You’ve just started your business, or just decided to redesign your logo and stationery. Along with this you have some decent design software and work up your project exactly as you want it. You pick your colors from a Pantone book, and you are satisfied and excited with your work. Finally, you send…
Its been a wild week of weather, as it started off with a sudden turn to Autumn-like coolness, than a mid-week storm, and now an approaching hurricane. Oh, and did we forget to mention there was an earthquake!? We definitely felt the tremor pretty well here in the shop. Some of us have…
Strolling through the Internet this week we have come across quite a few stories and events that have us excited. First up, the big event around the Philadelphia area this week is of course the Philly Folk Festival. The event is always fun and this year’s lineup will certainly not disappoint. Big names like Dan…
If you are just starting to think about the printing process for new business cards or company letterhead than you may not yet have heard of prepress, if you are a designer you might dread the idea of someone pointing out problems with your work. Either way, prepress is one of the, if not the…
There are plenty of great sites out there to get you inspired to create a new design to promote your business. But when it comes to the hard work of making your design a physical reality, then consider these printing tips for making it work in print. Mind the bleed Do you have an…
There are so many great resources for print design out on the web. We want to start sharing some of our favorites right here. So each week we will be posting some links that have more information about print design and printing, as well as links that share our enthusiasm for living and working…
It’s a 2 over 1 with black and 2 PMS. It’s a work and turn on a coated sheet with bleed. And we’ll need a die for a kiss-cut. Printer’s terms are many, varied, and most of all complicated. Today we start a series of blog posts to clear up what they mean, and how…
