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Why should designers and printers be interested in restaurant menus? Simply put, restaurants are constantly raising the bar with better designed dining rooms, updating their
December 6, 2016
Why should designers and printers be interested in restaurant menus? Simply put, restaurants are constantly raising the bar with better designed dining rooms, updating their
This image shows a binder with turned and stitched edges “Turned Edge” refers to a traditional method of book binding in which a cover material
B2B Sample Display Box We outdid ourselves again! Just four weeks ago, I described the largest sample display box we have ever produced, called NITRAM.
What is an accordion bound book? It’s a unique binding method that has each page of the book as one continuous sheet. The front of
What are metal cornered boxes? Almost daily, I’m asked the question, “Norm, show me something that’s different.” That’s what these emails are about: give you
What is button and tie (aka ‘button and string’)? Button and tie is a simple method to close (or tie shut) the face of a
NITRAM manufactures quality charcoal drawing tools for artists. We worked with a graphic designer to produce a set of cloth-wrapped product presentation boxes to house
What is box stitch binding? A box-stitched book is one in which the cover is stitched directly to the book. The goal is to show
What is Japanese Binding? A quick online search of Japanese binding results in finding dozens of tutorials of Do It Yourself Japanese Binding. There are
Ever seen casewrapped sample presentation boxes? Success Story Our client came to us with the need for us to make a sample presentation box (shown
What use Mylar tabs? Why, you ask, is Norm talking about Mylar tabs? Aren’t they old school? In with buggy whips and VHS? No! A
What are step cutting, corner cutting and face cutting? The three different operations start with a bound book—perfect bound or saddle stitched, for example. We
What is a boxed LCD screen? LCD stands for “liquid crystal display” screen which we have built into a presentation box. The LCD was needed
What are “exposed Smyth sewn” books? I saw the first exposed Smyth sewn books only four years ago. The photo below is the first exposed
It’s marketing collateral! A graphic designer offered us a challenge. Design and produce 1000 presentation pieces to be couriered to high net worth donors to
Gilding of cards or books (never saddle-stitched ones) involves the heated application of coloured foil to the sanded edges of a book or single cards.
When a book is side-sewn, it means the text block consists of individual pages, as opposed to individual signatures. It’s also not a saddle-stitched book!
A board book is printed on thick paper or paper board (think of children’s’ books). Sheets are printed on only one side and the same