The owner needed printed brochures for a critical meeting scheduled with a potential client. The deadline was extremely tight at a week and a half from concept to delivery of 5 printed books. Fortunately I had access to their stunning high resolution project photos, which expedited the design process considerably.

After doing some research on print vendors, I went with Mixbook – a service that lets customers create custom photo books via its online interface.

But there were some issues with their tool. I needed to figure out how to make a design done in Illustrator look the same in Mixbook's interface. Although my solution was fundamentally sound, Mixbook doesn't offer press-checks. We were already paying a rush charge so there were no do-overs. I was actually a little worried.

In the end there was no need. Mixbook delivered all five brochures on time, the print quality was gorgeous and best of all – the owner was very pleased.