This article is the first in a series of articles illustrating options in integrating finishes into your nameplate design. All can be customized to meet your product branding needs.
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Kelly Kjos
This article focuses on combining specialized printing with a common tool to create unique looks across your brand. Callaway used this approach to differentiate their clubs designed for men and women. Each version is distinctly colored to appeal to the individual end user.
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Circles, squares and rectangles are the most popular shapes used in nameplate design. The simplicity of the shapes serves as a background to logos with a similar shape or as a unifying space for asymmetrical logos.
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The household name, Spalding, is featured here in the form of a gold nameplate. This nameplate incorporates bright aluminum, gold tint and printed matte black lettering.
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Kelly Kjos
The diamond cutting process generates crisp detail and a highly polished look for your badge or nameplate. Through a two-step progression the desired area is first embossed, or raised slightly from the original surface. Following the emboss operation, a thin layer of aluminum is removed to reveal ...
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Kelly Kjos
This Sephora nameplate features a dimensional custom pattern highlighted by an embossed surface. As part of its 2009 campaign, the designers chose two varying looks for the encasement of the eye shadow palettes. Each look serves as a representation of the shadows inside.
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Kelly Kjos
Guest Blogger This article is part of a series of articles from my co-workers on their favorite nameplates. Barb Smith, our guest blogger this week, has chosen a nameplate that appealed to her based on its elegance and uniqueness.
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Kelly Kjos
3 Critical Considerations in Designing a Nameplate Are you designing a nameplate or emblem to represent your brand? If so, you're considering finishes, shape and dimension. And, you need to understand how all of these decisions impact the cost.
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