PPB August 2019

Decorating Methods Defined Learn more about the most popular decorating methods used to decorate desk and office products, so you can better advise your clients. Emboss: Embossing always leaves a deboss (a recessed impression) on the back side of the material. With this method, you get an effect on both sides—the embossed side is raised while the debossed side is pressed in. Deboss: This decoration technique features a pressed-in logo or company name. It’s the reverse side of the emboss. Blind Deboss: A trending decoration method, the blind deboss leaves an impression pressed into the material, but it doesn’t press through the other side like a deboss or emboss would. Etching: Etching is done either by sandblasting or using a chemical process that etches the imprint into solid substrates such as glassware, crystal and metallic surfaces. Laser engraving: This method uses light to burn an image onto the substrate, giving a logo a clean, polished appearance. Screen printing: This decoration technique involves pressing ink through a fine mesh screen and onto the surface of a product. Four-color process: In this method, four different color values—cyan, magenta, yellow and black (CMYK)—are used together to create a color image. Brittany Glenn is a Dallas, Texas area-based writer and former associate editor of PPB . Offering all the fun of a classic bean bag toss in a smaller, portable set, the Viva Sol Mini Bean Bag is a miniature game that can be played almost anywhere—inside or outside, on a desk or a picnic blanket. Crafted from solid wood and wood veneers with a walnut finish, this sophisticated mini bean bag set features a walnut finish and eight mini bean bags. Incentive Concepts / PPAI 212912 / www.incentiveconcepts.com This 12-inch ruler features inches in 1/16ths and metrics in millimeters. Crafted of maple with white plastic edges, the backside has a handy fraction-to-decimal-to-metric conversion chart. Also available in six-inch and 18-inch lengths. Woodrow Engineering Company / PPAI 113309 / www.woodrowrulers.com Help office workers cope with stress and find their happy place with these Wooden Stacking Zen Stones. Stone stacking is the art of balancing small stones on top of each other in various positions as a form of meditation and inspiration. As users balance the stones, they connect with the flow of nature and the world around them. This promotional set includes five wooden “stones” of varying sizes packaged in an attractive gift tube that can be imprinted with your client’s message. Add this set to your next campaign for stress-free advertising. Jornik Manufacturing Corp. PPAI 111065 / www.jornik.com | AUGUST 2019 | 35 GROW Desk And Of f i ce Pr oduc t s