Creative inspiration from the Guru of Printing
New York City boasts hundreds of museums, but you can literally count those that attract the lion’s share of visitors—tourists and residents alike—on one hand. Every year, smaller and lesser known museums in neighborhoods throughout the entire city offer eye-opening, educational, moving and quirky exhibits that deserve a much larger audience. One of them, the […]
Every season has its whirl of A List social and corporate events. Some are tony, like Art Basel Miami Beach, others make for great storytelling (“Did I tell you about the time I played poker with Warren Buffett?). But they all have one thing in common: The highly coveted invitation that beckons the recipient to […]
Chelsea-based advertising agency Flint and Steel came to us to consult about custom packaging for a promotion they were working on for their client, luxury spirits distiller William Grant & Sons. “William Grant & Sons conducts periodic sales blitzes for their innovation brands, and contacted us to help develop an all-in-one kit to showcase four […]
Did you ever wonder how an establish model or an up-and-coming “fresh face” gets cast in a runway show? It’s not a spur-of-the moment decision by casting agents or design house. Venerable modeling agency Ford Models sends promotional packages to agents and designers months before show seasons in New York, London, Milan and Paris to […]
The reactant was a mild-mannered high school chemistry teacher in Albuquerque, New Mexico; the reagent was inoperable lung cancer. From these ingredients Vince Gilligan cooked up the compelling, ground-breaking crime drama “Breaking Bad” for AMCtv. One morning in August 2013, out of the blue, I received a call from AMCtv to discuss a production. highresolution […]
Thanks to the prolific Weinstein Company and Sony Pictures, there’s a bright spot in our snowy, slushy cabin-fever winter of 2014. It’s the indie film The Art of the Steal, now offered on Amazon Digital and maybe also by your local cable provider before it hits theaters in March. The Guru gives it two thumbs up! […]
According to eventsinamerica.com, on this particular day there are at least 51 major conferences, trade shows, consumer shows and fairs happening across America. Many of course are academic or medical conferences, but these gatherings come in all forms. Today, 9,000 will descend on SuperZoo 2013, a conference about pets in Las Vegas, while in Baltimore […]
When is product packaging more than just packaging? When it’s an instant pop-up video, a stunning 3-D, full 360° product experience or a lightning-fast mobile gateway to product demonstrations, explorations, social media sweepstakes and events. How is that possible? Our Augmented Reality technology provides brands with a new paradigm for customer engagement via packaging that […]
This is a site for creative directors, art directors, brand managers, chief marketing officers, production managers, and other brand stewards in the creative field. It is hosted by David Drucker, founder and president of the Manhattan-based print and digital solutions company highresolution. Here, you’ll find posts on trending techniques in print and digital marketing strategies […]
When we were children we dreamed of a future with all sorts of Jetson-y things like time travel and jet packs. We can’t give you those, but every creative who’s seen our exclusive advanced A/R has used some word like “futuristic” or “wow” or sometimes just “dude.” They’re excited about this totally customizable A/R because […]