Work we love

There is nothing we love more than seeing the work of our favorite people out in the world. We noticed Adrenalin Inc.'s Denver Bronco's 50th Anniversary logo everywhere this season - from billboards to posters to bumper stickers. The logo also got some love from the Denver Business Journal. Last week we found a set of skis whose owner dug the logo, too.

KNOW YOUR SPECS: Successful print projects start with good specs

Below is the second edition of a new series of guest blogs from D&K's clients. Our aim is to have a guest publish a new column each week with helpful advice, criticisms, forecasts, etc. Stay tuned. If you're interested in being a guest blogger for the column, please contact us at blog@dkprinting.com. 
Let us know what you think about our blogs by posting comments at the bottom of the page.
The author (the same author as our first guest blog post) buys nearly one million dollars worth of printing each year and has been in the industry for more than 10 years.
Enjoy....


Writing good print project specifications is the foundation for building a successful project. If you do not pull together all of the specifications, you are starting off on the wrong foot. Which immediately opens the door for errors, assumptions and construed interpretations.

Here are my guidelines for writing specs that will start your project off on the right foot:

Doing More With Less: How to buy print in the new decade

Below is the first edition of a new series of guest blogs from D&K's clients. Our aim is to have a guest publish a new column each week with helpful advice, criticisms, forecasts, etc. Stay tuned. If you're interested in being a guest blogger for the column, please contact us at blog@dkprinting.com. 
Let us know what you think about our blogs by posting comments at the bottom of the page.
The author buys nearly one million dollars worth of printing each year and has been in the industry for more than 10 years.
Enjoy....


As the year comes to a close with headlines of more marketing budgets being slashed and more layoffs from Marketing/Creative Services/Communication departments are prominent, I’m prompted to write a few thoughts on what we all can do as professional communicators to advocate for printed materials. Just as in other aspects of our life, when we are faced with financial challenges, we have to be wise consumers. We have to be able to do more with less.

Another Respected Colorado Printer Closes

With Spectro, National Hirschfeld, L&M and now Kendall closed, the Colorado offset printing community has seen much change over the past few years. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the people left jobless. There are still some of us that believe in the power of printed word and the artistry of offset printing. Competitor or not, there is a sadness and cold reality when a fellow printer closes its doors.

From the Greeley Tribune newspaper....

Kendall Printing Co. latest to shut down after New Frontier closure
As winter crept back into Greeley on Friday, employees at a long-standing Greeley printing company huddled beneath clouds of cigarette smoke and the bright light beaming out to their once-thriving loading dock.
The 15 or so employees consoled each other, they laughed and cried, comparing their 11 or 15 or nine years of service in Kendall Printing Co.'s total 25 years.

Native Eyewear brochure

Here is the first pic of the Native Eyewear brochure. In the shot, the brochures are getting assembled on our saddle stitcher. For the cover we utilized a strike-thru varnish technique that glosses the word "NATIVE" and the "N" logo on the bottom corner, while giving the rest of the cover a dull finish.
Give us a call or shoot us an email if you'd like to see a sample of the piece.

Mac or PC - You gotta love The Simpsons

We love the throwback to this classic Apple ad

Finndustry: 15 Reasons to Embrace Social Media as a Creative

We came across this link through our friends' at Communication Arts twitter post. Its a good list of the value of Social Media that doesn't glamorize it too much.



By Alex Mathers

Social media has taken the world by storm (or at least small proportion of it!) over the last few years. As a successful creative freelancer you risk being trampled on by the commotion unless you rise up and embrace all that it has to offer.

Read the list here...