Back-to-school stickers

The time nears, when the bell rings and be it first time, or last time, we go marching off to campus. And depending on exactly that, where you’re at; some nice stickers could be just the thing you need.

(With that said, school ground is not to be littered on of course so always check what’s allowed and where!)

So, for students, why not name your pen case, notebook, laptop or even locker (if allowed) to celebrate your new semester! For teachers, why not hand out something more personal and fun than those standard stars! The point is not to make a sticker, it’s to add a little extra fun.

Everye year we see tons of creative stickers come through, everything from campus, clubs, name-tags and of course school mascots. We make the process easy, just upload what you want and choose size, material and quantity and we don’t have any enforced minimums so you need one single sticker, you got it!

The practical question is simple: where will this end up? A laptop sticker needs a shape that reads from across a table. A notebook sticker can be closer, quieter and a little more detailed. A bottle sticker needs to survive being partly hidden by a hand, a strap or somebody’s equally committed collection of other stickers.Start there, rather than starting with a full brand lock-up and shrinking it until it fits.At a small size, the detail that disappears first is usually the detail that was doing all the explaining. A long tagline becomes a grey line. A clever drawing becomes visual static. A logo built from several delicate parts stops reading as a logo at all. It is not always a reason to simplify the design into nothing. It is a reason to decide what deserves to survive the first glance.Try looking at the artwork at the size you actually want to hand out.

Put it next to a photo of a laptop, notebook or bottle. Step back. Cover a corner with your hand. If the idea only works at 400 per cent on a screen, it is asking too much of the person who ends up with it.The existing PGS guide on preparing artwork for print covers the file and resolution side of this. The more subjective job is deciding whether the design still has a pulse once it becomes a small physical thing.