Designing

Design matters. You could print a million business cards, posters, stickers or postcards, but if they don’t have a strong design then they won’t work to promote your business, product, service or event. A poor design speaks poorly of you, and we here at PsPrint Blog don’t like anyone speaking poorly of you. Below you will find helpful blog posts covering all aspects of design, so whether you are designing for business or for pleasure, we’ve got a blog post that can help you.

January 3, 2011

When you design a poster, a mailing or business collateral for a client, do you think about where it's going to appear or the space in which the end-user will view or interact with the design?...

January 2, 2011

[caption id="attachment_16070" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Birthday cards via jackhooker.com."][/caption] It seems like only recently I compiled the “Top 10 PsPrint Blogs of 2009.”...

December 28, 2010

To revamp your brand in 2011 try a business card redesign. A redesign means you keep the design mostly intact except for one or two added or subtracted variables. A fresh design can make your...

December 26, 2010

The fruitcake is universally derided as a gift for when you care enough to give the very least. Gummy in texture and cloying in taste, fruitcake is better suited as a doorstop than a dessert....

December 22, 2010

Graphic design in the 1980s was loud, colorfuly, punky and in your face. Fellow PsPrint blogger Jennifer Moline has a great post on 1980s graphic design on inspiredology.com. Jennifer highlights...

December 21, 2010

The weeklong Kwanzaa celebration begins on Sunday, Dec. 26. Since Kwanzaa is a relatively new holiday – just 44 years old – people have probably heard of it but don’t necessarily know what it...

December 20, 2010

The start of winter always catches me off-guard. It’s been cold for weeks – really, really cold! – yet today is winter solstice: the first day of actual winter. That means graphic designers have...

December 19, 2010

Did you know there’s a National Candy Cane Day? It’s Dec. 26, which seems silly since all of December should be spent sucking on the minty treats. Candy canes are iconic in representing the winter...

December 15, 2010

Today marks the beginning of Las Posadas, a nine-day Latin American celebration in which each night ends with the breaking of piñatas. Since I’m itching for my trip to Mexico next week to...

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What is the PsPrint Blog??

The PsPrint Blog is a resource for graphic designers, freelancers, small business owners and fans of print marketing. You'll find helpful techniques on printing everything there is to print, including business cards, postcards, brochures, stickers, invitations, greeting cards, door hangers, magnets and more. The PsPrint Blog shares creative ways to improve your design and layout skills, and useful tips for marketing your business in any medium. We also like to have a little fun, sharing design inspiration and spotlighting some our favorite customers' printed pieces in our "Hot Off the Press" series.