Design

Photobooks illustrate a digital divide

When photobooks first started gaining traction with the public, opening up a wonderland of consumer opportunities for printers, the novelty of uploading digital pictures and having them printed in a...

Me & my... Taopix 2.5.8 photobook creation software

The year is 1881, and brothers Herbert and Burgess Headley have just set up a printing press in a small room above their father's grocery shop. Their main aim is to print vegetable bags for the...

Repropoint to showcase wide-format at Mercedes World event

Digital printer and supplier Repropoint will put wide-format technology in the spotlight at an open day next month.

Ocean Outdoor bought for 35m

Advertising company Ocean Outdoor has been sold by initial investors Smedvig Capital to mid-market private equity house LDC for 35m.

French algae problem creates opportunity for eco-friendly paper

Italian paper manufacturer Favini is harvesting algae blooms caused by pollution off the French coasts of Brittany and Normandy to create its environmentally-friendly artistic paper range Shiro Alga...

Pop-up book attracts attention for Antalis McNaughton

Paper manufacturer Antalis McNaughton has set its latest marketing campaign in the form of a limited edition pop-up book.

Media house publishes annual report as toilet roll

Swiss publishing house Ringier has produced its 2011 annual report on a roll of toilet paper.

Fans of print on paper flock to GF Smith event

GF Smith expects well over 3,000 visitors to have attended its Beauty in the Making event by the time the exhibit closes this evening.

Pantone expands Plus Series with 336 new colours

Pantone has expanded its Pantone Plus Series colour library with the addition of 336 new colours, largely based on the Pantone Goe System.

Me & my... Xerox 770 Digital Color Press

Louise Hodge and her husband Simon, co-owners of self-styled 'single-source marketing agency' Fidelity Solutions, are in a fortunate position. While printers across the country are rushing out to buy...