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September 18, 2013

Eco Wars – Is Printing Really Worse For The Environment Than Digital?

It takes the same amount of energy to make a handful of microchips as it does a car and we generate between 20-50 million of tonnes of e-waste globally each year without recycling any of it. We’re asked to think of the environment before we print out emails, but is digital communication and paperless interaction

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July 23, 2013

Reading minds through sketchbook doodles

  If you’re a graphic designer, illustrator or just like to draw, chances are you have a sketchpad, and chances are this sketchpad is full of detailed drawings, abstract scribbles and, of course, a fair few doodles. But did you know these doodles could reveal some exposing secrets hidden in your subconscious? According to the

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March 10, 2013

The carbon footprint of the internet

Please consider the environment before not printing this page.  That request asking you to kindly not print your last email might have the best of intentions for our environment, but it fails to take into account a major factor which influences the “sustainability” of your decision; the internet.  Advice related to paper and the environment

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March 1, 2013

The hidden cost of paper and printing

Do you work in an office? If the answer is yes then you’re contributing to the 11 million tonnes of paper and board consumed in the UK each year every time you print off an email.  It’s easy to forget our carbon footprint when we get into work, after all, that’s the boss’s problem,

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February 28, 2013

Why print finishing will be the future of the print industry

It’s not exactly breaking news that print has to adapt to a new digital world.  Changes aren’t just happening in the amount or type of print in demand, but also in the technology being developed to produce print.  In order to survive, printers are being required to innovate and one area where print can really

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February 19, 2013

Interesting facts about familiar fonts

Talk to the right person and you’ll discover that fonts are a big deal in the world of design.   Typographers can spend weeks designing a new font and designers can spend forever gushing about the elegance of an old classic.  A lot of fonts actually have a really long history which dates back much further

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January 31, 2013

Hurricane Sandy: downtime, disaster recovery and the role of print

Hurricane Sandy forged a path of destruction through the Caribbean and up into the United States hitting New York on October 29, 2012 with devastating consequences.  The hurricane left hundreds of thousands of homes without power and up to 133 people died in total across the Caribbean and east coast of the US.   As well

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January 21, 2013

Election Campaign frenzy and commercial print’s major role

The recent US presidential election saw fierce fighting from both Republican and Democrat camps and an essential part of both parties’ campaigns was drumming up support through print.  Although both had a big drive via digital channels like Facebook and Twitter, up to $6 billion was spent by both parties on local, state and national

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January 21, 2013

Scratch card adverts?

Whether you’re a scratch card junky or you’ve only tried one once or twice you’ll know that feeling of anticipation which gets us all as we scratch away the grey surface of the card.  There’s something about being able to scratch off the card itself to reveal whether you’ve won which is truly addictive.  But

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January 16, 2013

Have e-books enhanced the aura of the printed book?

The kindle, the Gutenberg project and Google books have all changed the way we read.  The physical book is under threat with recent sales slumping by 4.7 million between 2011-2012 whilst e-book sales rose by 623% between January and June of last year according to The Telegraph.  All of this would seem to indicate that

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January 11, 2013

Can we print moving pictures (just like Harry Potter)?

Harry Potter was a little taken aback when he first read The Daily Prophet, but the idea of moving images and changing texts right in front of our eyes isn’t as far-fetched as it might seem.  Interactive newsprint, a collaborative research project undertaken by three universities, has produced a special kind of paper which can

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December 30, 2012

Are We More Specialist In The UK?

With digital print rapidly making gains in some parts of the world is it time to reassess where the UK are internationally?  The Arab spring and the rapid commerce develops in the United Arab Emirates over the last decade have caused a surge in advertising and marketing and this has meant a surge in print

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