New venture points to evolution of tradeshows SGIA Expo was eye-opening. It’s currently the largest print-oriented show in North America, at least gauging by square footage. And it points to where print – widely defined – is headed. A show that began in the 1940s as screen printing event, then evolved into wide format event, … Read more →
A new trade show makes the case for the affirmative Last issue I wrote about how Print 17 pointed to a new definition of print and indicated that SGIA a few weeks later would perhaps have keener insight to offer about that proposition. And so it did. The SGIA Expo in New Orleans was the … Read more →
Print 17 in Chicago was my first tradeshow since 2014. It was great to see old friends and familiar faces, get re-acquainted with new technologies, and wrap my head around emerging trends. I didn’t know what to expect when I landed in the windy city and headed for McCormick Place, the traditional home of the … Read more →
It’s good to be back. I’m happy to be joining Joe Mulcahy and the Graphic Arts Magazine (GAM) team and returning to the printing industry in this capacity. As some of you may know, I edited another printing magazine for a long time. I spent the last couple of years away from the industry, though … Read more →