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59th Annual GDUSA Print Design Survey
Our 59th Annual Print Survey, sponsored by Billerud North America, reflects a push back against digital fatigue and an embrace of print and paper’s classic strengths – tactility, permanence, portability and credibility.
Ten Observations
Ten takeaways from the poll, conducted in mid-April 2022.
The Numbers
The Benchmark Results make clear that print remains essential, even in a digital age.
Select Comments: Is Print Important In Your Professional Life?
Is Print Important In Your Professional Life?
Select Comments: Has the Pandemic and Remote Work Undermined Print Communication or Led to Greater Appreciation for It?
Has the Pandemic and Remote Work Undermined Print Communication or Led to Greater Appreciation for It?
Select Comments: Can Digital and Print Can Work Together Effectively in Marketing Campaigns?
Have You Found That Digital and Print Can Work Together Effectively in Marketing Campaigns?
Select Comments: Do You Believe Print is More or Less Sustainable Than Digital/Electronic Delivery?
Do You Believe Print is More or Less Sustainable Than Digital/Electronic Delivery?
Mohawk Fine Papers Launches Paper With A Plan
Mohawk Fine Papers launches a new approach to specifying paper. Paper With a Plan refines and reorganizes the portfolio into five distinct Collections based on properties and attributes.
GDUSA’s 58th Annual Print + Paper Survey
Our 58th Annual Print + Paper Survey. Results will be featured in the June magazine and on our website.
Designers Resilient In Adversity
A GDUSA reader poll sponsored by Verso Corporation, papermakers extraordinaire, reveals a surprisingly positive can-do attitude among graphic designers in the face of adversity.
Message from the Sponsor: Verso Corporation
We are with you. We are better together. We are ready when you are. We are Verso.
Takeaway #1: Adapting Nimbly to the Challenge
Designers have continued to execute client projects even during the height of the crisis, mostly by setting up home offices.
Takeaway #2: Embracing Remote Working
Designers expect that the pandemic pause will permanently change where and how – and perhaps why – they work.
Takeaway #3: Hopeful About the Future
Designers are hopeful, even confident, about the long term value and viability of the graphic design business.
Takeaway #4: Bright Spots in the Darkness
Readers report a greater appreciation of family, friends, work-life balance, along with passions for creativity and for their chosen profession.
Takeaway #5: Print Means Human Connection
Respondents believe that, once the coronavirus crisis recedes, traditional modes and materials will have a renaissance.
Heinz: Vegan Isn’t All Kale and Quinoa
The latest campaign for Heinz by Havas London reminds people that its popular tins of baked beans are in fact vegan.
APTech Quarterly To School Higher Education Marketers
The Association for Print Technologies (APTech) has launched a quarterly magazine launches to empower higher education marketers.
Message from the Sponsor: Verso Corporation
A leading provider of Printing Papers, Specialty Papers, and Pulp, Verso’s distinguished product line, streamlined supply chain and flexible manufacturing capabilities make us ultra-responsive to market demand, extending our ability to get you the products you need, when you need them.
The Numbers
The Numbers from 2019’s Print Design Survey.
PRINT 19 To Recognize RED HOT Technologies
APTech announces the return of the RED HOT Technology Recognition Program at PRINT19 in Chicago (McCormick Place North, October 3-5), showcasing exhibitors’ newest products or services on the event floor.
56th Annual Print + Paper Survey
Today, print is a choice and an option, and our survey has evolved into an existential probe of the role and purpose of print today.
Millennials Have Not Killed Print
The Canon Print for Action Survey, conducted by Ipsos, uncovers consumers’ perception and use of printed materials, as well as the importance of print in the minds of tomorrow’s business leaders.
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For 60 years, Graphic Design USA (GDUSA) has been the news and information magazine for and about the graphic design community.
Print 17 Announces 44 ‘Must See’ Technologies
PRINT 17, the most comprehensive graphic communications gathering in the Americas, announces its 2017 MUST SEE ’EMS. The show takes place Sept 10-14 at McCormick Place South in Chicago.
The Powerful Role PRINT 17 Plays in the Impact of Design
PRINT 17 presents more than 50 education sessions that shed light on the design/creative process, packaging, marketing and sales, business growth strategies, new emerging technologies and more.
Jan Sabach Gives His All At Take Magazine
Jan Sabach is excited to art direct a real live printed magazine.
Mohawk Marks 70th Anniversary of Superfine
Mohawk is celebrating the 70th anniversary of its Superfine paper grade. Ever wonder how it got the name?
Uber In-Car Print Publication Arriving Now
Uber has launched a printed magazine for riders called Arriving Now.
Sappi NA Wins Positively Print Award
Sappi’s campaign provides graphic communicators with the science behind the effectiveness of print.
Print is Novel in Digital Era
For the 52nd year, GDUSA has conducted a reader survey about print design.
Free ‘Design a Cover’ Contest Promotes Digital Print
Digital printing is the fastest growing segment of the print world and vital to the future of graphic communications. The latest GDUSA reader survey reveals that three in four designers have bought or specified digital printing in the past year, but our readers tell us that, the world being what it is, they have not […]
Top 10 Favorite Colors for Print Design
For the 51st year GDUSA has conducted a reader survey about print design. As part of the survey we asked readers, “What are your favorite colors for use in print design?” Here are their Top 10 Favorite Colors: You can download the entire Print Survey here.