This is a big post with lots of images so be sure and see Part 2 as well.
We’ve been an online friend with French designer Fabien Barrel for a while. He’s been kind enough to show our press work on his Graphic Exchange website. His site is a finely curated collection of designers and projects [...]
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Also tagged blind, business cards, card, fabien barrel, france, fred dauzat, french, graphic exchange, heavy, impression, Letterpress, letterpress services, limited press, minneapolis, minnesota, paper, so goods, stock, thick
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This is part two showing the production of business cards on our Heidelberg Windmill. Be sure and see Part 1 showing the finished cards.
We start with a high resolution film negative. The negative is used to expose the plastic plates. The plates are attached to an aluminum base and placed into the press. The press [...]
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Also tagged 10 x 15, 10x15, blind, business cards, card, fabien barrel, france, fred dauzat, french, graphic exchange, heavy, Heidelberg, impression, Letterpress, letterpress services, limited press, minneapolis, minnesota, paper, press room, printer, printing, so goods, stock, thick, Windmill
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This invite pumps up the jam with an old school boom box and mix tapes. We love it for it’s fun factor and unique departure from most wedding stationery. The horizontal size is different, the illustration is super fun and the couples initials are even in the speakers of the boom box!
Adam Ramerth at Lark [...]
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Also tagged adam ramerth, boombox, crane lettra, french paper, ghetto blaster, invitations, invite, lark, Letterpress, mix tape, overprinting, printer, printing, stationary, stationery, tapes, two color, wedding
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In the spirit of the freemasons, there exists a creative group called Levy 7. Not much is known - they describe themselves as, “a collection of like-minded individuals who, through their awesomeness and grace, elevate the larger group in any and every social and professional endeavor, making us simply the most dynamic advertising sleeper cell/social [...]
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Also tagged BBDO, black, business cards, cigar band, Design, designworks, die cut, die cutting, duplex, labels, Letterpress, letterpress services, luxury, metallic, new york, paper, printers, printing, remoist, sleeper cell, typography
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As the name would imply, a stylist has to have style. This morsel was designed by Westwerk Design and was just featured in the Minnesota AIGA award show. And check out Lara’s site for some really succulent looking food photography.
The letterpress printing is tasty too. The card was printed four colors on the front and [...]
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Also tagged 165lb, AIGA, award, business card, color, Design, flat, flood, food stylist, Lara Miklasevics, Letterpress, letterpress services, minnesota, neenah, offset, paper, printing, thick, westwerk
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If you are in Minneapolis, be sure to hit this one on April 4th. The ARTCRANK poster show blends a love for bikes and poster art. It is now in it’s third year. Here is a preview of a new print of the “cranky peddler” we just inked for Jason Strong. The light blue poster [...]
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Also tagged ARTCRANK, brown paper, cranky, edition, jason strong, Letterpress, letterpress services, metallic, minneapolis, photopolymer, plates, poster
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These guys are certainly one of the hottest Minneapolis record labels. Rhymesayers Entertainment sent us this business card design for a raw and painted letterpress look.
Production turned out sweet, but it has some letterpress challenges.
Colored Metallic Ink on Black Stock
This card is printed on a custom duplexed paper - French Construction Black glued to French [...]
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Also tagged black, black paper, business card, duplex, impression, Letterpress, letterpress services, metallic, minneapolis, over inking, record label, reverse, reversing, rhymesayers, small text, spray paint
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What could be better than a letterpressed rhino ready to charge? One with wings? Ok, here it is.
This is a two color letterpress stationery set for artist rep Conor Lawrence designed by Aurora Whittet at Red Organic. The printing is red and silver metallic inks on Neenah Classic Crest Solar White. The cards are on [...]
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Also tagged 165lb, Aurora Whittet, business card, classic crest, conor lawrence, cover, envelope, Letterpress, letterpress services, metallic, minneapolis, neenah, No. 10, red organic, rhino, silver
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Our good friends at Mucca Design in NYC designed this beauty. A tight piece of typography with a punch of color to bring everything to life makes this system sweet.
The large color flood on the back of everything is offset printed. Then we printed two color letterpress. The paper is Monadnock PC100 throughout which gives [...]
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Also tagged business papers, businss cards, card, Design, envelope, flood, letterhead, Letterpress, letterpress services, mucca, ocean house, offset, stationary, stationery
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Here is an image comparison of “opaque” white ink to silver ink. We did this little letterpress test to illustrate why opaque ink really isn’t opaque.
Note: The small type in these images is about 4 point serif type.
We offer letterpress services to designers around the country and are constantly asked to print white ink on [...]
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Also tagged black letterpress, black paper, business cards, card, colored, double, engrave, engraving, foil stamping, foiling, letterpress services, metallic, minneapolis, opaque, silver, stationery, stock, tip, white
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When we work with designers on projects we have conversations about “production strategy.” Sometimes letterpress is a good fit for the design intent, sometimes not. And often times we combine other production methods to achieve the effect being sought after. Black business cards present a range of production challenges. Flooding a white paper with black [...]
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Also tagged antidote x, black, business cards, Design, die cut, duplex, engraved, engraving, foil, foiled, jaime wickard, Letterpress, letterpress services, minneapolis, opaque, paper, print, printing, production, silver, strategy, westwerk, white, white ink
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Letterpress can use Pantone colors just like other types of printing. We prefer to mix our own ink from Pantone base colors using the Pantone formula guide. This means we don’t have to buy a pound of ink when we really only need a small spoonful for the project. We mix ink to match other [...]