With all the challenges we face, says Josh Chen of Chen Design Associates in intro to his newest book, Fingerprint No. 2, "the need to prove that a real human being, one with integrity and a clear conscience, stands behind a particular design has become more and more essential." A nice idea to put behind any gift you intend for friends and loved ones this holiday ...

Recently, the company created a new web portal geared towards one of the most discerning and demanding printing craft customer groups in the world, letterpress owners and operators. It is called www.letterpresspaper.com. Amber Ellis-Seguine of Flywheel Press in California, agrees: "Legion paper gives us the ability to purchase small quantities of top papers ...

What do you do when you face creative roadblocks? Bryn Mooth advises that you get out of the home office or corporate cube and do something physical. For her, nothing raises the creative juices quite like brisk walk with her little dog Peroni. Go see this post... then go walk the dog.

Re-released! Talented-Level-Headed-Type-Master Jessica Hische talkd with Herr Bucher about creativity, voice and keeping it real in this latest installment of "Wait... What Was The Question?" on A-the-G. Be informed. Be amused. Gain insight.

"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, ...

Do you know how many total buildings there are in New York City's five Boroughs? It is estimated that there are 900,000. Australian-born James Gulliver Hancock of Greenpoint Brooklyn is out to paint or sketch all of them Five hundred down...899,500 to go. More or less.

Whenever you get three to four thousand design professionals and free fine paper SWAG in a room, lives change. Count on that. Design Army’s shrine to Neenah Paper brands offered much to the converted. And we are not talking about sheets into envelopes, people.   Design Army redressed the Neenah Road Show Booth for HOW Design Live. [...]

Wassup at HOW Design LIVE? The Armin and Bryony Show! Armin’s session is Saturday June 25 at 3.45 pm—in it, he will talk about the creative obsessions of people and how even the most unusual obsessions can be used to create interesting, paying projects. Bryony's talk is the next day, Sunday, at 2 pm. Her talk is a must see for those seeking career change, ...

Mig Reyes… is a … um… a… Mig Reyes is a definitely… um… decidedly talented creator of… well. Mig is a brand unto himself. He defies definition. Go see for yourself. The only way through it is to experience it yourself.

"Pretend you are standing in a landfill surrounded by the remains of many pretty things. How could you have prevented them from ending up there? Imagine the final destination of your print piece, you reverse engineer to incorporate sustainable materials and practices that reduce to zero the likelihood of any part of that piece ending up in the waste stream." ...