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Coffee with Artist: Burcu Arat Sup

August 5, 2012

Meet this week’s Coffee w/ Artist – Burcu Arat Sup. Who is Burcu Arat Sup? I’ve been a commercial illustrator and graphic designer for over 20 years. I have a Bachelor degree in Fine Arts and Teaching. During my 20’s, I lived in London for a period of time and was inspired by contemporary arts. [...]

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Feature Design: Olive Purple Invitations

June 24, 2012

Feature Design: Olive Purple Invitation. One of the biggest decisions the soon-to-be bride and groom has to make during the planning of their wedding ceremony is deciding their wedding colors. Do you go with the traditional and common colors? Are they going to be fun and bright colors? Or will it be a combination of [...]

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Feature Design: Maude Pink Invitations

June 20, 2012

Feature Design: Maude Pink Invitations. The Maude Pink invitation reminds us of outdoor Spring time April weddings, flowers coming into bloom and birds chirping in a sweet melody. The color pink is a hint of the newlywed’s innocence and unending infatuation for each other. The ornamental designed background in a lighter shade complements the letterpress [...]

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Feature Design: Emma Silver Invitations

June 17, 2012

Feature Design: Emma Silver Invitations. The Emma is a design that exudes simplicity and elegance. The marriage of soft silver, pure white and a hint of hot pink typography to highlight the bride and groom offers the right touch of class for formality. The paper’s softness of texture tickles your fingers as you delicately hold [...]

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Feature Design: Shabbir Red Wedding Invitation

June 17, 2012

Feature Design: Shabbir Red Wedding Invitation. Several months ago, we received a pleasant surprise from one of our college friends, Shabbir. He told us that he was going to India to marry his soon-to-be bride! We were so overjoyed by the good news for him and his lovely bride for their treasured lifetime moment! Additionally, [...]

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Find Design in Pulp Paper

April 23, 2012

Find Design in Pulp Paper. One of our favorite things to do during our travels abroad is visit the local markets and seek out unique finds. It’s a treasure hunt and adventure for us. We feel as though we’re Christopher Columbus and Magellan seeking out the world’s most exotic spices during our adventures. During one [...]

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Find Design in Ancient Print Methods

April 7, 2012

A recent trip to Korea gave me a glimpse into the ancient print method “wood block printing” that was widely used in East Asia as early as the 7th century. The wood block is prepared as a relief matrix with the character or design shown on the original surface level and everything else cut away. [...]

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Stationery Printing Tip: Budget Friendly Flat Printing

April 5, 2012

Are you looking for a budget friendly printing method and have a short deadline? Don’t worry, here’s a tip to help you out: In an earlier post, we offered you a glimpse of an ancient form of printing called wood block printing. This type of printing required skilled hands to carry out and was probably [...]

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Quick History: Pantone

March 29, 2012

Every printer and designer know that pantone colors govern everything if you want to get your colors right! We found this article on the topic by one our favorite sites, Apartmenttherapy.com, and thought we would share it with you! It’s oooober informative. We hope you enjoy it as as much as we do! We’re all familiar with Pantone’s [...]

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Find Design with Asian Inspiration

January 30, 2012

Yesterday we wandered out to L.A.’s Chinatown for some Lunar New Year festivities. Parking as expected was a pain in the arse so we parked a mile a away, close to the Angels Knoll park where 500 Days of Summer was filmed. We didn’t care too much for the parade that had some pretty random [...]

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