letterpress

Design Space Workshop: Horwinski Printing

Letterpress printing has enjoyed a petite renaissance in recent years. Outmoded by offset during the 1950s, the fastidious craft has become vogue in today’s digital era, prized for its tactile aesthetic and superior print impression. Indeed, it was these qualities that led me to seek out a letterpress printer to produce my friend’s wedding invitations. […]

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Maker Business: Zeichen Press

Maker Business: Zeichen Press

In response to our Maker Business coverage, I got a wonderful email from Fran Shea of Zeichen Press. She wanted to tell us about her foray into the small letterpress business she started with her sister-in-law, Jen. Being a huge letterpress fanboy, how could I resist? Here’s a short interview I conducted with Fran. — […]

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Lost Knowledge: Wood Engraving and Pictorial Webster’s

Lost Knowledge: Wood Engraving and Pictorial Webster’s

A chance discovery leads a letterpress printer on a journey to preserve a lost form of engraving, wood-engraved dictionary illustrations.

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Lost Knowledge: “Artistic Printing”

Lost Knowledge: “Artistic Printing”

Rediscovering a gorgeous, short-lived Victorian-era style of letterpress printing.

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Egg Press’ Work and Whirl Video

Based in Portland, Oregon, Egg Press print shop has been designing and hand-printing gorgeousness since 1999. For 10 years, they’ve been cranking out quality on their vintage presses. To commemorate their anniversary, they made this neat video that gives a mesmerizing view into their workshop. (Pictured above are their Wild Things and Botanicals card collections.)

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