• INSPIRATION: IAN KIDD

Dubbed ‘Mr Logo’, Australian Ian Kidd, was one of the original home-grown ‘down under’ design pioneers—we take a look at some of his best-known work and go over his career from Adelaide to Britain to Canada and back again.

• CASE STUDY: FIND MY FLAVOUR
  

 In 2024, Ball & Doggett collaborated with a group of specialists to create a promotion showcasing Wausau labels—titled ‘find my flavour’, the results were simply breathtaking…

• RĀKAU KŌRERO: TALKING STICK – New Zealand

Our regular article Rākau Kōrero (Talking Stick) provides a platform for discussing Māori culture—particularly how this relates to our industry through considered, appropriate use built on inclusion and engagement. Laura Cibilich and Raymond McKay from Run Aotearoa share their thoughts on what it means to work in partnership guided by Te Tiriti o Waitangi.   

• THE MESSAGE STICK – Australia

In this issue of The Message Stick Emrhan Sultan from Solid Lines, who belongs to the Luritja and Western Arrarnta Nations in Central Australia as well as Kokatha Nation in South Australia, explains how every design he creates is an opportunity to teach others about his culture.

• QUICK CHAT PRINT: CAXTON, CHRISTCHURCH – New Zealand
  

The BJ Ball Calendar featuring winning entries from the 2024 Student design contest was printed by Caxton in Christchurch in late 2024. We caught up with General Manager, Janice page to hear her thoughts on working with the next crop of emerging designers.

• QUICK CHAT PRINT: SOUTHERN IMPACT, VICTORIA – Australia

We recently caught up with Managing Director, Heath Nankervis, of Southern Impact to hear his thoughts on working with the current crop of Australian Design Students.

• INPRINT: Our curated selection of print design work as submitted by our lovely readers. Let’s make a few mums proud out there!

• EDUCATION: Label Printing

Labelling is everywhere—on our beverages, food, personal care and cleaning products—the list goes on. For designers working in this space, there are some unique and special production considerations to be aware of that can ensure a great outcome. In this Education article, the talented team from labelling specialist MCC, share some knowledge on the topic.
he Best awards were back for 2023—and sporting a new look campaign. We caught up with the team at Strategy who created  the campaign to talk about what it took to create a ‘bestival’.

• SPECIAL FEATURE: CALENDAR CONTEST 24

 The 2024 BJ Ball/Ball & Doggett Student Design Contest is done and dusted— time to celebrate our winners!.

• EDUCATION: ARTWORK BASICS

For this issue, we take a look at some basics around file set up for print projects—bleed, colour modes and more.

• CASE STUDY: OUTCASK RUM LABEL

 We take a look at this particularly slick label project for Outcask Rum designed by Nick Heng from Heng Design.

• SPECIAL FEATURE: AGDA & BEST AWARDS 2024

 The AGDA and BEST design industry awards recognise the cream of our industry. We take a look at a couple of standout award-winning print-based projects.

• FEATURED STOCKS: STOCK & PRINT SPECS
  • • GSM Cover printed CMYK on Sumo Gloss 300gsm
    • GSM Text printed CMYK on Sumo Matt 120gsm
    • GSM Inprint printed CMYK on Sumo Laser 113gsm