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The Humble Wooden Desk

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Incredible Journey

Bella and Larry Alpert, Israel 1950 by Bill Alpert In 1953 my father first set foot on U.S. Soil. With

How's Your Copy?

bmw ad.pdf It's practically child's play to make a great impression using print. Just take enough time to write some

BrandOne Marketing Coach Program

Marketing is much like going to the gym. It’s something we should do every day, but often don’t get around

10 cents worth of shampoo

How can just a few words and a single ounce of shampoo bring fortune to your company? How can saving a few pennies end up costing you hundreds or thousands of dollars? I'm in Chicago on an extended business trip, and decided to try a new (to me) hotel chain:

Out of control?

According to Fortune Magazine, the top five (revenue) private firms accounted or something like $343 billion in sales. This group includes Koch Industries, Cargill, Chrysler, Kaiser Permanente and the US Postal Service, which is technically not part of the US Government. It's interesting to note that of these firms, the

Hot Summer Markets

Even in a tough economy, not all sectors will be suffering. According to graphic arts industry expert Vince Mallardi, there are still some blossoming branches in the economic tree, with fruit ripe for the picking. While this research focused on print purchases, the outlook for these categories is likely to

The United States of Bland

This morning I ran across a display ad in Sunset Magazine; it was a tourism piece for the City of Portland, Oregon. Regardless of the ad's merit, it does make a point that resonates well today: that most cities across the country lack much individual personality. Everything looks so mind-numbingly

Free Font Utility from Linotype

OK, it may not be terribly original to build a font manager that looks almost identical to ITunes (including a built-in font store), but the venerable type founder, Linotype was shrewd to do so. There's got to be a boatload of overlap between graphic designers and ITunes customers. I cut

July Vacation Date Set

Seems like 2008 is a good year to save energy. With that in mind; we're turning off the lights and the air conditioning for better than a week this July. Copies&Ink team members have all consolidated their summer vacation to one week, beginning with the 4th of July Holiday. So

It's a printing thing

I still get a rush from jogging a ream of printed brochures, freshly off the printing press. It's the same kind of rush your customer gets when she feels the rich texture of that paper between her fingertips. When you're designing for print, remember that the reader's experience is tactile

Real Printing Speaks for Itself and for You

I've had the good fortune of growing up when printing was "real." It meant real lead type, machine stamped ink into paper. The blood, sweat and tears that went into building every page somehow made each page more believable, more real. "Letterpress" printing died out in the late 60s, though