🏝️ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐭 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐲: 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐬 𝐀𝐦𝐨𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐒𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐈𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

Thirty-five years of brand design. One very special guest. And a conversation that will make you look at packaging, print and creativity in an entirely different way.

In this episode of The Art Gallery, curator Chris Hyde welcomes Silas Amos, designer and brand strategist, to the gallery. The work spans JKR, Sir Peter Blake, HP Digital Print, Budweiser, Cancer Research UK and the UK's number one hummus. The stories behind them are even better than the work itself.

✦ A COVID campaign that landed the same artwork on the front page of every national newspaper in Britain on the same morning. Designed and delivered in a week.

✦ A hummus brand that became number one in the UK not by putting a photograph of hummus on a pot of hummus, but by having the confidence to do something strange instead.

✦ A gin brand where no two bottle labels are the same, because with digital print, they do not have to be.

As Silas puts it, what gets brands remembered is not what makes them conventional. It is what makes them strange. And packaging print is probably the last truly interruptive medium in a world where you can skip everything else.

#printisland #theartgallery #chrishyde #silasamos #branddesign #packaging #digitalprint #printindustry #branding #designstrategy #hpindigo #fmcg #peterblake #creativity

In this first ever episode of Talk More Print, hosts Tara and Mackenzie introduce themselves, share how they both ended up falling into print from very different starting points, and explain exactly why they wanted to start this podcast. The industry is aging out. The next generation is arriving. And nobody is asking them what they actually want from internships, jobs and careers in print. That is about to change.

Expect honest conversations, guest speakers, fellow students, curriculum deep dives, event recaps from Dscoop and Print Excellence Awards, and a genuine passion for an industry that most people outside of it have never even thought about. Plus the mad libs. Definitely the mad libs.

Welcome to Talk More Print. This is just the beginning.

#printisland #talkmoreprint #tara #mackenzie #ferrisstate #printmanagement #nextgenprint #printindustry #youngprofessionals #printeducation #podcast #printinspiration

🏝️ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐎𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤: 𝐄𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐈𝐧. 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐈𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐜𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐆𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠?

In this episode of The Print On Demand Playbook, hosts Rusty Pepper and Maddy Alcala are joined by Nate Mullikin, the man overseeing Taylor Corporation's business identity, consumer products and print impressions divisions, for an honest and wide ranging conversation about what the acquisition of Order Mesh has actually looked like eight months in.

The short answer is better than expected. Nate admits they may have undervalued the opportunity, customer reception has been overwhelmingly positive, and the internal doors the acquisition has opened at Taylor are only just beginning to reveal themselves. Maddy clarifies the Guten versus Order Mesh question once and for all, Rusty talks about how the acquisition comes up on almost every single call he takes, and the three of them dig into AI, talent, technology decision paralysis and why businesses that are investing in automation right now are pulling ahead of the pack in a genuinely uncertain market.

There is also a story about Maddy chasing a taxi barefoot through the streets of Barcelona that is absolutely worth staying for.

#printisland #printondemandplaybook #rustypepper #maddyalcala #natemullikin #taylor #taylorcorporation #ordermesh #guten #printondemand #printindustry #acquisition #aiinprint #workflowautomation