Jean-Pierre Lacroix, President and Founder of Shikatani Lacroix, a leading design agency based in Toronto, has authored a fascinating new book titled Desire by Design: What Data-Driven Marketers Should Know About Driving Desire for their Brands. With over 35 years’ experience in the design and branding industry, Lacroix has gained valuable expertise across a wide … Read more →
The free Starter Plan for Adobe XD includes XD for Mac and Windows, mobile apps for iOS and Android, and services to empower users to design, prototype and share user experiences with colleagues. With this announcement and the release of new features and enhancements, Adobe XD “is the only cross-platform experience design platform to combine … Read more →
Artist Hachim Bahous designed a number of CD covers for a music legacy compilation series released by Sony Music in 2015. But now, according to writer and marketing expert Cass McGee, the French designer has claimed that Disney Studios has stolen his creations for its character posters for its latest Star Wars series movie Solo: … Read more →
Currently, artist copyright infringement is especially widespread in apparel – from corporations that mass-produce t-shirts, to ordinary people printing a design on a coffee mug. But could AI change the prevailing tide by stopping copyright infringement at the source? Yes, according to Eric Zhang, Vice President of Engineering at Scalable Press, the world’s first AI-powered … Read more →
Despite the recent doom and gloom from some media outlets, a recent study by the IHL Group reported that U.S. retailers opened 4,080 more stores in 2017 than they were closing, and planned to open over 5,500 more this year. The National Retail Federation in the USA also reported that 85% of brands were opening stores … Read more →
The faculty and staff of Sheridan College’s new Honours Bachelor Degree in Creative Writing & Publishing (CW&P) held a free breakfast event for writing, publishing, and communications industry leaders on Thursday, March 29, 2018 from 8:30 am to 10 am at its Hazel McCallion Campus (HMC) in Mississauga, Ontario. Attendees learned about this exciting new … Read more →
Romania-based Syncro Soft, developer of the Oxygen XML suite of products, has announced the immediate availability of Version 20 of its XML editing suite of products – Oxygen XML Editor, Author, Developer, Web Author, WebHelp, as well as the new Oxygen PDF Chemistry. Version 20 software brings users a variety of new features and improvements … Read more →
Epson America has introduced a new microsite – Epson Brings Technology & Fashion Together (epson.com/fashion) – dedicated to connecting digital fabric printing technology and solutions to fashion designers and entrepreneurs. The new site provides fashion designers with an informative digital fabric printing destination, offering solution-based guidance for a range of digital fabric printing applications – … Read more →
Quark (Denver, Colorado) has announced release of QuarkXPress 2018 – the next new, full version of Quark’s graphic design and page layout software – on Wednesday, May 16, 2018. “QuarkXPress 2018 will bring designers and creative professionals new powerful typography, print and digital publishing features necessary to meet daily creative and productivity demands,” said the … Read more →
Anthropics Technology (London, UK) has announced the newest release of its PortraitPro Body standalone full-body retouching software and plugin for Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom and Elements. Version 2 of the industry’s first-and-only dedicated body contouring software now offers Warp Fixer controls, Photoshop Smart Filter, Lite Mode and “is the fastest and most accurate PortraitPro Body ever.” … Read more →
Axaio Software, a leading developer of solutions for PDF creation, printing and content correction workflows for the publishing and printing markets, has announced the availability of MadeToPrint XPress for the Quark Publishing Platform 2017. Production processes leading to the final printed document need to be as efficient and reliable as possible, said Axaio – especially … Read more →
HP and AIGA, the professional association for design, have announced their partnership in advancing digital print technology and digital user experiences. The collaboration seeks to bring AIGA members exclusive benefits to increase their capabilities in digital print innovation, and arm HP with valuable insights to deliver “extraordinary and inspiring design ideas through AIGA’s diverse community … Read more →