Design

How to show that your Glacial beer brand is best served cold, in a print ad? Ad agency Ogilvy Brazil has the solution. A printed ad which helps cool your beer. Cut the ad out of the magazine, wet it under the tap, wrap it around a beer bottle and put it in the fridge.…

Typeface designer Frere-Jones reveals a few secrets in his blog about designing a typeface. He shows how square and round shapes influence each other and why letters such as the ´o´ have to be larger than for example the ´a´to keep the right balance. With typography being increasingly recognised as part of the quality and…

The Dutch Print Museum in Etten-Leur has a new collection. Visitors can become acquainted with the secret of the world famous sunflowers by Vincent van Gogh. Graphic artist Henk van Noorloos shows his work. Also on display are books about Van Gogh as well as typographics and posters which have a link to Van Gogh.…

Good typography is important in our digital world. To underline this, type specialist Monotype sponsored a Field Project. Three unique digital art installations show that type can be responsive to the emotional message of content, that type can be responsive to the media chosen and that they fit perfectly in the new hype of responsive…

During the CIPrint Madrid tradefair a creative workshop is scheduled focussing on the various applications of digital print technology, substrates and finishing. Visitors are shown various possibilities such as personalisation of furniture, antibacterial solutions, wallpaper, floor furnishings and printed doors, and the possibilities of cardboard for exhibitions and pop-up stores. CIPrint Madrid, 6-8 October, Casa…

If you admired the smallest printed bible, 4,75mm big, according to Guinness, you will understand why designer Michael William Lester decided to do the same with his portfolio. His World´s Tiniest Portfolio impressed sites such as Behance, which proves that creativity and print can produce little treasures.