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  Giving Back With Design

  3083 readersSince 1981, Michael Osborne Design has undertaken hundreds of pro-bono design projects for nonprofit groups, working on them between regular client work. A Sappi “Ideas That Matter” grant in 2008 spawned the project closest to Osborne’s heart – Joey’s Corner, a 501(c)3 charitable organization. Through the lens of Joey’s Corner, Michael Osborne will share printed examples

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  Giving Back with Design

  1108 readersIf you’ve been thinking about doing pro bono design work, but weren’t sure how to begin, award-winning designer Michael Osborne brings his invaluable personal experience to the free webinar “Giving Back with Design.” Through the lens of the project closest to his heart – Joey’s Corner, Michael Osborne will share printed examples of the design work

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  Have you seen the Real McCoy?

  1469 readersSappi has released a fun new promotion called The Real McCoy. The promo is a set of greeting cards, which demonstrates the attributes of McCoy Matte & Silk. Spot gloss varnish, spot soft touch, engraving and foil with embossing are Read more »

• Free PaperSpecs Webinar “Giving Back with Design”

  2571 readersTuesday, April 17, 2012 2:00 p.m. Eastern (11:00 a.m. Pacific) PaperSpecs and Sappi Fine Paper North America Present Free Webinar “Giving Back with Design.” Special guest speaker, Michael Osborne, will share examples of Joey’s Corner projects and how designers can use their own talents for good. Palo Alto, California – April 6, 2012 – When the talent of

• Design for Good

  1000 readersAIGA has launched the Design for Good initiative, which it expects will connect and amplify the pro bono efforts of designers, firms and chapters. “Design for Good is about using our collective creativity and empathy to improve the world we live in,” writes AIGA. “Every day, designers are creating better communities by working with nonprofits and

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  Giving Back with Design

  776 readersThe Giving Back with Design webinar really struck a chord. But that doesn’t surprise me. At the end of each PaperSpecs Gallery Inspiration video, I repeat the sentiment, “Go out and make this world a better place through great design and outstanding paper choices.” Our special webinar speaker, Michael Osborne, showed us just how that’s done. In

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  Take Note Award Announced

  2261 readersTreat and Company’s gift-wrap mailer was chosen as the quarterly winner of the PaperSpecs Gallery Take Note Awards. The Minneapolis-based design firm, specializing in product design and development and surface design, created the self-promotional piece to introduce clients to its new print and pattern website. “You don’t see self-promos like this every day, and I want one!”

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  Get Wrapped Up in PaperSpecs Love

  975 readersWe couldn’t let Valentine’s Day pass without sending our own gift of love – a special treat (even better than chocolate!) from PaperSpecs to our members. Can you guess what it is? Yep, it’s paper! But not just any paper. It’s an exclusive set of wrapping paper designed by award–winning Michael Osborne in collaboration with his

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  Rice Bowl Resource Kit

  5309 readers To those who are fortunate, a bowl of rice might mean so little, but to less fortunate kids around the world, it might make a difference between life and death. The "Rice Bowl" resource kit has this symbolic design to appeal to kids and other donors. "It generally ships to schools and organizations who want

• Why the death of a celebrity lights up Twitter

  2099 readersI used to blame the vacuous nature of a pop-culture-obsessed society for why we all seem so pre-occupied with the death of celebrities. But when Michael Jackson died, even I felt a little saddened — and frankly, the guy creeped me out. I thought about it and determined that Jackson’s era roughly matched up with my