A handful of industry news tidbits this week:
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SMART Papers' entire Genesis line of premium uncoated printing and packaging papers has been FSC certified. Genesis also adds several papers with 100% postconsumer waste.
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Worldstudio and
AIGA recently announced the winners of their annual scholarship program, including three students who received the Mohawk Paper Award: Sana Ali from University of Texas, Edwin Olivera at University of Memphis and Patrick Anderson from School of Visual Arts all received the top prize, a $2,000 scholarship for the 2007–08 academic year. Six students received $250 scholarships as honorable mention winners: Christopher Lyle, Caroline Park, Emilia Wiles, Tameka Norris, Venice Christina-Marie McCurdy and Marilyn Montufar.
• Corel and ConceptShare recently launched
CorelDRAWConceptShare.com, which lets CorelDRAW
users share their work with other designers, colleagues or clients.
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Creative Manager Pro's new version 8.5 includes updates for Mac OS X Leopard and several key features in Flash; a previous update also allowed design managers to use the software on their iPhone or iPod Touch devices.
• Neenah Paper is sponsoring a contest for outstanding design projects printed in part or entirely on its papers; two grand prize winners will receive an all-expense-paid trip to the 2008
HOW Design Conference in Boston. For more info, go to
Neenahpaper.com/HOW.
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PROOF-it-ONLINE is offering a free Pro Premium Proofing Evaluation Bundle to the first 50 companies signing up during the month of December. The package, valued at $800, includes a free two-month online proofing account (up to 250 proofs per month), a phone consultation with ROI analysis, a newly released white paper entitled, “Top 5 Things to Know About Online Proofing that Will Help Your Business Grow” and unlimited access to PROOF-it-ONLINE’s Resource Center.