Seriously? Why is there no outcry? Why is there no uproar from the design community? Why are there not mobs of angry designers in black turtlenecks marching with exactos held high?
Has no one noticed that the Bienfang Commercial art papers, Designer Series, Graphics No. 360 has switched from their beautiful, classic un-coated paper cover to a nasty, thin, fingerprint showing, coated cover?
Where was the survey? Where is the market research on this one? Who’s the genius who is willing to change the comfort of an un-coated cover, which was probably used for sketching some of the most brilliant and thought provoking designs of our time, to the new slick and slimy cover we are forced to touch now? Could it be the same person who added the glare to my new i-mac screen?
While the rest of the world is finally moving to un-coated and natural papers - Bienfang felt it would be a great idea to go high-tech and glossy. Smooth move Bienfang.