tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3494073750236045538.post3270241891361339432..comments2024-03-28T03:18:02.100-04:00Comments on @ToughLoveforX: Why I love Print and Printers and Skilled CraftspeopleCoordinator of the Printernet Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08225553436567452557noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3494073750236045538.post-34439684308416236072009-11-15T08:20:54.653-05:002009-11-15T08:20:54.653-05:00anon-
thanks for stopping by. I added the credit t...anon-<br />thanks for stopping by. I added the credit to the photo.Coordinator of the Printernet Projecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08225553436567452557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3494073750236045538.post-70722240527136684472009-11-14T22:16:56.003-05:002009-11-14T22:16:56.003-05:00The Artist is Joost Swarte, from Holland (or Belgi...The Artist is Joost Swarte, from Holland (or Belgium?). <br /><br />He's a pretty well known cartoonist and graphic artist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3494073750236045538.post-15434805870931030902009-07-26T14:46:50.247-04:002009-07-26T14:46:50.247-04:00Judith,
Thank you for stopping by. I taught prod...Judith,<br /> <br />Thank you for stopping by. I taught production to designers at Parsons for over 6 years. Perhaps this will help explain why so many camera ready projects or production ready files are so sub standard.<br /><br />Most designers, like most everybody, are not focused on excellence. Partly this is because of the "I need it now, just good enough" culture of business. My sense is that there are few ways around that for business that live or die by quarterly reports or cash flow. <br /><br />But there are a few that can work under the time constraints AND maintain the ethics of excellence. In any field I look at going from printing to academics to teaching to making policy at the state and federal level, that is a very rare breed of person. When you find one, it's mostly definitely worth treasuring them.<br /><br />In our printing industry, craftspeople are few and far between. But that's the same as any industry. How many excellent teachers, doctors, business leaders, or politicians can you name?Coordinator of the Printernet Projecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08225553436567452557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3494073750236045538.post-74416956239306468422009-07-26T10:56:36.401-04:002009-07-26T10:56:36.401-04:00Found your site through another link. You are rig...Found your site through another link. You are right on about mechanical professionalism. I worked for a time in pre-press operations in a job shop. Layout, darkroom (back in the day), numbering on the Heidelberg, cut-past-wax...<br /><br />My daughter now has the equivalent of that job - all computerized. We no longer burn plates or screen pictures.<br /><br />She is absolutely appalled at the number of "camera-ready" projects that come from design school graduates in such bad shape that they have to be totally re-done.<br /><br />Three-fold brochures with 3p margins and 3p ditches when they should be 6p. Non-centered center designs. The list goes on and on. But you get the picture.<br /><br />Precision in print is just as needful in electronic print as it was in the olden days. <br /><br />Thank you for pointing out that we need craftsmen who are dedicated to excellence as a matter of moral fiber. And for also pointing out that there is no higher calling than excellence, no matter the venue.Judith Roblhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09896616623573839165noreply@blogger.com