Fake It ‘Til You Make It

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Sometimes you just have to show people to help them get the idea! And what a great way to put banners, posters, and window graphics to work! One town in England is taking a novel approach to the scores of closed-up shops on its main street: they’re putting up fake business fronts to make the Keep reading here » Fake It ‘Til You Make It

Exploring the Packaging Eco-System

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Packaging is more than just a pretty box that sits on a retail shelf. Packaging is an entire eco-system consisting of science, art, and technology to contain, protect, preserve, transport, inform and sell products. AllpakTrojan is a remarkable company that combines corrugated converting, package manufacturing, and commercial print to deliver sophisticated and attractive packaging Keep reading here » Exploring the Packaging Eco-System

Historic Book Binding Techniques

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I’m a fan of books in any form – including edible – and have always wanted to learn how to bind a book. Now I have my chance. Seattle Center for Book Arts (SCBA), formed to promote education in hand book binding and related art forms, has some fascinating classes coming up for anyone in – or coming to – the Seattle area. Keep reading here » Historic Book Binding Techniques

Wide-Format Printing – Just About Any Substrate

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Walk into Stella Color, Seattle WA, and you are faced with a “forest” of items printed on substrates ranging from Plexiglas to wood. With an eye to being more environmentally friendly, Stella Color produces a huge variety of items including: posters, fine art prints, textiles, wallpaper, trade show displays, banners, point-of-sale items, and vehicle Keep reading here » Wide-Format Printing – Just About Any Substrate

Here it is! A roll-up laptop/tablet/display!

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We’ve been inundated with netbooks, notebooks, tablets, and e-books for the last few months. All of them are but variations on old designs and technology. HERE is someone who has taken a new look at the whole bunch and come up with something new! Keep reading here » Here it is! A roll-up laptop/tablet/display!

OptiscanApp Logo in the Wild – Tully’s Actually…

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Sometimes art and life do really seem to resemble each other – in this case, it is logo and donut… Maybe it was the coffee, maybe it was the Seattle rain, but I had to laugh when I saw the donut selection the other morning in Tully’s. Keep reading here » OptiscanApp Logo in the Wild – Tully’s Actually…

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