Prints versus posters, what’s the difference? Posters were originally produced to be disposable. They were printed on thin, cheap paper. And they used cheap inks that would deteriorate with the action of air and moisture. So the posters didn’t last. Some posters are still printed that way, and are only expected to last a short…

There is a world of difference between pigment inks and soluble dyes. The inks used in the posters we sell are pigment inks. And that is how we are able to offer posters that have archival quality. That means they will remain bright and vivid for many years. That is provided they are kept away…

Here are recommendations for submitting artwork to greeting card companies like ours, or to any other kind of company. From time to time we get requests from artists who wonder whether their style would be a good fit for our cards. And naturally they send us their artwork to look at. As soon as a…

Dazzle camouflage was invented during the First World War. It was a way to protect ships against enemy attack, and this is how it came about and how it worked. Dazzle camouflage was invented by Norman Wilkinson, an English artist born in 1878. He worked as an illustrator for the Illustrated London News and painted…

Designing greeting cards is a personal thing. Every designer has his or her preferred methods, and these are our methods from design to print. Sometimes I work on designs on my own and sometimes with Tamara. Sometimes she comes up with the idea. Whichever way it is, we look together before we agree the final…

Bleed in printing – when people hear about it they often think that it is a problem. After all, when we think of colours bleeding in fabrics, that is usually not a good thing. And when we think of people who are bleeding, that is not good. In fact bleed is the solution to a…