Indigo Ink

Congratulations to all the winners of this years Ringo Awards awards, celebrated this past weekend at Baltimore Comic-Con
This printed piece was super fun to work on, featuring digital soot gloss and Metallic ink.

In the age of quick texts, short posts, and curt replies, there is truly nothing better than opening your mailbox and finding a handwritten note from someone you love. That is exactly why we are so excited that Greeting Card Association Thinking of You Week is officially here!

To celebrate, join us in the Thinking of You Week Challenge: Send 7 cards to 7 people in 7 days! This week is all about slowing down, picking up a pen, and sending a heartfelt note to someone just to let them know they are on our minds.

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Prefer getting lost in a good book over wandering the bottomless social media algorithms? Find yourself still reflecting on that page-turner that shook you instead of those vapid posts you breezed through last night? How about that character-driven beach-read versus the limited character count caption on someone else's vacay pic? A Printed Book Keeps it Classy.

To coincide with the Baltimore Book Festival right around the corner, we're celebrating the self-published authors, poets, photographers, and artists that captivate us, enrich us, and put the "lit" in literary. 🔥

We not only love reading books, we also love producing them. Ever wanted to see your name on a shelf but haven't scored that book deal just yet? Or maybe you're already a prolific self-publisher who wants better production choices for your latest project. We offer customized guidance and options tailored to your printed publication...

• A dedicated Project Manager ready to offer you advice on formats, the right binding options for your page count, and paper stocks best suited for text-heavy vs. image-heavy content

• Small quantity runs and even one-offs

• Physical proofs so you can see exactly how it will turn out before pulling the trigger on the full run

• Enhanced cover design with metallic foils, embossing, fluorescent inks, and die cuts

To all you bookworms and bibliophiles, scribblers and scribes, artists and auteurs... long live the Printed Book!

It's Restaurant Week in our area (via Visit Howard County, Maryland) which might be the perfect time to appreciate the printed menu (designed to keep you off your phone and in the moment).

Print Keeps it Classy.

A Closer Look at Our Award-Winning Work
Several of our specialty print projects have recently been recognized for their design, craftsmanship, and technical complexity... and we wanted to show them off! We're honored to be recognized, incredibly proud of our dedicated team, and honestly, just really inspired by these utterly cool pieces.

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Print & Graphic Communications Association Neographic Awards
We've won the Power of Print 5th Runner-up Award (that’s the overall best in show category) for “Corvus Corax” (an art print with specialty effects that was in collaboration with Scodix Digital Print Enhancement).
Client/Artist: Erica Williams
HookieDuke | ericawilliamsillustration.com

Additionally, we won three “Franklin” Awards:
• “Print Keeps it Classy” Printers Self Promotion Category
• “Print Keeps it Classy” Campaigns Category
• “Corvus Corax” Printing Finishing and Embellishments Category

The “Print Keeps it Classy” campaign featured spot fluorescent pink, metallic gold ink, traditional foil, transparent stocks, and a pinch of attitude.

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Foil & Specialty Effects Association Gold Leaf Awards
The Foil & Specialty Effects Association recognized two of our digital foil pieces for their design, ex*****on, and level of difficulty. Receiving entries from around the world, the The Gold Leaf Awards celebrate “the quality, added value, shelf presence, security and brand recognition that these finishing processes lend to the printed sheet.” Having won Gold Leaf Awards over the past three years, we're honored to be recognized once again.

GOLD AWARD
“Corvus Corax”
Category: Toner Adhesive Foil
Client/Artist: Erica Williams
HookieDuke | ericawilliamsillustration.com
In collaboration with Scodix

SILVER AWARD & BRONZE AWARD
“Monarchy”
Categories: Silver in Toner Adhesive Foil, Bronze in Cast and Cure
Client/Artist: Jon Ching
Jon Ching Art | www.jonching.art
In collaboration with Scodix

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Congratulations to all of the other winners and artists who were recognized this year! We're looking forward to producing more inspiring specialty print pieces in the year ahead.

Print and Graphic Communications Association 2026 Neographics Award Winners...

Text messages. QR Codes. PDFs. Social Media. Chat GPT. Look, we're not luddites, but we kinda think some types of communication seem to have veered towards the disposable, cheap, fast, and regrettably immemorable.

While digital communication has its place, classic ways of communicating are still incredibly effective when it comes to saying what you mean, creating a vibe, and getting attention in a way that just lands differently. We'd like to take a moment to give a huge shout-out of thanks to all of the stationery and greeting card makers out there who help keep printed and handwritten personalized greetings alive and well in the world. Whether it's the handwritten thank you note, the foiled invite, the bespoke event signage, the triplex business card, the die cut brochure, or the keepsake Mother's Day Greeting Card on luxe paper stock... Print Keeps It Classy.

Happy Mother's Day. (She deserves so much more than just emojis🌸)