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<blockquote data-quote="dtownley1" data-source="post: 392309" data-attributes="member: 20564">exactly. Most stores will always use print catalogues. Do you think they'll hand you a CD with a pdf on it, or ask you to download it? There will always be print design for advertising, magazines, packaging and dozens of other items. I've just started full time work as a designer, and I'm flat out most days doing monthly flyers and all sorts of print work. Print won't just disappear because of improvements in web design and increased access to the internet. Companies will always need print design, and personally, I think it allows for a greater experience of design. There are things you can do with print that you'll simply never see on monitors. Gloss and matte finishes, metallics, embossing and embellishments, die cuts - the list goes on. It's how you get to express details a monitor can't replicate - that's the beauty of a tangible art. It's like asking if you'd rather have an original painting, or a jpeg of it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dtownley1, post: 392309, member: 20564"] exactly. Most stores will always use print catalogues. Do you think they'll hand you a CD with a pdf on it, or ask you to download it? There will always be print design for advertising, magazines, packaging and dozens of other items. I've just started full time work as a designer, and I'm flat out most days doing monthly flyers and all sorts of print work. Print won't just disappear because of improvements in web design and increased access to the internet. Companies will always need print design, and personally, I think it allows for a greater experience of design. There are things you can do with print that you'll simply never see on monitors. Gloss and matte finishes, metallics, embossing and embellishments, die cuts - the list goes on. It's how you get to express details a monitor can't replicate - that's the beauty of a tangible art. It's like asking if you'd rather have an original painting, or a jpeg of it. [/QUOTE]

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