Every year in December, the Pantone Color Institute selects the “Color of the Year”, influencing a wide branch of industries with this decision. This years’ champions are surprisingly two colours – Ultimate Gray and Yellow Illuminating.
In the modern, digital world, online printing is the ace up the print industry’s sleeve. If you want to play it for maximum results, there are a few things to keep in mind though.
The U.S. Institute Pantone has launched a new shade of red to end the stigma of menstruation. The aim is to break the taboo surrounding menstruation with a color named "Period Red". The development of this shade of red is intended to encourage both women and men to talk openly about the period and related issues of social injustice.
By 2030, greenhouse gases are to be reduced by 55 percent compared to 1990, the European Union demands. As a result, more and more companies are facing the challenge of a more sustainable production. In addition to obvious measures, there are several rather unknown paths that can be taken to achieve sustainability goals. One of these is 3D printing. But how exactly can 3D printing help to become an eco-friendly company?
We are starting our new series #PrintingProcesses with the original, first-ever printing process: Relief Printing. With this technique you cut an inverted version of your intended print into a plank of wood, linoleum or metal plates, apply the ink onto the plate and press it down on paper to create the image, like a stamp.
Surface coating leader Touchguard and packaging supplier DS Smith developed an innovative safety packaging technology to minimise the risk of infections through certain bacterias and viruses and is 100 percent recyclable on top of that.
The coffee-ring effect is something we can observe every day. But what is just a slight annoyance for us, is a challenging issue for scientists. Now, a team of researchers has found a way to combat the hindering effect with new inks, thereby enabling large-scale printing of electronic devices with simple inkjet technology.
2020 has no doubt been a challenging year for us all. Looking back on these past twelve months though, we are happy to see all the interesting advances and exciting innovations made in the print industry nonetheless!
Italian designers combine traditional Italian glass-making techniques with modern 3D printing technology to create an innovative lighting design called HorizON. The light fixture consists of a handmade glass shell and a carefully printed core, illuminated by LEDs.
When printing aqueous solutions on paper, a reaction, which can be used to program motion, occurs. A research team from SIT and Waseda University recently took advantage of this and presented a method allowing paper to self‐fold without deriving energy from external sources.