Brand Peel: Peeling back the juiciest self-promotion projects, and showing how it’s done.

I’m a huge fan of the pina zangaro portfolio cases. I bought one for my own design work to show clients. I was reminded about their CD Jewel Cases. They look stellar, albeit pricey. But if you have to make an impression, that’s the way to go, especially if you take it down to [...]

KeepCool makes thermal bags for some pretty big clients. If you’re into that sort of thing.

I came across Print Quotes Direct from a forum posting. An interesting idea: you enter in the type of project you are going to print and finally, a location. You are then presented with a list of printers in your area that are able to print your project. Seems like a great way to [...]

I came across Vonster’s work a while ago, and realized his Keyboard Characters would make for a great “how-to” story. Little did I know when I contacted Vonster that he meticulously documents most of his creations. Not only does he talk about the process in detail, he documents it with photos. Vonster graciously let Brand [...]

Design*sponge recently updated their list of letterpress vendors. A great list to keep handy for your next project. I especially like Aardvark Letterpress.

Jason Santa Maria is a well-known name in web design circles. Between speaking at conferences (I recently saw his panel at SXSW 2007), Jason is also the Creative Director at Happy Cog Studios and has an impressive award-winning resume. However, what really caught my eye was his experience with redesigning his business cards. Jason chronicled [...]