Tag Letterpress

The Heads of State + The Great Gatsby

How amazing is this new print from The Heads of State?? The always awesome design duo took the guest list from Chapter four of The Great Gatbsy and created business cards and personal stationery for each person, resulting in this…

Kelli Anderson for 20×200

Unfortunately, all of the pieces of this packaging design suite for 20×200 by Kelli Anderson weren’t produced this year—hopefully they’ll pick it up for the 2011 holiday season. I’m a big fan of 20×200, and an impressive package like this…

Aaron Robbs

This post was published temporarily last week as a result of some unexpected site blips—apologies if you happened to catch the incomplete version! While browsing though the portfolio of Aaron Robbs, a designer at MailChimp, I was struck by this…

Letterpress Designers Calendar

If you also read one of my favorite design blogs, Graphic Exchange, you may have seen several posts about a 2011 Letterpress Designers Calendar. Following the success of the graphic designer posters, Fabien Barral created a calendar featuring a deisigner-ism…

Élie Monge

I’m starting to get in the holiday spirit—gift guides will be coming up in the next few weeks! So I’m loving this New Year’s card that was designed by Élie Monge for Factor Design. I love to see letterpress used…

A LEGO + Letterpress Giveaway!

Well, readers, do I have a treat for you today. Remember this post? Well Justin Larosa of Physical Fiction is generously offering you 2 free new prints! The first is a Nudibranch, a toxic sea slug, that will be exhibited…

Heroes of Folk

Heroes of Folk is a series of letterpressed cards by Scotty Reifsnyder (who has a new site and shop by the way), that feature characters like Annie Oakley and Johnnie Appleseed. You can pick up an individual cards or the…

Good Morning / Good Night

Dolce Press recently collaborated with the Divisionof/ team to create this really fun Good Morning/Good Night poster. The limited edition letterpress print features glow-on-the-dark ink, and I was lucky enough to receive one of these beauties in the mail last…

Aardvark

UK-based Aardvark makes letterpress broadsides using traditional wood and metal type. Their shop is stocked with with vintage-inspired prints including this recent manifesto for London’s V&A Museum, which you can see below (top image).

Lilco Letterpress

Lilco Letterpress is a Dallas-based shop that features prints and cards made from hand-carved linoleum blocks. And in addition to their playful logo, I’m particularly loving the colorful selection of patterned notecards in their shop.

The Feedback Loop Notebook Project

I’m always a fan of good design for a good cause, so I was really happy to receive this news about the Feedback Loop Notebook Project last week. Here’s the deal: Twenty-five leading letterpress printers were asked to create fifty…

Perfect Pressed Plaid

As someone who has always been a big fan of plaid, my jaw just about dropped when I spotted these cards, designed for The Plaid Lab, on Beast Pieces. The incredible saturation of colors and the perfect registration is amazing.…

Mattson Birth Announcement

I’ve mentioned Ty Mattson’s work several times here on dwl, but his latest project, a personal one, may take the cake. Feast your eyes on the birth announcement for Ty’s son, Shepard. Printed exquisitely by Studio on Fire, the design…

Beast Pieces + Shine

Studio on Fire just keeps topping themselves—case in point, this super fun promotional item designed by Shine Advertising spotted on Beast Pieces last week. The craftsmanship on this 6 color, intricate design is just mind-blowing. There’s clearly nothing these letterpress…