The Digital Embellishment Manifesto

The book behind the movement

The End of Commodity Print

Ninety-five theses started a movement. This book shows you how to lead it.

Ships January 2027.

147 signers from 18 countries

The Digital Embellishment Manifesto book cover

The problem

We taught the market that print is cheap. It believed us.

Every printer can match your price.

Every press can match your speed.

And the market learned to care about neither.

The internet did not kill print. We devalued it ourselves.

The shift

Print is inherently tactile.

Flat print competes with screens. Dimensional print competes with nothing. This book is the case for touch - and the playbook for putting it to work.

Who it's for

Wherever you sit in print, this is your playbook.

Printers

Stop competing on price. Start setting it.

Inside the book

Seven chapters. One mission.

  1. I

    The Commodity Trap

    How the printing industry lost sight of what made print powerful.

  2. II

    The Forgotten Sense

    The neuroscience of touch and why we trust what we can feel.

  3. III

    What the Shelf Knows

    Print's tactile power in a world dominated by screens.

  4. IV

    Print Is Inherently Tactile

    The thesis that changes everything about how we think about print.

  5. V

    The New Workflow

    How embellishment technology is reshaping modern production.

  6. VI

    The Objections

    Addressing resistance and building the case for tactile print.

  7. VII

    The Age of Tactile Print

    A vision for the future and the movement that will get us there.

  8. Bonus

    The Tactile Toolkit

    Tools, templates, and case studies to turn the argument into action.

Proof

147 people have already put their name on it.

Samni systems LLCNKD/CMOColourfast Group LtdBlitzprintIconica.caOmegaKanovits Print AtelierDigital Printing Systems UKBased Trading CardsThinAir ConsultingDuplo USABlooming ColorBranded by WoodsFujifilmKEXINOLigthtning TreeINKISHSEIDL BINDERY LLCITA Systeme GmbH & Co. KGNUMBERS CMYK LTD (WHERE To Print magazine)The Print WhispererYellowdogLevon GraphicsLas Vegas ImprentaSupreme GraphicsSalesWisdomKURZ USAKonica MinoltaDuplo USA CorporationVBS ABbigDAWGS®TaktifulSamni systems LLCNKD/CMOColourfast Group LtdBlitzprintIconica.caOmegaKanovits Print AtelierDigital Printing Systems UKBased Trading CardsThinAir ConsultingDuplo USABlooming ColorBranded by WoodsFujifilmKEXINOLigthtning TreeINKISHSEIDL BINDERY LLCITA Systeme GmbH & Co. KGNUMBERS CMYK LTD (WHERE To Print magazine)The Print WhispererYellowdogLevon GraphicsLas Vegas ImprentaSupreme GraphicsSalesWisdomKURZ USAKonica MinoltaDuplo USA CorporationVBS ABbigDAWGS®Taktiful

Why they signed

"I want to learn more about the ways of embellishment, enhancement, engagement and any other ways print can do more of this with the printed piece."

Paul Strack

North Little Rock, AR, United States

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The authors

Who wrote it

Kevin Abergel

Kevin Abergel

CEO of Taktiful

Eric Vessels

Eric Vessels

CXO of Taktiful

Written by the team that has spent years helping printers turn embellishment into revenue.

Editions

Choose your edition. Some won't last.

All editions ship January 2027.

Only 19 exist

Founders Edition

$495

Limited to 19

17 of 19 remaining

  • Your name printed in the book as a Founder
  • Full digital embellishment sample kit
Only 95 exist

Signatory Edition

$159

Limited to 95, one for each thesis

93 of 95 remaining

  • Signed and numbered
  • Your name printed in the book as a Signatory

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Hardcover

$49

Softcover

$29

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FAQ

Questions, answered

There is no middle ground.

Keep competing on price, speed, and sameness. Or start creating print people want to hold.

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