Design

Curtis lauds next generation of packaging design talent
Curtis Packaging has unveiled the winners of its third annual Curtis Centre of Excellence Prize, a design competition that invites students to develop innovative and sustainable packaging solutions.

Roland DG reveals wallpaper ambitions with Dimense deal
Roland DG has bought a controlling stake in Dimense, the innovative digital embossing technology arm of inks manufacturer Veika, as it looks to expand its role in driving the development of digital...

VistaPrint: Barbie fuels pink growth
Barbie hype has fuelled a hot pink renaissance and a viral trend, with the use of pink in logos growing substantially year-on-year, new research from VistaPrint has found.

Unlikely trio top June’s listicle
What do a retired punk and a popular YouTuber have in common with a devastating mail facility fire? They were all in the top three most-read stories in our listicle for June. Read on to catch-up on...

Printful acquires merch specialist
Ecommerce ‘unicorn’ Printful has acquired merchandise specialist Snow Commerce.

Antigro offers smart personalisation
First time Fespa exhibitor Antigro Designer (A3-A70) is showing its easy-to-use personalisation software which removes hassle for printers by creating print-ready files from the customer’s own...

GuideGuide launches grid plugin for InDesign
GuideGuide, a plugin for various design software, has added support for Adobe InDesign.

Canon launches new colour management software
Canon UK has launched a new cloud-based colour management software that enables commercial and in-house printers to measure and validate colour across Canon and non-Canon CMYK inkjet and toner...

Government invests in safe AI taskforce
The government will invest £100m in start-up funding for a taskforce to develop safe and reliable artificial intelligence (AI) foundation models.

Canon launches new version of PosterArtist
Canon has launched a new version of its web-based design software for the creation of posters, banners, and signage.