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Print Design Posts of the Week
Because you dont waste enough time on the internet
Every week, I do my best to read everything published anywhere online about printing and print design. A lot of stuff doesnt make it onto the blog however, and some of its pretty interesting. So to help get you through those last few hours of the workweek, Im going to start posting them here on Fridays. Enjoy!
Defamer's Best and Worst Movie Posters of 2008. I don't know about their assertion that they went through hundreds of pieces of print collateral to come up with this list of ten poster printing hits and misses, but the copy, as always, is a fun read.
Toxel Does Billboard Advertising. Admittedly, a lot of the cool billboards out there right now are not so much great examples of print design as great examples of marketers gluing cars and other giant objects to walls, but there is a cool jumbo-sized printing element involved.
Holiday Ads From Weird Resources. Okay, so this wasn't posted in the last week, but it's a fun look at Christmas print ads that will either make you go, "ooo, how clever," or "OMG how many products can you possibly mash together into the shape of a Christmas tree?"
Spinner's 25 Best Band Logos. I never really think of bands as having logos, but of course they need something consistent and iconic to put on all their poster, sticker, and apparel printing. This list is a great example of how logo design is more about random moments of genius than any scientific approach, no matter how many tutorials are written on the subject.
Specky boy brings us a big, scary collection of photoshopped self-portraits. Artists are so freakin' weird.
Excellent and extensive archive of book cover design. Browse by publisher, author, designer, you name it.
Abduzeedo picks design trends for 2009 and begs the question: should we follow trends to please clients, or strive for innovation in everything that we do?
MyInkBlog posted a series recently on great flier design. Check out the posts on hip hop, reggae, rock, and techno a super awesome look at trends in flier printing and design coming from the music scene.
Check in next Friday for another list, and feel free to send me links of great print design that you find around the web!
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Boeing Workers Break Out The Union Printing
Machinists' union hits the picket line. At 12:01 on Saturday night, the machinists union at Boein... -
The Ultimate Political Print Design Challenge: Design a Flag
And oh yeah, make sure it represents the whole world. We've seen a lot of print designers putting... -
Full Color Printing in the Paris Metro
La Vie Est Belle Sorry its been so long since my last post. The massively overfunded blogging de... -
Show Them Your Button, Tell Them Who Sent You
Election campaign advertising takes a (sinister?) new turn. For the first time in the history of ... -
Hotcards Ad Appears On Award-Nominated TIME Cover
Print design coincidence? Or copycat? Last week, on September 22nd, the annual finalists in the A... -
Election Campaign Print Design
For Kids!
Because it COULD get a whole lot more childish. The unlikely geniuses over at Cracked.com have st... -
Teachers Union Printing Banned From Classrooms
Should teachers keep political opinions to themselves? Across the country, teachers unions have b... -
Vehicle Wrapping The NYC Subway System
It's History (Channel) in the making. A couple of weeks ago, I was blogging about how taxis shoul... -
Print Design For Web Designers
Is it one of those things that's just not done? Even ten years ago, it was unheard of, but nowada... -
Print Advertising In Today's Economy
Saying 'cheap,' without saying cheap. September 2008 is now widely considered to have been the to... -
Print Design Parallels With Airport Signage
Its all about leading the way! When youre traveling, its always stressful to worry about how you... -
Get Spooky Halloween Printing Now!
Its never too early to get special event print promotions underway. Yknow how during the holidays... -
Political Tensions Surround Election Campaign Printing
And its not just happening here! Now that this incredibly long election campaign season is zippi... -
Print Ads in Gamer Land
Election campaigning comes to Xbox Live. I can officially say that I've seen it all when it c... -
Print CEO Recognized By Crains Top 40
And the crowd goes wild! Every year, Crains Cleveland produces a feature called Forty Under 40, an... -
Hotcards - The Green Printing Expert
It ain't easy being green, but great community sure does help! Hey folks! Check it out! Your ve... -
Election Campaign Printing In The Famous Batman / Penguin Contest!
Bulging ballot boxes, Batman! Whenever theres an election in TV or Movie land, its always visua... -
Design Trends In Political Printing
Get Out The Vote will woo designers, at least. The AIGA Design For Democracy initiative has been ... -
Creating Universal Sign Systems
and how it could improve the effectiveness of print design. I read an old interview with sign and ... -
Flyer Printing Gone Bad!
It's true, sometimes printing is used to make trouble! Throughout this whole election, I've... -
Don't Vote
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Massive Full Color Printing
You've seen the vehicle wrap, now check out the building wrap! Im always interested in printin... -
2008 Presidential Election Campaign Printing: A Retrospective
Don't read this - go vote! Looking back over the Hotcards blog, I see that I started to write abo... -
Hotcards Guest Post on Design Shard
Print design for web designers. Check it out! Your very own, beloved blogger (that's me!) has g... -
Ten Things To Do With Two Years Worth Of Election Campaign Printing
Don't throw it away, think creatively! Now that the 2008 Presidential elections are over, there... -
Poster Ad for Photoshop CS4
"As Real As It Gets." Burnt out on election campaign printing? Looking for something to restore y... -
Tips For Designing Print For Your School Council Campaign
Just when you thought election season was over As you may have noticed, its a little quiet here... -
Mass Printing of Fake NYT
A prank six months in the making. Yesterday morning, in New York and across the country, a specia... -
Viva La Hova Cover Art
Hot. If you've been listening to the Mick Boogie/Terry Urban mashup mixtape, Viva La Hova, like... -
Eco-Friendly Direct Mail Printing
How to send a green message. As the printing industry gets greener, one of the main areas where t... -
Crain's Top Forty Under 40: Columbus Woodruff
Get to know your printer a bit better. Things are pretty exciting around Hotcards today. For one t... -
Motrin Ad Mess Shows Power Of Social Media, Resiliency of Print
Unlike web ads, printing can't just disappear overnight. Over the weekend, one of the best exam... -
Print CEO On Crains Front Page!
Doesnt it make you want to print with Hotcards? (I know it does!) Check it out! Columbus Forty Un... -
Capitalizing Titles And Headlines In Print And On The Web
What your copy choices say about you. A common debate came up around the office today. We were wo... -
Print Design Inspiration
Eye candy for a chilly Monday morning. I have to admit that when designer Erik Bakers cool-pic-... -
Green Printing = Green Jobs = Strong Economy
Eco advocate Van Jones does the math. Before this whole credit crisis and economic downswing took... -
The Glamorous World of Full Color Printing
And another guest post from yours truly on Deepglamour.com! A big part of what we do at Hotcards is... -
Explore The LIFE Photo Archive
For design inspiration and a history lesson rolled into one. I know this happened a few days ago, ... -
Hotcards on Twitter!
Tweet! Hey, have you heard? Hotcards is on Twitter. Now you can keep up with your favorite full col... -
Google Me Business Card Design
Badass printing inspiration. Its not often that I come across business card printing that really... -
2008 Branding and Marketing Trends
What worked last year, and what will work in 2009. Often, commercial printing involves being part... -
Big Business Converts to Color-Reduced Printing
Could this be the end of full color printing as we know it? Unilever a company that prints so m... -
10 Ways Out of Work Designers Can Market Themselves Offline
1-5 After a heyday that seemed like it would never end, the tech industry is finally suffering. I... -
Direct Mail Printing Appeals to Recession-Conscious Consumers
And its not bad for tight ad budgets, either! Ive had direct mail on the brain lately. First, i... -
10 Ways Out of Work Designers Can Market Themselves Offline Part 2
The Hotcards list continues: 6 - 10 More shameless self-promotion techniques for creative risk-ta... -
Ugly Sweaters And Apparel Printing
The true spirit of the season, Hotcards-style. As you know, we print all kinds of different things ... -
5 Ways To Celebrate Like A Green Printer
The holidays are the best time to save paper. Being a green printer is tough. And one of the hard... -
Best Sites For Learning About Sustainable Printing And Design
I showed you my list, now you show me yours. Im a big believe in the wise old saying, the more ... -
Celebrity Christmas Cards 2008
Design decisions of the rich and famous. Over the last couple of months, we've been doing just ... -
A Green Gift From Your Friendly Neighborhood Printer
Its not a Christmas tree yet. As a green printer, youre always asking yourself, what can I do ... -
Greatest Green Printing Initiatives of 2008
Guest post on What They Think Going Green Its the time of year for looking back on what weve ... -
Happy Holidays From Hotcards.com!
Things are getting pretty festive around here! -
How Was Our Holiday?
Looking good, guys! Back in the office after an extended holiday weekend. This is a weird time of y... -
The Printing Industry in 2009
What to except, from the environment to the economy Last year, around this time, I put together ... -
NYE Print Advertising That Stands Out, And Takes A Stand
This is what two-sided printing is all about. New Year's Eve is the perfect case study for the im... -
One Last Piece of Political Printing
Behind the scenes of history, there's always a printer. It's a new year, and the Presidential ele... -
The Effectiveness of Print-to-Web Advertising
We can do better. Did you know that the effectiveness of print advertising is very scientific? Yu... -
The Political Printing Just Keeps On Coming
New Obama poster! Silly me. Silly, silly, silly me. Earlier this week, I wrote a post about the P... -
Print Design Posts of the Week
Because you dont waste enough time on the internet Every week, I do my best to read everything pu... -
McDonalds Rebrands All Print Collateral
Movin' on from 'I'm Lovin' It' to 'It's good for you' ??? There are... -
Does the Printing Industry Need a Bailout?
What do you think? Some of this country's biggest industries are being pulled back from the brink... -
Greatest Printing Video Ever
Those machines are beasts! Ever wonder what the printing industry was like in the U.S. waaaaaaaay... -
Print Design Posts of the Week 2
Cool stuff. This week, we're sharing awesome links to poster printing, design tutorials, socially... -
The End of Print? Not Quite Yet.
DONT STOP THE PRESSES! "Break up the printing presses and you break up rebellion." - Dudley ... -
Death of the Brand, or a New Age of Sustainable Branding?
Intangible value doesn't equal no value. During a period of recession, there are always two schoo... -
Hotcards Interviews Bacchus Press
Green printers! One of the coolest things about being a green printer. is that theres a great sens... -
Print Design Posts of the Week 3
Inaugural printing, old stuff, etc. We've got a good collection of links this week. Don't forget ... -
Wind Powered Printing
It's catching on. Thusfar in its short history, sustainable printing or green printing has been l... -
Personalized URLs The Future of Direct Mail?
Great ROIs or empty hype? Thanks to variable data direct mail printing, marketing tools like post... -
Giant Print Ads Tell the Story in Bolt Movie
Animated print campaigns, anyone? Although it probably doesn't stand a chance against Wall-E, t... -
Print Takes Over the Web in Second Life
It's bizarro world! We're all used to hearing stories about how web technology, web adverti... -
Union Printing Takes to the Streets in Paris
They've even got balloons! You've got to hand it to those Parisian unions. They know how to throw... -
One Less Day For Direct Mail
USPS plans dramatic cuts. Since 1983, the U.S. Postal Service has been required, by law, to deliv... -
Print Design Posts of the Week 4
Something special for the Print Junkies. Quality in Print: I'm not sure how many printers we have... -
Ban On Digital Billboards in LA
Dont Stop the Presses! The debate over how much signage should be allowed to fill, decorate, or ... -
Hotcards is in the News!
Because were awesome. Cleveland news channel WKYC came by the Hotcards head office this week to ... -
Great Quotes About Printing
Free, democratic, subversive, the engine of immortality It's been a while since printing was con... -
Print Blog Great Example for News Publishers
Don't die, just adapt! I've spent the last couple of years on this blog trying to get the webosph... -
Print Design Posts of the Week 5
Print Design Posts of the Week 5 We like the funny stuff. Enjoy the best links about printing... -
Use Your Printer to Stay on Top
Guest blog on WAJC! As 2009 lurches forward, were seeing the emergence of some interesting trend... -
25 Random Things About Hotcards.com
Since soooo many printers have been tagging us Rules: Once you've been tagged, you are supposed ... -
Milk, and the Narrative Power of Print
Every sign tells a story. Every year, around Oscar time, I try to see the big movies of the year.... -
Print Design Posts of the Week 6
This week in printing news This week's links are more about the design of the printing industry ... -
Would the Death of News Printing Benefit Commercial Printers?
Welcome to touchy-subject-land. Every second piece of news about printing over the last couple of m... -
Print Design Posts of the Week 7
Less gloom, more pretty colors. Last week was pretty grim, so this week I put together a list of li... -
Does the Global Printing Community have any Value?
Youve got the social network, now what are you supposed to do with it? This morning, I was check... -
Printing Signs of the End Times
Goodbye Circuit City This week, Circuit City, a major U.S. retailer of consumer electronics, offici... -
How the Stimulus Plan Affects the Printing Industry
(Hint: its not. Not yet, anyway.) As you probably already know, the American Recovery and Reinve... -
Print / Design Posts of the Week 8
Best of the printer-fied web this week. This week's offerings are the usual blend of print stuff,... -
The Politics of Choice in Information Publication, Online and in Print
Does free-flowing data come at a price? As you probably know by now, the Seattle Post-Intelligenc... -
Check Out Hotcards on PrintCEO!
Interviews with printers who use social media like us! Over the last year, having a presence in... -
Inkd A Place For Print Design
Print designers check this out! Inkd is a new online marketplace geared specifically towards prin... -
Get To Know Our Print Designers
This week: Glen Infante! Browsing around Inkd the other day, I couldnt help but notice that they... -
CMYK Set to Drop One Color
Byebye magenta! It's no secret that the printing industry is being hit hard by this recession. Co... -
Union Printing at Put People First
Pics from the march and the rally. Over the weekend, I happened to find myself in a London hotly ... -
The Best Artistic Printing Websites
Oh, for the glory days The design community has been abuzz over the last few weeks with the laun... -
Future-Proof Your Recession Print Promotions
Low cost shouldn't mean low quality! During a recession, brands and businesses don't quit a... -
Print / Design Posts of the Week 9
The Easter Bunny goes down the rabbit hole. It's been a while since my last 'best of.' ... -
Using Print to Sell the Image of a Hip Hop Monster
and not just an image, an entire mythology. Call me a trend geek, but I rarely leave the house i... -
Ridiculously Aggressive Tax Day Tea Bag Protest Signs
Usually we're big supporters of signage but some of this stuff makes me wonder what people are ... -
Print Services Need to Change, Not Fight, to Survive
"Don't get set into one form, adapt it and build your own, and let it grow, be like water." Bruce ... -
Hocards Design Work Shows Up On Kanye's Blog!
Just another kick*ss mixtape cover In case I haven't mentioned it enough lately, the design tale... -
Cool Piece of Printing History
From the Ministry of Type With the wealth of information we find online, it can seem like there's... -
Print/Design Posts of the Week Swine Flu Edition
Because if your printer can't keep you informed, who can? I know there's a lot of you out there d... -
Good Print Design Isn't Always Pretty
And event promotions are most at risk. I was just reading a post on designing collateral for small ... -
Vodka - A Scene Tasting Party at Hotcards!
Hotcards Hosts - Vodka - A Scene Tasting Event Weve all had our fair share of wine tastings and be... -
Political Printing - Circa 2014
The 2014 Political Season is here. Print is more relevant than ever! If there are a few things that ... -
Accountability in Printing
Is it disappearing? Yesterday, a Senate Committee heard the experts of the newspaper and journali... -
Can Print Be For the Web and Survive?
Check out For Print Only to find out! Life is funny. Just a couple of years ago, it was hard to fin... -
What is a Marketing Communications Provider?
Is it the next phase in the evolution of commercial printing? Last Week, the 2009 Offset and Beyond... -
Is the Print Industry Too Protective of its Secrets?
And how, maybe, this recession could turn into a good thing WhatTheyThink just held their Enviro... -
Biking Beyond Eco-Friendly Printing
Bike-to-Work Week all year round! As a green printer, you're always stuck in a bit of a paradox. ... -
Artwork and Design Inspired By LeBron James
Stay inspired, Cleveland! Sunday night was rough. As I hope you all know, Hotcards is based in Cl... -
Small, Cool Design = Eco Friendly Printing
Good things come in less packaging. One of my favorite design websites (print design aside) is th... -
Great Summer Festival Poster Printing
A.K.A. Fun with Typography Although it's not official, there's something about June 1st that just... -
New Logos, New Print Design
are we headed for a new, web-wide world? There seems to be little point in fighting it. Every da... -
Print Industry Mind Map
Courtesy of M-Bossed I'm not sure what the ratios on this blog are in terms of industry types vs.... -
Is Technology Stealing Print's Soul?
Hey! That's a leading question Computer technology has come to play a central role in the prin... -
Prepare for the Impact of Print Promotion
Let your ISP know about impending traffic spikes. Most successful advertising campaigns don't use... -
Running A Bad Printing Blog
10 Mega-Mistakes Most Printers Make I was just reading a recent post over at Poor Richard's Print... -
New Design Idea of the Week!
The square business card. Business cards are one of the tiniest, but most technically difficult p... -
The 10 Biggest No-Nos Committed by Printing Blogs
(Without Actually Naming Names) Printers, and all small businesses, in fact, are under enormous p... -
The 10 Biggest No-Nos Committed by Printing Blogs Part 2
6 10 on the business blog burn chart. Yesterday, I listed 1 to 5 of the worst mistakes a printe... -
Print / Design Posts of the Week 10
Energizer Monday edition. Usually, I like to put up cool links to the best print design stuff aro... -
Printers Make Bankruptcy-Prone List
But what about our customers? A grim little news piece on WhatTheyThink reports today that printe... -
Even Newer Design Idea of the Week!
The Album Cover Ad The days of vinyl records may be long gone, but that doesnt mean album cover a... -
Michael Jackson Album Covers
Designing a life on the front. The king of pop, Michael Jackson, died yesterday of a heart attack... -
Walmart Launches Printing Services
A cold shiver runs up my spine I can remember, years ago, when Walmart first began its big box t... -
Hotcards Has A Design Blog!
Art! Videos! Cool Dudes! Maybe you've been printing with Hotcards.com for a while, but did you k... -
Time For (serious, budget-minded) Back-To-School Advertising
Recession-conscious print promotions. The back-to-school spendfest that marks the end of summer i... -
Printing 411
Deep thoughts on printing. The other day, Mike and Andrew from Printing411 got in touch with us h... -
Mad Men Season 3 Key Art Production
From another era? Or is a great ad always a great ad? If you're a designer, if you're a printer,... -
Smart Car Vehicle Wrapping
From business promo to style staple. There's nothing like seeing a really huge, crazy vehicle roa... -
The Ecofont
Impact on Green Printing It was released late in 2008, but I've been waiting for the verdict on t... -
Hotcards Goes to Cairo!
Ads of the World Edition Watch a film or commercial on TV in Egypt, and you'll instantly notice t... -
Platemaking from the Fringe
Print as sculpture; sculpture in print. Today I was prowling around on Printeresting, one of my f... -
Is The 'Death of Print' A Uniquely Western Construct?
And if so, then why? For the past two weeks, I've been living and working in Cairo. And one of th... -
Obama Joker Poster Printing Controversy
Why so serious? It's a rare enough thing for a poster to make news. During the presidential elect... -
The Politics of Un-Design
Does the border signage controversy risks destabilizing our national brand? It's not always elect... -
Cairo Is For Printers
Less babble, more pics! You know what the problem is with writers? Sometimes, we write too much. ... -
What Do People Want From Printers?
That is the question. Monday is always a great day for printing news. If you care about printing.... -
Best Disney/Marvel Mashup Galleries
Now your childhood IS just one big jumble of images! As my many thousands of readers know, I like... -
How Print Advertising Could Help the Health Care Debate
There is such thing as too much information. In a recent video for Time.com, Ze Frank said that w... -
Is Printing The End Of The World?
(Really?) It's something we all learned in grade school: don't waste paper! Paper comes from tree... -
On Labor Day, Hug a Union Printer
Great moments in printing history. Ahh, there's nothing like a four-day week. But did you know t... -
Race For The Cure
Saturday event recap. This Saturday, September 12th, marked the 2009 Susan G. Komen Race for the Cu... -
Designing An On-Point Direct Mail Campaign
How to hit a bullseye every time. What has a better ROI: A blanket direct mail campaign sending t... -
Print News Bailout Talk
But what about the free press? Yesterday, President Obama said that as a "big newspaper junkie" h... -
Designing On-Point Direct Mail Part 2: Writing Great Copy
Contrary to popular belief, yelling doesn't work. There are a lot of different copywriting mistak... -
Print Promotions For Halloween
A pocket of consumer enthusiasm in a slow economy. What's your favorite thing about Halloween? No... -
10 Ways to Avoid (Or Create) Controversy With A Print Ad
Cautionary tales and how-tos. Recently, WebDesignerDepot put up a great post of the most controve... -
Cavs Already Printing Tickets For Playoffs
Game on! Ah, there's nothing like the start of a new season. And no, I'm not talking about autumn... -
Should There Be A Law Against Digitally Altered Images?
We were just trying to have a good time, Photoshop, but you went too far! Weren't we just talking... -
Green Printing: More Than Just a 00' Trend
And not as pricey as the 'trend' tag implies Ever since the economy has been in the proverbial t... -
What's Wrong With My Business Card?
10 signs that you might need a new one. Business card printing is an investment, which means that... -
Printing for the Real Estate Industry
A nice shout out. Priorities sometimes change during a recession. A business philosophy can start... -
Green Printing: Defining Sustainability for Print
A survival skill for successful printers. When the mid-00s' brought 'green' everything into vogue... -
FSC, FSI Battle It Out Over Sustainable Forests
Is this the end of sustainable forestry initiatives? Wow, I didn't think I'd be posting about gre... -
Scary Halloween Print Ads
Just kidding! Halloween isn't scary anymore! When I was a little girl, my Halloween costume choi... -
Printing, Augmented Reality, and Hotcards on Printoolz!
We live in interesting times, folks. What's the most exciting game-changer in the printing indu... -
Which Print Ads Should You Use For A Large Campaign?
You asked! Recently, several blog readers have asked the same question: what do I need to do to p... -
McDonald's Hosts Idol-Style Competition for Employees
Is the age of the corporate reality show upon us? Is McDonald's giving employees business cards n... -
Union Editors Show Their Grit in the Face of At-Risk Print Jobs
Do you need copy editing? Yes you do! Case in Point The Toronto Star one of Canada's larges... -
Augmented Reality Business Cards
Goofy gimmick or wave of the future? The correct answer is: wave of the future! Just because it l... -
Newspapers Still Betting on Print
"The idea that this is a good investment isn't crazy." Mortimer B. Zuckerman, owner of The Daily ... -
Printing Tips From Your Political Representatives
Space-saving is for non-winners. Ever since the big bailout made our governing body famous for pri... -
Using Elevators as Print Advertising Vehicles
It's like an inside-out wrap in print! Vehicle wrapping has been a popular advertising vehicle... -
e-Cards for Christmas Really?
There are plenty of times to save paper. This is not one of them. We all know that the holidays h... -
This Holiday Season, Give the Gift of Printing
A truly unique offering. The last few weeks of pre-Christmas craziness are upon us. And at this t... -
The Gift of Printing, Part 2
Unique holiday goodies at your printer's! Today, our printing gift list continues with some of th... -
In 2010, the Democracy of Print Remains Vital
And the internet can help, too, I guess Often, printing and information technology are pitted ag... -
Christmas Card Controversy 2009
Gossip, scandal, and holiday printing. Usually, at this time of year, I put together a post about C... -
Buying White Space
I'll be the first to admit that I don't speak great Japanese. To be honest, I don't speak any Japane... -
The Care and Feeding of Your Small Commercial Printer
A Happy New Year of Desktop Publishing Congratulations! You got a printer for Christmas! But the ... -
Obama Billboard Raises Issue of Advertising Ethics
Should political figures be fashion models? We don't do a lot of controversial printing at Hotc... -
Is Desktop Printing a Hopeless Technology?
Add it to the list of "Things that shouldn't be done at home." At the beginning of the day, I lik... -
Win Free Stuff From Hotcards!
The BitRebels Epic Giveaway! Check it out, gang! Our friends over at BitRebels a website about ... -
What Has the Last Decade Taught Us About Print?
That it needs to get to the point! This week, Communicate a London-based publication that looks... -
Hotcards Makes the Cut on M-Bossed!
Top ten, baby! This post has been way, way too long in coming. Ever since the start of the new y... -
Adobe Pulling Out of the Print Game?
Don't go Adobe, I'll change! Earlier this month, without so much as a press release, Adobe... -
Green Printing Practices: Direct Mailing List Management
Be green! Scrub that list! For a long time, list management has been an important part of the dir... -
Catalogue Printing for Online Business
A calculated risk. Over the last few years, a trend has been growing among large online business... -
Are New Green Press Plants the Solution?
Pros and cons. As a printer, it's possible to come at sustainable printing strategies from many ... -
Saints Super Bowl Win Good News for Printers
Sorry, Colts fans! Try to understand! Every year, all across the country, printers watch the Supe... -
Will the Hollywood Sign Become Ad Space?
Just when you thought it couldnt get more po-mo. One of the most famous pieces of typography on ... -
BitRebels Interviews Hotcards!
That's right, we're kind of a big deal. A while ago, Hotcards received a very nice email from Ric... -
Vancouver 2010 Olympic Print Ad Gallery
Adventures in brand diplomacy. Through cold, through ice, through recession, the tradition of epic ... -
Oberlin Plant Shutdown Sets Tone for Print Industry
And it's not pretty. Sad news today from Oberlin, Ohio. The World Color Press plant, located in O... -
Why Bother To Redesign Print?
There's a right way, and a wrong way, of posing the question At a time when the print industry i... -
"Power of Print" Campaign Seems to Question its Own Message
Magazines, you're making a scene "This business is perfectly legitimate." "All my transactions a... -
Fake Storefront Printing!
Using jumbo print ads to combat the recession. There are few things more visually depressing than... -
Recession-Conscious Postcard Printing
Share space, save money! When business is slow, owners and managers are faced with an inevitable ... -
Happy St. Patrick's Day! Gallery of GREEN
Design inspiration for a green planet. What is it about the color green that is so inspiring? Yes... -
Bright Lights! Big City! Poster Printing!
The intricacies of campaigning on Broadway Poster design is a complicated process, and the highe... -
Friday Print/Design Roundup - March 26, 2010
Posters! Poetry! iPads? It's Friday! Here's a roundup of some of the week's best, worst, and wack... -
Apple to Launch New Mobile Advertising Platform?
Will "iAd" be the end of print, or the beginning of the end for mobile advertising? We're only da... -
Print Industry Calls it Quits Days Before iPad Takeover
We surrender! CEOs come out with their hands up. Three days before the launch of Apple's iPad, po... -
Why Political Printing is a More Effective Advertising Tool Than The Web
The internet is essentially a highly-developed library, where access to any and all information is r... -
Don't need a business card? How about a calling card?
I remember my first business card. Being subterranean pond scum somewhere beneath the actual totem p... -
Print Politics: Huge Ad Spend in California Gubernatorial Race
The flyers are flying! The mailers are mailing! The posters are posting! After two glorious, rock... -
Positively Print: The Print Campaign to End All Print Campaigns!
Or, er, to kickstart a new era of print campaigns, as it were What's so great about print advert... -
The Epic Odyssey of the LeBron2010 Banner
Edge-of-your-seat full color printing action! If you follow the Hotcards' blog, then you know tha... -
The Truth About Social Media Advertising
and other urban legends It was the best of times to be in marketing, it was the worst of times ... -
Does Earth Day Need A Lesson In Branding?
Looking back on 40 years of green thinking. The world celebrated Earth Day last week, on April 22... -
Polaroid is Back!
Another victory for tactile technology. Living life online is all well and good, but we have to s... -
Printing Commemorative Tickets
A great promotional tool for any type of event. Summer's on its way, which means festival season,... -
Long-Format Print Advertising
and a new Design Idea of the Week! A recent article in AdAge looks at the growing popularity of ... -
Hotcards Ranks Among the Country's Fastest-Growing Inner City Businesses
And yup, we're still a printing company. At a time when printers are supposed to be packing up th... -
Interview With Your Friendly Neighborhood Print Blogger on M-Bossed!
Actually, M-Bossed put together a whole week of Hotcards! Recently, our excellent friend Ryan McAbe... -
Interview With Your Friendly Neighborhood Print Blogger on M-Bossed
Actually, M-Bossed put together a whole week of Hotcards! Recently, our excellent friend Ryan McAbe... -
Design, Design, Design
One designers take on the current state of graphic design and the common shortcomings of many new de... -
3 Reasons Print is a More Effective Advertising Medium Than the Web
The world the internet has ushered in has brought with it plenty of ways to make our lives easier. ... -
Political Printing for 2012
Political campaigns utilize a variety of printed sources to spread their message. The idea is to in... -
Top 10 Redesigns logo of 2012
Logos are the expression of a complex idea in simple terms which immediately strike the attention... -
Top Ten Green Printing Practices
As much as possible the use of recycled paper and ink for printing should be strictly followed. Alt... -
Lots of Stuff Cooking @Hotcards!
Hotcards is better than ever just ask our Moms! Hotcards has a new goal: to reinvent the printin... -
FSC Certified and Recycled Paper - Which is Better to Use?
Millions of trees are cut every year to make paper. Deforestation poses a threat to the environment... -
Hotcards to Light 20 People on Fire in Cleveland
The Hotcards Burn OCT 19, 2013 PRESS RELEASE September 25th, 2013 Hotcards to Light 20 People on ... -
The Hotcards Burn Donates $10,000 to Charity
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TWO pre-orders already. WOW.
While I am interested I have to see/touch possibly ride and definitely see some numbers before I pull the trigger.
I bought my bike on a consignment sale from the Polaris Victory dealership in Naperville, even though I live about 50 miles north of Grand Rapids, Michigan. So I drove 250 miles to buy it. The guys I worked with there had been working for another BMW dealership in that area, but it went belly up. They still got a lot of Beemer owners bringing their bikes to them for service at their new jobs, as there really wasn't much else in the area to choose from. The BMW owners also knew these guys had plenty of experience, and trusted them to do the work. These guys were talking at the time about getting the BMW franchise for the Victory dealership, but the deal must have fell through. So it's good to hear that something did happen in that general area, and it will be a big plus for all Beemer owners who live there.
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I had nothing but good experience with BMW of Countryside so far,Sales staff is great,Only had my bike work on once under warranty,run into small issue but it was corrected right away by service manager Peter.To bad the dealer is 60 miles away.
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Sabean and I have our disagreements but yesterday, he seriously inspired me. The Giants cut the cackle and cleaned house and I, well, did too. Seriously, I did not recognize my room when I woke up this morning. Most of my cleaning was in closets/drawers/under beds but the room actually felt sort of airy for the first time in a long, long time.
Which is why I empathized very closely with the feeling the Giants may have had when they took the field yesterday after the crazy morning. And they capped the day off nicely, then, by winning 4-0. It gave me an, Oh, so that's how it feels to win! moment. Rather wonderful.
Sabean's moves at face value bothered me, though, because I felt like they were poorly timed and did not feel well thought out. The DFA'ing of Rowand and Tejada combined with what he said to the press yesterday really left me feeling like he is just going with the flow. And not in a good way.
It felt like melodrama or instant gratification to me, frankly. We've lived with Rowand's contract ((yes, it was a mistake) for a long, long time and Tejada's deal is just a year anyway. I'm sure late-night sportstalk callers were screaming for this after those crushing losses against Chicago, but that doesn't mean the GM should go out and do it. In fact, it probably means he shouldn't. I think this was a serious case of stirring the pot for the sake of stirring the pot.
I also didn't understand his comments afterwards. If he thinks they're contending still, then he should have released the people he wanted to release a long time ago (earlier this month, really) and pulled out all the stops. If not, then call it a season and figure out how to utilize the next 30 days. Either way, don't admit you don't know what's going to happen or have any plan!
I would say something about the need for media training to General Managers, except you might stop reading right then. I know I've said it before. It just seems to be an issue an awful lot of the time.
All that said! It wasn't the actual moves as much as the way they were carried them out and the timing that bothered me. Both contracts were mistakes and neither guy was playing any sort of useful role. Owning up to mistakes and cleaning house is not a bad thing.
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Governmental, tribal, and company officials took seats on a flatbed dais for the program. Frank L. Snell, executive communications chairman for the Arizona Public Safety Company, served as master of ceremonies. Utah Construction & Mining President Edmund W. Littlefield is seated fourth from the left.
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The bride is the daughter of Russell and Tammy Arp of Cleveland. She is the granddaughter of Louise Cooke of Cleveland, the late Johnny Cooke, Patsy Arp of Cleveland and the late Johnny Arp. She is the sister of Luke Arp.
The bridegroom is the son of Fred Faust Sr. of York, Pa., and Sandy Hartert of Georgetown. He is the grandson of Joe Hartert and Marie Hartert, both of Georgetown. He is the brother of Christy Case of Decatur, Angela Cowan of Cleveland and Stephanie Butler.
The wedding was officiated by Ronnie Cantrell. The bride was presented in marriage by her father. The bridegroom's sister, Christy, was her honor attendant. Bridesmaids were Sarah Trotter, Melody Balinger and Haley Greene, all of Cleveland. Flower girls were Echo and Elise, both of Cleveland. Kaeb Balinger of Cleveland served as ring bearer.
Vince Gibson served the bridegroom as best man. Groomsmen were the bride's brother Luke, Corey Matthews and Stephen Butler, all of Cleveland.
The reception was given by the parents of the bride.
The couple will reside in Virginia Beach, Va., where Mr. Faust is stationed in the U.S. Navy.
They are both graduates of Walker Valley High School. Mrs. Faust is a graduate of Cleveland State Community College.


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Tricks of the trade. Home bakers and pro pastry chefs alike covet this Core™ Bamboo Pro-Baker's Measuring Board. It's marked with circles for pie crusts, a ruler for bread and other dough and a measurement conversion table. A stability lip keeps it from slipping, and a smooth reverse side works for everyday food prep.
Bamboo with a natural finish.
24"w x 18"d x 2.25"h.
Hand wash.