Google Combination Lock Box What’s special about this box? Let me tell you. One of the UNUSUAL things that I’ll point out is the combination lock. This feature created several challenges for us. First, of the hundreds of units we produced, many were sent internationally. The boxes couldn’t be mailed “locked” because of border inspection! So, if the boxes couldn’t…
Read moreDoming is a printed pressure sensitive label with domed shaped clear plastic on top. If the label was round the size of a quarter the rounded clear plastic on the top would measure about 1/4” thick at the highest point in the centre. You may see a “domed label” in the middle of the steering wheel in your car or…
Read moreIn previous blogs, I’ve described some unusual ways to bind books with buttons (Rollabind), elastic bands and metal bolts. This week’s focus is on a binding style which is a little more common – books bound with metal eyelets! The following pictures show eyelets of different colours, dimensions and thicknesses. Books bound with eyelets are bound permanently; sheets cannot re…
Read moreIt is not unusual when we are binding hardback/case wrapped books that our customers also ask us to produce a custom made “sleeve” for the book as shown in the first picture. Sometimes a customer ups the bar and asks us to box the book. One of my favourite projects is the Margaret Atwood project, which is good example of a boxed…
Read moreWe paint/stain business cards by the hundreds to tens of thousands! This process is difficult for most companies to do because there can be numerous problems ranging from the paint bleeding across corners or onto the front or back of the cards. There can also be issues with long production time and sky high prices. But we’re not most companies!!!…
Read moreNotebooks We made the notebook shown in the above image. The client wanted a specific notebook designed by Moleskine but turned to us because the cost was over budget. We matched the notebook specifications and, between the printer and ourselves, our combined price was substantially cheaper than the original Moleskine notebook. Our client was thrilled with the final product! The…
Read moreWhen most people think of print finishing, they don’t automatically think of integrating technology. Often the physical, tactile things like books and boxes are very separate from the digital world. More and more, we’re seeing the two combined! We design and craft dozens of types of boxes, books and folders that house USB (universal serial bus) flash drives and LCD…
Read moreWhy should designers and printers be interested in restaurant menus? Simply put, restaurants are constantly raising the bar with better designed dining rooms, updating their offerings, more focused images, etc. An important part of conveying a restaurant’s image is having better designed and more unusual and creative menus! The menu shown above is unique because of the warm wood veneer…
Read moreB2B Sample Display Box We outdid ourselves again! Just four weeks ago, I described the largest sample display box we have ever produced, called NITRAM. The sample display box for this week is bigger and more complex! This B2B sample display box for Wolf Trax a Canadian “performance fertilizer company,” measures 19” wide x 11” long x 5” deep! This…
Read moreWhat 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 the first panel is glued to the front cover and the back of the last panel is glued to the back cover. What you have is an accordion folded book! The image above shows a…
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