Acing it

Zünd Digital Cutter Promo

World-class printers Adams Litho acquired a Zünd digital cutting system. The system makes it easy to tailor the cutting system to specific cutting needs and materials. 

Adams asked Widgets & Stone to help promote the new equipment by designing a deck of cards that could be die cut on the new system. Designers John Le and Mark Slawson developed a unique look that followed traditional playing deck design solutions.

The Best at What We Do

Adams Litho Web Design

Adams Lithographing Company is an international award-winning, third-generation family-owned printing business. They offer a full range of printing services for businesses of every size. From color digital printing to custom UV offset lithographic printing, they consistently deliver the highest quality work, on-time, and on-budget. Their combination of quality craftsmanship and state-of-the-art technical proficiency is grounded in the day-to-day quality that Adams has been producing since 1886.

Adams is long time collaborator with Widgets & Stone, and they asked us to update their web site in 2017 – to simplify the site structure, to improve their messaging and to showcase new capabilities.

In mid-2020, in the midst of repercussions from COVID-19 and subsequent lock downs, Adams decided to invest in improving the site yet again. This time Widgets & Stone helped to refine messaging and photography and to create a showcase video that fit into the already existing site structure.

The final design is an effective sales tool that shows exactly how good Adams Litho is – the best. Visit the site by clicking here.

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Explore the Possibilities

Novafloor 2020 Portfolio

Novalis tapped Widgets & Stone to update their catalog design — hoping to keep the clean and clear design we introduced last year but also add an element that might spark creativity for the viewer, both DIY and professional designers alike. The resulting design for the catalog incorporates vignettes of material boards — Novalis' product paired with complimentary design materials as well as collage pages that pair room scenes with potential paint pairings and inspiration imagery. Widgets collaborated with photographer Grant Dotson to capture the materials board vignettes, Adams Lithographing brought the piece to life using a subtle soft aqueous and deboss on the cover, as well as hitting each vignette and collage with spot UV gloss, creating a contrast to their matte Sappi Flo paper backgrounds.

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The Lost Album Archive

Promo for Adams Litho printing company

Adams Litho is a world class printing company that wanted to showcase their coated paper printing techniques. Widgets & Stone came up with a project concept that would allow for a wide variety of printing methods with diverse design and photography styles in a generous format: album cover designs.

Widgets & Stone and 26 Tools paired real artists with fake albums, songs and record companies to create a diverse visual landscape to display all of their coated paper printing techniques.

The entire book is printed on Sterling coated papers in a limited edition of 500, and was bound by Bind Tech. The book showcases all kinds of printing techniques from soft-touch finishes, to foil stamping, iridescent varnishes, embossing, thermography and so much more.

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