Aug 18, 2015 | Corporate Stationery
Maybe it was the fact that I had just left my last day job – thrust into the world of funemployment/entrepreneurship – that I completely missed the launch of Palette. While I missed something pretty cool then, I’m really excited to see what looks...
Aug 7, 2015 | Corporate Stationery
“We’re abdicating so much of what we are learning and retaining not to our own memories, but to the memories of our devices.” (tweet this) “People often see the end result; they don’t see the struggle that goes into it.” I’ve...
Jul 20, 2015 | Corporate Stationery, Letterpress, Weddings and Social
By my memory, I’ve only been in the recording studio twice. Once was to play on Andrew Allen’s Secret Identity (I hope to be able to share it with you one day). The other was as a lackey during the recording of an incredible Michael Brecker tribute album...
Jul 15, 2015 | Weddings and Social
I recently had the pleasure of taking my family to the incredible estate of John Ringling – yep, the circus guy. On it, there’s a circus museum (or two), an opulent mansion called Ca’ d’ Zan (House of John), Florida’s oldest rose garden,...
Jul 10, 2015 | Corporate Stationery, Letterpress
One of my favorite shop techniques happens to be one of the most labor intensive. It’s duplexing: When we glue two or more substrates together to make a sandwich of printed goodness. We typically duplex a project for one of a few reasons: To obtain a paper...
Jul 6, 2015 | Letterpress, Weddings and Social
Sometimes you get clients that are a dream to work with. Not to brag (ok, totally to brag), but I get them quite often. Working on Jonah’s bar mitzvah invitations with his family was definitely one of those experiences. We started with the gatefold – a...
Jul 2, 2015 | Weddings and Social
I shaved this morning. It might not seem like a big deal, but the details make it a big deal to me. It’s because, for the last few months, every razor I own has been dull and chipped and tuggy. The kind of shaves you get when you see that the cartridge on your...
Jun 15, 2015 | Corporate Stationery
For graphic designers, nothing simultaneously holds more power and intrigue than the pen tool. Pressing its keyboard shortcut, the “p” key give some the keys to the kingdom and makes others break out in a cold sweat. Mastery of the pen tool and its bézier...
Jun 11, 2015 | Corporate Stationery, Letterpress
In my mind, the core of design lies at the intersection of form, function and money. It needs to solve problems. It needs to look good. It needs to work. And someone’s got to be willing to pay for it (design for a cause still involves some manner of value exchange)....
Jun 10, 2015 | Corporate Stationery, Letterpress, Weddings and Social
Some things are wholly handmade: A carved wooden spoon. A hand-sewn leather wallet. A dreamcatcher. An Amish barn. And some can be wholly machine made: The tube of toothpaste in your medicine cabinet, quite a few electronics, and possibly your car. But in...
Jun 8, 2015 | Corporate Stationery, Letterpress, Weddings and Social
Music Mondays: because life’s better with a soundtrack. The other day, Sean McCabe hipped me to Bill Laurance. He’s an original member of Snarky Puppy (If you haven’t seen this yet, watch it now) and he carries the torch into his so work with aplomb. I was watching...
Jun 5, 2015 | Corporate Stationery, Letterpress, Weddings and Social
Nope, it’s not craft paper. It’s Kraft Paper. Technically, kraft paper is any paper produced by the “Kraft” pulping method (treating wood chips with sodium hydroxide and sodium sulfide to break them down). What most of us recognize kraft paper...
Jun 4, 2015 | Corporate Stationery, Weddings and Social
One of my favorite questions is “what happens when…?” It’s about exploring the possibilities that lie outside the status quo. Sometimes it’s doing things they way they used to be done (before they were done they way they currently are)...
Jun 2, 2015 | Corporate Stationery, Letterpress, Weddings and Social
Not every inviting experience starts with paper. Sometimes wood or acrylic or fabric is the order of the day. Because “paper” isn’t always the best term to use when discussing a project, sometimes we’ll use the word substrate. That’s...
May 27, 2015 | Corporate Stationery, Letterpress
A large part of the world of stationery is graphic design. I spend a large portion of my day in Adobe Illustrator. I know my tools fairly well. Then I watch people like Aaron Draplin work and am floored by the efficiency of some designers. I know the key to that...
May 19, 2015 | Corporate Stationery, Letterpress
Sometimes you just have to stretch yourself. These knockout letterpress business cards were just such an endeavour. Not every letterpress press is designed for flood printing and not every one that can do it is set up to. This was an exercise in testing those...
May 18, 2015 | Corporate Stationery, Letterpress, Weddings and Social
Hey! Things are getting pretty busy around here and we could use an extra pair of hands! We’ve got a business/marketing intern opportunity available. Check it out here.
Apr 30, 2015 | Corporate Stationery, Weddings and Social
It’s no secret that I love almost anything shaped by a laser – cut it, etch it, just make something cool. The folks at 54×40 are making something very cool. They’re laser-cut topographic maps of each state. It’s kind of a bummer that the...
Apr 28, 2015 | Corporate Stationery, Letterpress, Weddings and Social
If you browse my instagram of late, you may notice that we’ve been printing a lot of business cards and personal/business stationery. The truth is, we have been printing business cards like crazy. We’ve been focusing on growing the letterpress printing...
Apr 21, 2015 | Corporate Stationery
Last week, Designer Rick Wolff tweeted an image of Hillary Bold (#Hillvetica), his riff on the infamous Hillary ’16 logo. Hillary Bold. Because, America. You’re welcome. pic.twitter.com/Y2HRzM4tMn — Rick Wolff (@RickWolff) April 13, 2015 Now, The...
Apr 17, 2015 | Corporate Stationery, Letterpress, Weddings and Social
I’m absolutely loving the trend of combining full-color (and greyscale) images with spot-color printing like letterpress, foil stamping and screenprinting. It can create serious drama in an invitation or even business stationery. This is especially true when the...
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