The Dangers of Anonymous Content
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Nick Grzechowiak has some pretty strong opinions when it comes to doing things properly. The Chief Content Officer for Family Handyman feels that the internet can be a lonely place when you’re looking for good information on how to fix...
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Holiday Catalogs Making a Joyful Comeback
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“Joy delivered.” That’s the tagline for this year’s shoppable Amazon Wish Book, a beautiful hybrid of traditional direct mail and digital purchase path. According to Amazon’s peek inside their 2020 holiday catalog, the Wish Book has been sent to millions...
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How About FREE (Fonts) for Black Friday?
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Welcome to the Friday after Thanksgiving, that in-between day where you don’t know quite what to do … especially this year. Here’s an idea; download these two free fonts and create something new.First is Seidlitz, a bold vintage serif display...
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It’s a Fact … Fact is Back in Print
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Retired from print since 2008, electronic music title Fact is now back in print, notes this piece in AnOther. “The relaunched print magazine marks an editorial move towards the intersection of audio and visual art forms,” explained editor Sean Bidder...
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There are Plenty of Reasons for Publishers to Be Grateful
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It's Thanksgiving week and it's time to consider what we are thankful for. There are many things I can think of personally and in business ... but COVID-19 has also tainted much this year. Still, I believe there is potential...
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This Old Man … He Played Four … His Free Font Make Us Want More
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This old man, he played one … Most likely you know the old counting tune. While the old man probably didn’t have graphic design in mind when he taught us all to count, he sure makes a nice font. Old...
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Rising ROI for Catalog Mailers Means Happier Holidays
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Could the creepiness of hyper-personalized digital advertising be behind the rise in effectiveness of direct mail? Or maybe it’s the longing for something tangible that makes us read, and respond to, our print mail? Either way, it’s clear that mail...
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A Graphic Designer Talks To Eye Magazine about His Design Esthetic
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Tony Brooks remembers the seminal moment when he first became aware of art and design. “My dad was a miner,” Brooks said in an interview with John L. Walters in Eye. “And his brother was a miner, too, and he...
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Regain Your Social Media Sanity with this Crazy Simple Fix
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Ask anyone how they’ve been feeling these last few months, and you’re bound to hear them complain about being too easily distracted, unable to focus on the work at hand, listless, even unable to sleep. Want an easy fix? Draw...
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Don’t Publishers Need to Be Where the Customers Are?
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Leave it to BoSacks to cut down to the heart of any issue in publishing. This time, he looks at the current ebb and flow of magazine media and asks publishers point-blank … shouldn’t they be where their audiences are?...
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