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Highlight Printing, Minneapolis, MN: Examples of Beautifully Printed Design
Highlight Printing, a local printer near downtown Mpls, is creating a library of examples of beautifully printed pieces:
A well-designed, well-printed piece is like a piece of art…and should be appreciated for the art it truly is. This area of my blog is dedicated to the appreciation of great printed design. (If you would like to be featured, or if you know of a deserving design or designer, my contact info is below).
This is the 14th posting in the series and is featuring another local Minneapolis design firm. We were fortunate to meet them when they contacted us after being referred by a long-time customer – and coincidentally they are located just a few miles from our plant! e10 Strategy + Design focuses not only on the design, but also on the strategy of the market implementation – a great combo. They have lots of great samples, but I think the most remarkable work is under their “identities” tab. As you scroll through their samples, make sure to read the text with the story behind the design creation…that really helps to explain the process behind these beautiful designs:
http://www.e10-inc.com/work.html
Great stuff, eh?
If you are interested in discussing the production creativity we bring to the table, in our consultative, can-do approach, please contact us @ 612.522.7600 or through our website @ www.highlightprinting.com. Also, we welcome your comments to this blog.
The author, Lisa Bickford, president of Highlight Printing, is a veteran of the printing industry and a lover of all things printed. Since 1984 she has worked her way up through many areas of the industry before acquiring Highlight Printing in 1996 with her husband Don, who has also been in printing since the early 80’s. The things she continues to find most satisfying are the wonderful business relationships that have developed with clients, vendors, & co-workers, and the energy that is created from challenge resolution. You can email her directly at lisab@highlightprinting.com
This Printing Blog was launched in November, 2008, as a vehicle to share ideas, information, and innovationsTo see other topics within this blog, click HERE
Highlight Printing, Minneapolis, MN: Examples of Beautifully Printed Design
Highlight Printing, a local printer near downtown Mpls, is creating a library of examples of beautifully printed pieces:
A well-designed, well-printed piece is like a piece of art…and should be appreciated for the art it truly is. This area of my blog is dedicated to the appreciation of great printed design. (If you would like to be featured, or if you know of a deserving design or designer, my contact info is below).
This is the 13th posting in the series and is featuring a designer who has offices in LA and Minneapolis. I “found” them through twitter yesterday after meeting with a great local designer (Brock Ray…featured as the 12th posting) who tweeted about the 2 great meetings he had – one with us at Highlight and 1 with Brent from YYES. So I checked out the “other” great meeting (who wouldn’t, right?). Oh my gosh…my jaw practically hit the floor when I saw his beautiful work. Followers of this series of blogs know I often site my favorite sample on a designers website, and I just can’t pick! This is some spectacular, very high-end work. Check it out:
See what I mean?!?! I am totally JEALOUS of the printer that got to work on that stuff. Wow!
BTW: Wanna follow Brent from YYES on twitter? He’s @yyesbrent
If you are interested in discussing the production creativity we bring to the table, in our consultative, can-do approach, please contact us @ 612.522.7600 or through our website @ www.highlightprinting.com. Also, we welcome your comments to this blog.
The author, Lisa Bickford, president of Highlight Printing, is a veteran of the printing industry and a lover of all things printed. Since 1984 she has worked her way up through many areas of the industry before acquiring Highlight Printing in 1996 with her husband Don, who has also been in printing since the early 80’s. The things she continues to find most satisfying are the wonderful business relationships that have developed with clients, vendors, & co-workers, and the energy that is created from challenge resolution. You can email her directly at lisab@highlightprinting.com
This Printing Blog was launched in November, 2008, as a vehicle to share ideas, information, and innovationsTo see other topics within this blog, click HERE
Highlight Printing, Minneapolis, MN: Examples of Beautifully Printed Design
Highlight Printing, a local printer near downtown Mpls, is creating a library of examples of beautifully printed pieces:
A well-designed, well-printed piece is like a piece of art…and should be appreciated for the art it truly is. This area of my blog is dedicated to the appreciation of great printed design. (If you would like to be featured, or if you know of a deserving design or designer, my contact info is below).
This is the 12th posting in the series and is featuring another local designer from the Minneapolis area. I was fortunate enough to be introduced to this designer through a member of my BNI chapter. He had designed some of her identity pieces and she had been mightily impressed…with good reason, I might add. The designer’s name is Brock, of Brock Ray Creative. And while seeming like a youngish guy (I didn’t ask), he has an incredible range of skills! When we met yesterday I had the privilege of getting a walk-through of his portfolio. I could tell right away that he is a lover of his craft and a true artist at heart. An active member of the AIGA, he keeps it fresh, but with the client’s goals in mind. It seems like he is the rare individual that just steps into his customer’s shoes and lives it, but if the customer gives him free range…watch out, that’s when the creative juices really get flowing! And holy cow - I was blown away by his range of work! Huge range creatively: professional business materials, to trade show booths to very “arty” stuff. And huge range in media: print, large scale 3-D (trade show booths), and web. (I have to point out to the non-designers that while it is impressive enough to work WELL in both print and web, to design in large scale is a whole nother skill set!)
Here’s the LINK DIRECTLY TO THE PRINT SAMPLES, but I encourage you to look around at his other work.
This guy rocks…and that’s all I have to say about that.
If you are interested in discussing the production creativity we bring to the table, in our consultative, can-do approach, please contact us @ 612.522.7600 or through our website @ www.highlightprinting.com. Also, we welcome your comments to this blog.
The author, Lisa Bickford, president of Highlight Printing, is a veteran of the printing industry and a lover of all things printed. Since 1984 she has worked her way up through many areas of the industry before acquiring Highlight Printing in 1996 with her husband Don, who has also been in printing since the early 80’s. The things she continues to find most satisfying are the wonderful business relationships that have developed with clients, vendors, & co-workers, and the energy that is created from challenge resolution. You can email her directly at lisab@highlightprinting.com
This Printing Blog was launched in November, 2008, as a vehicle to share ideas, information, and innovationsTo see other topics within this blog, click HERE
Highlight Printing, Minneapolis, MN: Examples of Beautifully Printed Design
Highlight Printing, a local printer near downtown Mpls, is creating a library of examples of beautifully printed pieces:
A well-designed, well-printed piece is like a piece of art…and should be appreciated for the art it truly is. This area of my blog is dedicated to the appreciation of great printed design. (If you would like to be featured, or if you know of a deserving design or designer, my contact info is below).
This is the 11th posting in the series and is featuring another local twin cities designer. I was lucky enough to meet Cindy Martin (the owner of bSharp Creative) recently. Through our recent conversation and in reviewing her samples, the thing that moved me about bSharp…the thing that sets them apart…is the way they can combine an understated peace with a powerful message. The images they use in their printed samples are beautiful and moving, the design is creative and their skill and affection for well written copy is something Cindy and I talked about right off the bat. Check it out:
http://www.bsharpcreative.com/
After you open their website, go to “Greatest Hits”, then page 4 under “Identity” - Wait a minute…I know that guy! (Super seo guy if you need one – Robert Swedeen, owner of Internetbusinessseo.com.) OK, back on track: go to “Greatest Hits”, then page 3 under “Collateral” – my fave.
If you are interested in discussing the production creativity we bring to the table, in our consultative, can-do approach, please contact us @ 612.522.7600 or through our website @ www.highlightprinting.com. Also, we welcome your comments to this blog.
The author, Lisa Bickford, president of Highlight Printing, is a veteran of the printing industry and a lover of all things printed. Since 1984 she has worked her way up through many areas of the industry before acquiring Highlight Printing in 1996 with her husband Don, who has also been in printing since the early 80’s. The things she continues to find most satisfying are the wonderful business relationships that have developed with clients, vendors, & co-workers, and the energy that is created from challenge resolution. You can email her directly at lisab@highlightprinting.com
This Printing Blog was launched in November, 2008, as a vehicle to share ideas, information, and innovationsTo see other topics within this blog, click HERE.
Highlight Printing, Minneapolis, MN: Examples of Beautifully Printed Design
Highlight Printing, a local printer near downtown Mpls, is creating a library of examples of beautifully printed pieces:
A well-designed, well-printed piece is like a piece of art…and should be appreciated for the art it truly is. This area of my blog is dedicated to the appreciation of great printed design. (If you would like to be featured, or if you know of a deserving design or designer, my contact info is below).
This is the 10th posting in the series. You wanna check out some awesome identity work, click on the link below for Justin Bieganik @ Beganik Strategy and Design. This is exactly the kind of design I was thinking about when I started this series in my blog. ..beautiful work that demonstrates the genius of design and production.
http://www.beganik.com/work.html
In this spot in my blog I usually make a note about which of the samples is my favorite…but I can’t pick…all of it is incredible…the kind of stuff I’d just like to pick up, touch, and admire. Great work!
If you are interested in discussing the production creativity we bring to the table, in our consultative, can-do approach, please contact us @ 612.522.7600 or through our website @ www.highlightprinting.com. Also, we welcome your comments to this blog.
The author, Lisa Bickford, president of Highlight Printing, is a veteran of the printing industry and a lover of all things printed. Since 1984 she has worked her way up through many areas of the industry before acquiring Highlight Printing in 1996 with her husband Don, who has also been in printing since the early 80’s. The things she continues to find most satisfying are the wonderful business relationships that have developed with clients, vendors, & co-workers, and the energy that is created from challenge resolution. You can email her directly at lisab@highlightprinting.com
This Printing Blog was launched in November, 2008, as a vehicle to share ideas, information, and innovationsTo see other topics within this blog, click HERE.
Highlight Printing, Minneapolis, MN: Examples of Beautifully Designed Printing
Highlight Printing, a local printer near downtown Mpls, is creating a library of examples of beautifully printed pieces:
A well-designed, well-printed piece is like a piece of art…and should be appreciated for the art it truly is. This area of my blog is dedicated to the appreciation of great printed design. (If you would like to be featured, or if you know of a deserving design or designer, my contact info is below).
This is the nineth posting in the series. Brian from Form and Logic is a super creative, yet grounded, local Minneapolis designer and so far is the only designer I have featured on this blog that I have actually done work with. AND he is one of my personal favorites. Brian is one to take every production detail into consideration when designing his pieces for print… and to push the envelope in using techniques that are not common-place. His creativity is balanced by a work ethic that makes him super productive and a logical, step-by-step “let’s plan this thing out and do some testing to ensure success” approach to his work.
This link is to his general website, just click on “Work”, and then click on my favorites: Burns Engineering, USBio Energy, and the WeiseLaw identity package.
His work rocks and the bonus is that he is a super great guy to work with!
If you are interested in discussing the production creativity we bring to the table, in our consultative, can-do approach, please contact us @ 612.522.7600 or through our website @ www.highlightprinting.com. Also, we welcome your comments to this blog.
The author, Lisa Bickford, president of Highlight Printing, is a veteran of the printing industry and a lover of all things printed. Since 1984 she has worked her way up through many areas of the industry before acquiring Highlight Printing in 1996 with her husband Don, who has also been in printing since the early 80’s. The things she continues to find most satisfying are the wonderful business relationships that have developed with clients, vendors, & co-workers, and the energy that is created from challenge resolution. You can email her directly at lisab@highlightprinting.com
This Printing Blog was launched in November, 2008, as a vehicle to share ideas, information, and innovationsTo see other topics within this blog, click HERE.
Highlight Printing, Minneapolis, MN: Examples of Beautifully Designed Printing
Highlight Printing, a local printer near downtown Mpls, is creating a library of examples of beautifully printed pieces:
A well-designed, well-printed piece is like a piece of art…and should be appreciated for the art it truly is. This area of my blog is dedicated to the appreciation of great printed design. (If you would like to be featured, or if you know of a deserving design or designer, my contact info is below).
This is the eighth posting in the series. I met James Conklin, a rep for Last Call Studios, at a networking event last week. I couldn’t wait to check out the website for samples of his printed pieces…and it did not disapppoint.
I encourage you to check out the whole site, but my faves are the Harley pieces (I’m sure the printed samples kick butt compared to the on-line representation of that printing):
http://www.lastcallstudios.com/oldsite/collateral/HDposter.html
And the ELCA packaging…awesome use of duotones:
http://www.lastcallstudios.com/oldsite/packaging/elca.html
Very nice stuff, indeed. Thank you, James and Last Call!
If you are interested in discussing the production creativity we bring to the table, in our consultative, can-do approach, please contact us @ 612.522.7600 or through our website @ www.highlightprinting.com. Also, we welcome your comments to this blog.
The author, Lisa Bickford, president of Highlight Printing, is a veteran of the printing industry and a lover of all things printed. Since 1984 she has worked her way up through many areas of the industry before acquiring Highlight Printing in 1996 with her husband Don, who has also been in printing since the early 80’s. The things she continues to find most satisfying are the wonderful business relationships that have developed with clients, vendors, & co-workers, and the energy that is created from challenge resolution. You can email her directly at lisab@highlightprinting.com
This Printing Blog was launched in November, 2008, as a vehicle to share ideas, information, and innovationsTo see other topics within this blog, click HERE.
Highlight Printing, Minneapolis, MN: Examples of Beautifully Designed Printing
Highlight Printing, a local printer near downtown Mpls, is creating a library of examples of beautifully printed pieces:
A well-designed, well-printed piece is like a piece of art…and should be appreciated for the art it truly is. This area of my blog is dedicated to the appreciation of great printed design. (If you would like to be featured, or if you know of a deserving design or designer, my contact info is below).
This is the seventh posting in the series. I selected “Oh That Jill” (a local Minneapolis copy-writer) to feature today for several reasons: 1st – I appreciate the art of copy-writing as much as I appreciate the art in design and I like the style she exhibits on her website (check out her “jillosophies”), 2nd – there is an identity piece within her printed samples that ROCKS, and 3rd – her site is pink, and in case you didn’t notice, we at Highlight are all about pink!
Click on the link below, then click on “work”, then “print” to see the identity package I mentioned – it is for Treat and Company.
There were several other ultra-cool designs, but the Treat and Company identity is striking and makes me want to dig deeper to learn about the inspiration behind this particular branding. Alas, I will probably never have the opportunity to talk to the designer, so will just have to be content to appreciate its beauty.
If you are interested in discussing the production creativity we bring to the table, in our consultative, can-do approach, please contact us @ 612.522.7600 or through our website @ www.highlightprinting.com. Also, we welcome your comments to this blog.
The author, Lisa Bickford, president of Highlight Printing, is a veteran of the printing industry and a lover of all things printed. Since 1984 she has worked her way up through many areas of the industry before acquiring Highlight Printing in 1996 with her husband Don, who has also been in printing since the early 80’s. The things she continues to find most satisfying are the wonderful business relationships that have developed with clients, vendors, & co-workers, and the energy that is created from challenge resolution. You can email her directly at lisab@highlightprinting.com
This Printing Blog was launched in November, 2008, as a vehicle to share ideas, information, and innovationsTo see other topics within this blog, click HERE.
Highlight Printing, Minneapolis, MN: Examples of Beautifully Designed Printing
Highlight Printing, a local printer near downtown Mpls, is creating a library of examples of beautifully printed pieces:
A well-designed, well-printed piece is like a piece of art…and should be appreciated for the art it truly is. This area of my blog is dedicated to the appreciation of great printed design. (If you would like to be featured, or if you know of a deserving design or designer, my contact info is below).
This is the 6th posting in the series and I am so excited to include them: Rotor Design (another local Minneapolis firm..why have I not heard of them?! Where have I been?!) exhibits exactly the type of creative, beautiful, well-planned, well-executed design that makes me just want to stare at their work in complete appreciation of the genius behind it. I have included a link to their blog AND their website – both are fantastic!
http://www.rotordesign.net/blog/
http://www.rotordesign.net/site/portfolio/print/html/print6.html
My faves are the Spider Wire logo and packaging (self explanatory…check it out!) and the Mock Turtle Identity and Packaging/labeling for the absolute richness of the design. Beautiful!
If you are interested in discussing the production creativity we bring to the table, in our consultative, can-do approach, please contact us @ 612.522.7600 or through our website @ www.highlightprinting.com. Also, we welcome your comments to this blog.
The author, Lisa Bickford, president of Highlight Printing, is a veteran of the printing industry and a lover of all things printed. Since 1984 she has worked her way up through many areas of the industry before acquiring Highlight Printing in 1996 with her husband Don, who has also been in printing since the early 80’s. The things she continues to find most satisfying are the wonderful business relationships that have developed with clients, vendors, & co-workers, and the energy that is created from challenge resolution. You can email her directly at lisab@highlightprinting.com
This Printing Blog was launched in November, 2008, as a vehicle to share ideas, information, and innovationsTo see other topics within this blog, click HERE.
Highlight Printing, Minneapolis, MN: Examples of Beautifully Designed Printing
Highlight Printing, a local printer near downtown Mpls, is creating a library of examples of beautifully printed pieces:
A well-designed, well-printed piece is like a piece of art…and should be appreciated for the art it truly is. This area of my blog is dedicated to the appreciation of great printed design. (If you would like to be featured, or if you know of a deserving design or designer, my contact info is below).
This is the fifth posting in the series. I selected Creative Aces (a husband and wife graphic design and photography team in MI) to feature because their website shows examples of beautiful vintage automobile photography and the sales literature they created with that photography.
The automobile industry is a perfect example of where a printed piece beats the snot out of a website in its ability to create a “feeling” in the viewer. Who doesn’t love taking a new car brochure home to dream about the car that one day might be theirs? I imagine sitting on the couch flipping through a brochure that FEELS good enough to make me want to flip through it again and again, and with enough eye candy (beautifully printed mood-shot photography with a creative use of spot varnishes or UV for an ultra-shine) to make me dream of what it will be like owning and driving that spectacular piece of machinery. Those brochures even make driving a mini-van seem sexy! It makes me want to call Creative Aces to get printed samples!
If you are interested in discussing the production creativity we bring to the table, in our consultative, can-do approach, please contact us @ 612.522.7600 or through our website @ www.highlightprinting.com. Also, we welcome your comments to this blog.
The author, Lisa Bickford, president of Highlight Printing, is a veteran of the printing industry and a lover of all things printed. Since 1984 she has worked her way up through many areas of the industry before acquiring Highlight Printing in 1996 with her husband Don, who has also been in printing since the early 80’s. The things she continues to find most satisfying are the wonderful business relationships that have developed with clients, vendors, & co-workers, and the energy that is created from challenge resolution. You can email her directly at lisab@highlightprinting.com
This Printing Blog was launched in November, 2008, as a vehicle to share ideas, information, and innovationsTo see other topics within this blog, click HERE.
