The Future Of Print Is In The Palm Of Your Hand
I have written a few posts to date regarding my experience at Dscoop and saved this one for the finale since it will recap something incredibly unbelievable, awesomely inspirational and yes, even controversial that has become my big A-HA Moment take-away from the conference. Let’s start here. Dscoop9 was filled with advocacy, education and tools […]
Printed from the Heart: Why I gave my mom a canvas print for Christmas
Every year my mother and I have the same conversation around Thanksgiving. Our annual ritual goes a little something like this: Me: So, what do you want for Christmas? Mom: I don’t know…(pause) Mom: An Amazon gift card? Me: Are you sure? That’s what I gave you last year. Mom: That’s true. I don’t know, […]
When The World's Largest Camera Meets #HP Latex Technology
As a Print BUYERologistTM I spend a good amount of time speaking and writing about the importance of relationships between buyers and service providers. This project just may be the pinnacle example of that relationship, and it goes one further. As explained in the video, the photographer and inventor of the camera Dennis Manarchy called […]
John Van Hamersveld Print Art Exhibition in Los Angeles
Fellow print geeks, does the name John Van Hamersveld ring a bell? No? Surely you’ve seen the iconic Endless Summer movie poster or the cover of the Beatles legendary Magical Mystery Tour album. If so, then you’re already familiar with this bad ass designer, you just need to put his name/face to his incredible body […]
Riding The Wave Of Killer Catalog Design
By Katherine Tattersfield, Print Geek I love catalogs. Ever since I got my hands on a JC Penny Christmas catalog when I was about 5 years old, I’ve been hooked on these print marketing tools. I remember impatiently waiting for holiday catalogs to arrive so I could make my list for Santa. My mother still recalls the day […]
World’s First 3D Printing Photo Booth to Open in Japan
This is brilliant! I wonder if this tech will be available for THE PRINTERVERSEtm at PRINT 13??? Since Marco (@miercs) sent me this link, I think he should also figure out how to get one to the US! If you agree, please tweet him “I want a mini-me Marco!” – and maybe he will succumb […]
Digital Textile Printing: Turn YOUR Photos Into Clothing
When I was growing up it was all about the RIT and making tie-die t-shirts in the backyard with the kids on the block. The ink splashed around in buckets as we dipped our white t-shirts adorned with carefully placed rubber bands to keep the colors in the places we wanted them. That was the […]
British Authority Bans Two Ads by LOréal
This is quite interesting. Certainly it is understood that there is a fair amount of retouching in Advertising. I for one oversaw the retouching of a female celebrity of a certain age that had “kill rights” to ANY images of her – and by the time we were done and she had approved it – she had magically […]
123RFCares And Tsunami Relief Aid Fund
Download Any 123RFCares Image, we will match each download dollar for dollar and donate the proceeds to the Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Relief Aid Fund. The massive earthquake and tsunami that struck the north-eastern coast of Japan on March 11, 2011 has robbed many off their lives and tens of thousands left homeless and in […]
Digital print produces textured photos for the blind
Estudios Durero has worked with photographer Juan Torre to produce an exhibition of ‘images to be touched’, which are being shown at the Spanish national blind association (ONCE) Tifologic museum in Madrid. The images exploit the raised surface of UV-cured ink and its different texture to the underlying substrate to reproduce textures that enable the […]
Epson to launch new products at Photokina, Cologne, 21 to 26 September
Epson will be launching three additions to its professional printing range on Stand B13 at Photokina this year. The printers will join Epson’s existing professional printer line-up that will be showcased through a variety of demonstrations during the exhibition. On stand, Epson will draw from its relationships with high profile nature photography initiatives; ‘Red Sea […]
HP Introduces Large Format Photo Negative Application for Fine-Art Quality
HP today introduced a Large Format Photo Negative application that allows professional photographers using the HP Designjet Z3200 Photo Printer series to produce fine-art quality prints or hardcopy image archives. HP is showcasing Large Format Photo Negatives and prints produced with the negatives for the first time at Les Rencontres d’Arles 2010 in Arles, France […]