Atmosphere is heading out for their When God Gives You Ugly tour. We just finished a special edition letterpress poster. It features a “1950’s Diner Vampire Fight Scene” watercolor painting by Minneapolis native Michael Gaughan. (If you check out Michael’s website, be sure and see the collection of guitar sculptures. But don’t look to long [...]
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Posted in Letterpress, Printing Tips and Tricks
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Also tagged 1950's, ant, atmosphere, cylinder, entertainment, fight, format, Heidelberg, hip hop, image, large, Letterpress, line, micheal gaughan, minneapolis, music, poster, printing, rhymesayers, scene, screen, slug, tour, vampire, when god gives you ugly
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This design poetry is from Jeff Johnson and the esteemed crew at Spunk Design Machine in Minneapolis, done for the Univeristy of Minnesota. They have a keen sense of design experimentation and always seem to keep things playful. For this poster, there are only three ink colors printed but the beauty of overprinting those colors [...]
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Posted in Letterpress
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Also tagged dance, image, Letterpress, letterpress services, line screen, poster, raster, spunk design, spunk design machine, university of minnesota, vector
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Old travel destination postcards always offer typographic treats. Barrett Haroldson over at Colle McVoy designed some type on these postcards every bit as tasty. We love the mix of haltone texture and overprinting. They are 3/3 letterpress printed on the same press sheet using our big 13 x 18 Heidelberg Windmill running up a stack [...]
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Posted in Letterpress
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Also tagged 13 x 18 heidelberg, barrett haroldson, blotter board, coaster, colle mcvoy, fishington, Letterpress, letterpress services, overprint, overprinting, postcard, typography
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Kelly English is a Minneapolis designer who worked with us on our Charmed and Sweetheart Seamstress Deskline stationery. Those paper goods are for sale on our Studio Site. We were excited to print her own card design. Her approach to the standard business card takes good advantage of a press sheet. We print them all [...]