Design

Pantone releases 50th anniversary edition Plus series
Pantone has released a 50th anniversary edition of its Pantone Plus series, featuring special packaging and covers, which will be on sale throughout 2013.

The St Bride Foundation: the curators of the past set for future glory
The St Bride Foundation was in danger of becoming a forgotten cache of print's gilded history, but a new initiative is set to revive its influence

Screen previews cloud-based personalisation package
Screen has shown its cloud-based Variable Front-end Service, which it expects to commercialise by the end of 2013.

North Print & Pack opens visitor registration
North Print & Pack 2013 has opened for visitor registration, with the show's organisers targeting 3,000 visitors for the May event.

Star product: PrintCaf franchisee status
Having the back-up of a larger organisation does have benefits

FFEI challenges Esko DeskPack with RealPro ToolKit launch
Following customer feedback to its range of packaging pre-press tools launched at Drupa FFEI has launched a modular suite of Illustrator plug-ins, RealPro Toolkit.

Arjowiggins preserves paper memory bank
Arjowiggins is creating memories for the future with its Blank Sheet Time Capsule scheme for paper-based nostalgia.

Rhapsody moves Emagine upstream with Edesign launch
Rhapsody, the pre-media subsidiary of Walstead Investments, has launched Edesign, an InDesign plug-in that adds editorial collaboration tools to its Emagine cross-channel production workflow.

Digital metallics get easier with HP approval of Mirri Pak
Mirri Pak metallic board has been granted HP Indigo certification, opening up a range of added-value applications for users of the digital press range.

Loveurope eyes digital deal following Locomotion buy
Loveurope chief executive Steve Owens has said the firm is looking to acquire an online/digital business following last week's puchase of Soho-based creative post-production business Locomotion.