Every year, every month, Fey Printing creates the lion’s share of Neenah’s swatchbooks. While a typical run might be 20,000, quantity for various mills can be anything between 10,000 and 100,000. For 40+ years Fey Printing has partnered with the non-profit Opportunity Development Centers (ODC) for assembly work. ODC, founded in 1965, delivers manufacturing ...

The new owner was looking for an innovative and authentic way to connect with consumers. Solution: Tru Blooms Chicago will be the first-ever fragrance made from indigenous-sourced ingredients grown by the residents for whom it’s created. The Chicago Botanic Garden, a key Tru Blooms partner, provided expertise and flowers grown through urban gardening programs ...

Friends at Rule29 recently wrapped up large effort with The Konjo Initiative, a new economic development program that teaches shoemaking to unemployed or unskilled men and women living of Kibera, the largest slum in Kenya. Konjo instills a sense of empowerment by helping individuals break the cycle of poverty. Neenah celebrates these and other projects that strive ...

New Year's Resolution: More Angus Hamburgers, Craft Beer, Hand Cut Fries and Good Design. Donovan Beer sat down with Omaha designer Dave Nelson of SecretPenguin to discuss his branding campaign for Omaha's Blatt Beer & Table, which lies in the shadow of the shadow of the ghost of demolished Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha (look that up on Google). What's the ...

Michelle Taute returns with this update on our Kickstarter Diaries, the series she began just a few months back. In the first installment, Against the Grain readers to three amazing design projects trying to make their way in the world with help from this crowd-funding platform. "Now that the funding deadlines have long passed, we wanted to check in and see ...

FoldFactory's Trish Witkowski reminds anyone willing to listen that paper folds, while a whole lot of fun, are also good for business. As she reminded us in Deliver Magazine, don’t perish in the labyrinth of your own creation: let form follow function

Holding your breath? Wait no more! According to research shared in this article in the NYT Sunday Review on Sunday January 8. 2012, those who make and publicly state New Year’s resolutions are more likely to achieve them. That is give hope to those willing to say it loud. We asked a few friends what resolutions they have made for 2012 and what plans they have ...

  Above: Happy type lovers soaking up the sun and the serifs at Type Camp on Galiano Island, British Columbia, Canada. From left to right: Stephen Coles (instructor), Dean Gendall, Jessica Speigel, Jessica Yurasek, Erica-May Chan, Marian Bantjes (instructor), Sarah Clayton, Matt Soar, Aaron Bell, Tiffany Wardle (instructor). OK, so summer is over, but don’t ...

"Ramen served the purpose of sustaining people through disaster," writes correspondent Katelyn Bottoms, "Now, through Lucky Peach, Chang is simply renewing the noodle's mission in a different era, for a different problem." David Chang of Momofuku NYC created Lucky Peach, his “issue / episode" creation. We put our chopstix to it, sampling graphics most sublime, ...

Remember that old Final Net ad from the 70s? “Even when you can’t stand up, your hair can.” Whatever Deb Millman’s secret, she was always standing, smartly dressed, hair unruffled, spirit undaunted. We once witnessed her walk three miles in a black linen dress and patent leather low-heel sandals in 100+ degree Austin, TX heat. She arrived crisp, smiling, ...