Design

Exploding labels, barking magazines, personal catwalks in your living room... Until now this level of interaction through the traditional medium of print has been a fantasy, but now the printed page...

London's 1st Byte is pushing the possibilities of digital print with a new sample book to showcase its array of creative print and finishing techniques.

GF Smith has revealed ambitious plans to take its British-made Colorplan paper and board range global, with a new swatch book and website forming an integral part of the push.

Scodix has added a metallic effect to the range of finishes offered by its Sense machines, and also enlarged the format of its biggest machine the S75.

Pro Copy, a Chichester-based digital print business, has reported a substantial improvement in the manageability of its services thanks to its installation of the Optimus Dash MIS system.

Pantone has released a 50th anniversary edition of its Pantone Plus series, featuring special packaging and covers, which will be on sale throughout 2013.

The St Bride Foundation was in danger of becoming a forgotten cache of print's gilded history, but a new initiative is set to revive its influence

Screen has shown its cloud-based Variable Front-end Service, which it expects to commercialise by the end of 2013.

North Print & Pack 2013 has opened for visitor registration, with the show's organisers targeting 3,000 visitors for the May event.

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