We designed this identity with mountaineering in mind. Saying “10 Zing Consulting - Helps you reach the top” would have been really lame. So we wrapped that message into the design with the shape. Show it, don’t say it.
We went lo-fi with the production and used a 55pt coaster board with 2 color letterpress. Then [...]
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It started back in high school art class. I was a junior and there was this senior that sat in the back doing pottery and was always throwing frickin’ balls of clay at my head while I was trying to draw. Fast forward over a decade and both of us have design careers. Me - [...]
We do a ton of custom wedding letterpress work with designers around the country. These were hot of the press today and designed by the groom-to-be, Nick Brue. We went all out on this card with the production details:
Brown Side: Clear Varnish for woodgrain print and custom silver/gold metallic for type.
White Side: Blind letterpress (no [...]
When our letterpress printing client at Electric Fusion handed out one of his new business cards, almost a year later he saw a project come in because someone remembered his card and held onto it. Here’s a note just in from our client:
“I hope all is well. I wanted to share a story about a [...]
One of the most positive design vibes in the Twin Cities comes from Eight Hour Day. This duo produces design with a bold and illustrative style. They just had a nice post over on Grain Edit too.
This invite they sent our studio for printing was a large A10 size card. We letterpress printed gold ink [...]
Dustin Arnold is one of the most vibrant type artist I’ve come across. His sense of craft and line work are unmatched in modern typography. We were excited to letterpress print this type he designed for City Of Angels Eyewear in LA.
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 [...]
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 [...]
We get asked all the time if we offer both design and print services. The answer is a resounding yes. Here is an example of us doing the design and letterpress production for our client in Palm Beach.
If you are a designer and need a custom letterpress project printed up, talk to us for and [...]
Our friends at Mucca and Darden Studio sent this project our way. Darden typefaces are beautiful in utility with details that aren’t overworked. They are masters at creating a unique typographic voice. And letterpress printing just makes type that much sweeter.
This is a promo piece designed by our friends at Swink. We had this job on press a while back and wanted to show the exquisite finished project. It was 3/2 PMS letterpress printing plus lasercutting. Note the overprinting blue and orange to create the brown. All this on a 220lb C. tree free, reclaimed [...]
Sakura Bloom, a best in category baby carrier brand reinvents themselves with design and letterpress.
We worked with COLLINS: to print their new identity system. They did such a beautifully simple design. I’ve always liked punctuation but never really been sure what to do with the colon. Now I know.