Category: Design
From The Design Desk: Roses are Red, Violets are PMS 2748
“Are the colors set in PMS, CMYK or RGB?” When designers talk about PMS, they aren’t warning you to leave them alone for a few days. (Well, maybe they are, but not for the same …
From the Design Desk: Bleed it Out
“Does the file have bleeds?” AlphaGraphics presents…The Bleeds – The Movie! If this question makes about as much sense to you as picas to pixels, you aren’t alone. Before you reach for the band-aids, take …
From the Design Desk:The Perfect Palette
Last week I was driving home a few days after the massive snowstorm that blanketed the enitre midwest in a foot of snow. It was early evening and the sun had just begun to set, …
From the Design Desk: A Tale of Type
My graphic design professor in college was an avid collector of letterpress type. We had an old hand-cranked press in the art building, and got to experience first-hand how to arrange and place type. There’s …