Could there be a friendlier industry gathering of 11,000 people, 8,500 store owners and 800 exhibitors? Thousands of happy, friendly paper artists, designers and printers, all armed with engraved, pressed, foiled, stamped, numbered, hand-tipped, die-cut, hand-sewn, raffia-tied samples? What's not to like? The NSS is really just a massive Cuddly Kitten Convention. ...

#WhatMovesYou? This new video promo for CLASSIC® Brand papers conceived and produced by Design Army will get your creative groove on. Neenah's exciting brands allow you to express creativity in many ways. In this video, nearly the entire set is built with CLASSIC® Brand papers. Head out to Twitter and follow the conversation: #WhatMovesYou @NeenahPaper .... ...

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 ...

Who loves engraving? Nancy Sharon Collins and Neenah Paper! Catch up with our favorite "engraving nerd" as she reports from book tour stops in Brooklyn, Upstate New York, Chicago, Washington DC and New Orleans. Join her Kickstarter effort. Neenah Paper is an active supporter of the craft and art of fine printing with such projects as The Beauty of Engraving ...

Presenting James Gulliver Hancock's: "All* The Buildings in New York (*That I've Drawn So Far)" —— James Gulliver Hancock's obsession is now a book . For this lifelong fan and former resident of NYC, it is fun to "see" if I "see" what James "sees." While some of the illustrator's choices are obvious, because the buildings are marvelous, the delight of this ...

ARTCRANK returned to Austin this month delivering record numbers. Said founder Charles Youel, "As impressive as the posters were in 2012 for our debut show, this year's artists really turned it up. Seeing a packed house of people digging and buying local art was a great way for us to start our 2013 tour. ARTCRANK posters will be at Mellow Johnny’s Bike Shop ...

From 1977 and through today, Leslie Smolan and Ken Carbone have stood side-by-side as business partners and friends, confidants and collaborators. From Ed Koch to Michael Bloomberg, from Donna Summer to Lady Gaga, from Le Cirque to Per Se, from Studio 54 to the Brooklyn Bowl, from garbage strikes to Hurricane Sandy, theirs is an amazing personal and professional ...

UnShow™ is back — and we are very, very, very un-unexcited about the work we are about to receive. One printed object will be named the “Best in Show” grand-prize winner and two printed objects per category will be named winners. All winning images will published in HOW Magazine. Category winners receive $500 and the grand-prize winner receives $1,000 ...

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 ...

The Airship is science fiction story and first in a planned trilogy of graphic novels that will be designed, illustrated and printed by Thyberg of Angel Bomb Design + Letterpress in MPLS. A labor of love you cannot miss and a book you simply must have: "I had to resort to printing it by hand on a Vandercook 219 proof press. Since it was printed on a cylinder ...