Here’s an article about Hemlock Printers on BC Hydro’s website about their hard work to protect our environment. Good work guys! Now, can I UV coat, laminate, foil stamp, hot glue and add thermography to that booklet project? A [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, February 4th, 2009
Categories: Printing, Sustainability | No Comments »
I love books — beautiful books not the ones with shabby covers. I must admit that sometimes I buy a book for its cover rather than for its content. I don’t lend my books easily, they look too cool on my shelves. And I love Pengui [...]
Posted by: Mathilde Salvert on Friday, December 12th, 2008
Categories: Design, Illustration, Inspiration, Printing | 1 Comment »
Here’s a funny little promo for a print shop in Montreal that is using YouTube as a marketing channel. A little angry perhaps, but so are most printers. I know, I used to be one.
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
Categories: Fun, Printing | 1 Comment »
Here’s a professional development workshop all print designers in Vancouver shouldn’t miss: Ten Things Print Designers Need to Know hosted by GDC and Hemlock Printers. From prepress tips & tricks, to variable digital print [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Saturday, January 13th, 2007
Categories: Associations, Design, Events, Interview, Printing, Vancouver | 3 Comments »
For those of you that buy print and spec paper on a regular basis, it can be a daunting tasks to determine what grades are available for your project. And waiting for the paper spec rep to show up or return your call isn’t much help. [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, December 19th, 2006
Categories: Design, Printing, Tips, Websites | No Comments »
Vancouver lithographer Metropolitan Fine Printers has a new toy – and I like it. Imagine being able to pick out bad sheets as they are printed and guarantee that your customers only ever receive the highest quality product? asks Man [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, November 8th, 2006
Categories: Design, Printing, Technology, Vancouver | No Comments »
Our friends over at Generation Printing have been buying news toys lately as they expand their high tech pressroom in Vancouver, BC. Check out this time-lapse video which compresses the 26 day installation of a six colour Heidelberg press [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, November 7th, 2006
Categories: Film, Printing, Vancouver | No Comments »
With a long history of innovation and leadership in the commercial printing industry, Hemlock Printers has just launched an online version of their popular newsletter, Inklings. With news and updates from their plant floor, e-Inklings news [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, October 26th, 2006
Categories: Learning, News, Printing, Reading, Technology, Tips | No Comments »
It was only a matter of time I suppose, but this is very cool for an old print designer like me. New Hampshire commercial printer, Concordia Litho has announced new microencapsulated scented varnishes available in 1000 fragrances. Unlike s [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, October 24th, 2006
Categories: Printing | 2 Comments »
Great to see @ElysianCoffee (Broadway) listed on Living Social's website as the best neighbourhood coffeehouse. (Link)
Did you know that the moment you add a FireWire 400 HD to a daisy-chained stack of FW800 drives, you render the whole bunch FW400? #nerdfact
You coming to Likemind Vancouver tomorrow am? (Link)
RT @MarkBusse: Just enjoyed coffee at @ElysianCoffee with our IT partner @AndrewBall. Both give me a mild buzz & I'm grateful to know each.
@Memo_F Nothing compared to a catastrophic failure and loss of 13 years of client and resource files! #backup
Join creative professionals for coffee/conversation at Likemind Vancouver @ Starbucks (Mainland & Nelson) this Fri@ 8am. (Link)
@Drobo Just formatted & configured our spankin' new DroboPro 16TB storage array with BeyondRAID technology. Feeling backed up & secure!
July's Likemind event is being hosted by Starbucks at 977 Mainland St (at Nelson), this Friday, July 16th, at 8am. See you there.
July's Likemind event is being hosted by Starbucks at 977 Mainland St (at Nelson), this Friday, July 16th, at 8am. (Link)
So nice to welcome Mathilde back to the IB design team from our European Headquarters (Mathilde's house!) in Lyon, France!
RT @MarkBusse: End of day thought: Websites are more than tools. Want good rankings? Then care for your site, otherwise instead of growi ...
Pls join creative professionals for coffee & conversation for Likemind at Bean Around the World (175 West Hastings St) tomorrow at 8am.
Our hard work, tossed aside like yesterday's trash. (Link)
@tylerwilman @SteveMynett @danabirdie It's drinking time now. Where are we going?
Congrats to VFS grad @themichellelam on her 2010 Applied Arts Student Awards win for her Graphos Playing Cards! Way to go. /bg
