Paper can be produced from various materials such as wood, rags, natural fibres, but also stone. Stonepaper is made from minerals and its characteristics are comparable to coated paper and is, just like synthetic paper, waterproof and very strong. Contrary to synthetic paper made of polypropylene it has a low CO2 footprint and a low…

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Largest paper boat in the world

For the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the city of Karlsruhe in Germany, sports people from the city have folded world´s largest paper boat. It is 13,93 meters long and is made of paper only. It weighs 117 kilo. 350 Square meters of paper were used and the building and folding took a total…

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The Beauty of Letterpress: Blokboek becomes art

Our name, blokboek.net, comes from the oldest form of printing letterpress, blokboek in Dutch. Letterpress is relief printing carved from one piece. The similarity with blog-boek (blog book) made it even more interesting to choose the name blokboek.net. In the Beauty of Letterpress Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum show that letterpress has become art. 11 Special…

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How to choose a typeface

Fastcodesign has put together a poster which allows you via few simple steps to choose a typeface. For 19.90US$ you get a flowchart which through simple criteria such as ´should it look modern´ or ´should it look quirky´ leads you to a choice of 43 fonts. For professional designers the poster may be a bit…

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Value adding designs with Agfa: Fortuna

Passports, identity cards, lottery tickets and entrance tickets are examples of printing with the highest value add. Designing these, in compliance with the highest security measures, is work for specialists. These specialists will now with version 9 of Agfa´s Fortuna get a perfect tool which can save a lot of time. Version 9 builds on…

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