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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Posted in Letterpress
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Also tagged blind, business cards, card, fabien barrel, france, fred dauzat, french, graphic exchange, heavy, impression, ink, Letterpress, 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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Posted in Letterpress, Printing Tips and Tricks
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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, ink, Letterpress, limited press, minneapolis, minnesota, paper, press room, printer, printing, so goods, stock, thick, Windmill
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Coming soon to an alphabet near you is a typographic mash up. Once again Spunk Design Machine created a simply amazing poster, this time for Chank. Be sure and check him out as he tours the design community.
And getting smashed comes easy for paper on a letterpress. Hot off our big Heidelberg cylinder press, these [...]
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Posted in Letterpress
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Also tagged chank, cylinder, Design, Heidelberg, ksba, large format, Letterpress, machine, poster, printing, spunk, type, typography
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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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Posted in Letterpress
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Also tagged BBDO, black, business cards, cigar band, Design, designworks, die cut, die cutting, duplex, ink, labels, Letterpress, luxury, metallic, new york, paper, printers, printing, remoist, sleeper cell, typography
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If script fonts on wedding invitations generally make your stomach turn, this invite layout should provide some typographic Alka-Seltzer. That’s what happens when a great interactive designer gets married. Designed by the groom himself, Jamey Erickson principal over at Sevnthsin in Minneapolis created his invites with a simple and bold typographic layout. Check out some [...]
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Posted in Letterpress
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Also tagged affordable, cards, column, fonts, invite, invites, Jamey Erickson, justified, Letterpress, minneapolis, script, Sevnth Sin, Sevnthsin, silver, type, typography, wedding
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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, halftone, image, Letterpress, line screen, poster, raster, spunk design, spunk design machine, university of minnesota, vector
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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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Posted in Letterpress
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Also tagged 165lb, AIGA, award, business card, color, Design, flat, flood, food stylist, ink, Lara Miklasevics, Letterpress, minnesota, neenah, offset, paper, printing, thick, westwerk
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The folks over at Cue don’t mess around. They designed this seriously good card with a cartouche-like outer shape. We printed a single color letterpress on each side and die cut the cards with a small punch in the center.
When you are printing a business card with letterpress on each side, usually one side is [...]
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Posted in Letterpress
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Also tagged 179lb, business card, cotton, cover, crane, cue, design cue, die cut, die cutting, Letterpress, minneapolis, pearl white, punch, stock, trajectory
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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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Posted in Letterpress
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Also tagged ARTCRANK, brown paper, cranky, edition, ink, jason strong, Letterpress, metallic, minneapolis, photopolymer, plates, poster
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What does a really classy guy do when it is time to pop the big question? Buy a ring to be sure. But here is another little something - a small book of various emails between the couple, collected, bound and side sewn as a letterpress book. We designed this little gem as a request [...]
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Posted in Design, Letterpress
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Also tagged 80lb, black, book, book cloth, crane, Design, design services, edition, engagement, fold, folded, french, hard cover, Letterpress, lettra, metallic, paper, sewing, side sewn, stitched, text
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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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Posted in Letterpress
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Also tagged black, black paper, business card, duplex, impression, ink, Letterpress, metallic, minneapolis, over inking, record label, reverse, reversing, rhymesayers, small text, spray paint
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This well crafted card was designed at VO2 Media in Minneapolis for Murphy & Co. Design, designers of exceptional residences. But don’t let the simple look of this business card fool you. It’s design subtlety has layers of complexity in production. Here’s how:
The impression is not very deep and the paper is not overly thick. [...]
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Also tagged business card, cheap, complex, crafted, Design, expensive, flood, Letterpress, letterpress business cards, line screen, Murphy & Co Design, Murphy and Company, offset, paper, quantity, rub off, transfer, typography, uncoated, vignette, VO2 Media
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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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Posted in Letterpress
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Also tagged 165lb, Aurora Whittet, business card, classic crest, conor lawrence, cover, envelope, ink, Letterpress, metallic, minneapolis, neenah, No. 10, red organic, rhino, silver
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This uniquely shaped invitation was designed by us at Studio On Fire. It is one of the most interesting die lines we’ve created for wedding invitations - elegant and fun at the same time. It is a simple green one color letterpress on white paper with that same green printing on a green paper for [...]
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Posted in News
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Also tagged belly band, buckled, clear bag, Design, design services, die cut, die line, diecut, enclosure, invitation, invitations, invite, Letterpress, minneapolis, shape, shaped, wedding
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Since letterpress doesn’t do a great job flooding a page with ink, designers must come up with production alternatives to bring in big areas of color. One of the things that can be done when designing for letterpress is combining different colored paper stocks. This works especially well for projects with multiple pieces that need [...]
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Posted in Letterpress
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Also tagged 220lb, business cards, colored, crane, envelope, envelopes, flood, jason strong, Letterpress, lettra, offset, paper, space150, stationary, stationery, thick, two sided
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