Corrupiola is the combined handmade work of Leila Lampe and Aleph Ozuas who are based in San Jose. The site is in Portuguese so you’ll have to get it translated but there is plenty of inspirational work to get your juices flowing. 10 points.
Whitney is a New York born, London-based artist with an excellent portfolio of work. She works in many different mediums; just check her massive monoprints out! Super.
Firefly Press is based in Boston, Massachusetts. This is a wonderful documentary about letterpress. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
Founded by Salem Al-Qassimi, Fikra is an interdisciplinary design studio based in Sharjah, UAE. Fikra works across a variety of media—time-based and print—including book design, data-visualizations, environmental graphics, bilingual typography—Arabic and English, identity creation, interactive design, and motion graphics. The studio’s philosophy is deeply rooted in investigating new pathways for problem-solving through design exploration and education. Within a short period of time, Fikra gained its reputation as one of the leading graphic design studios in the UAE.
If you haven’t heard of Nobrow yet then you should go educate yourself. They are very big in the London publishing scene and they have an incredible range of artists books. They also have a distinct style of printing; often using CMYK or overlaying spot colours to get a screen printed or riso effect. Wonderful stuff.
We Love Letterpress was founded by Kristin as a place for all of the people who love letterpress. Simple! We love this idea and you can submit you own studio to the directory. Check out some of the rad content.
We just came across Signal-Return! A traditional letterpress studio based in Detroit. Much love.
Neasden Control Centre is on of my favourite studios ever and it is run by a ‘Smith’ so it must be good. haha. Always keeping up to date with current events and processes. We really love the new risograph print.
Colour Code is a publisher and printing service based in Toronto, ON. Canada. They specialize in Risograph & Screenprinting and producing short-run artist books, prints and other ephemera.
The Liquorice Press of Whitney Road, Basingstoke really can do it all! Whilst very successfully offering award winning digital and lithographic printing for commercial purposes for over ten years, Rob and his team of skilled tradesmen are also specialists in the traditional art of Letterpress. Their passion is creating bespoke stationary, from wedding invitations to exquisite corporate materials for hotels, spas, designers and beyond; they have even produced limited edition art prints! With their experience and creative input, using the letterpress method, virtually anything is possible. Feature
It was very cool to meet French at his solo show last night. His work is massively detailed and in his originals he doesn’t rub out the original pencil layer which gives it a higher level of craftsmanship and style. His work is very dark and it was the only show I have been to where the walls AND the floor were painted black!
This is pulled directly from his website but we like it. “Newman floundered around in the dross pits of earth for several millennia before finally gluing his brain blocks together, then gettin’ up and goin’ home. Since then he’s been honing his contemporary fusion of bold shapes, bright colours and playful characters into something resembling a career. He has produced work for clients including the Tate, IBM, BBC Radio 4, Fantagraphics, Absolut Vodka and Nobrow Press.”
UK Poster Association will be organising a wicked show of gig posters from 11th – 13th May at the Rag Factory, which is just off Brick Lane. We’re looking forward to it.
Logan Hicks is a New York-based stencil artist whose work explores the dynamics of the urban environment. Originally a screen printer, Logan’s work has gained notoriety due to his ability to capture the sometimes mundane cycle of city life in a haunting, yet refined way with his hand-sprayed stencils. Take a look at this cool video.
Los Angeles-based designer Andrew Holder has a very clean a cool style. He has a great client list and often works with screen print. We really love the way he uses big blocks of colour and lots of halftone. Very nice.
What’s a print without a frame!? Well if you’re looking to get your amazing print a quality frame then you might want to check out these guys based in Lewes who offer a consultancy service to cover all the decisions involved in presenting the framed piece. Just what you need. They also have a really great print collection on their website.
Telegramme Studio is run by illustrator & designer Bobby Evans in London. He is inspired by music, people, unique ideas and beautiful things and directs his energy into a wide range of illustration, design and art direction projects. Telegramme also specialises in screen printed gig posters and hand painted signage.
Jessica Hische is Awesome. It says so in her domain name. This girl has got a terrific style and is one of the masters of hand rendered lettering. Muchos kudos.
We can get pretty much anything you want printed in any format you like. You name it we will know how to get it done for you, or be able to advise you. If you would like us to do an edition of prints for you then fill out this form. We will also be doing a similar form for t-shirts so you can get your own designs made.
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We have a great team of designers who are currently putting together Book One, a book of everything print related. We will be covering as much as we can and filling it with the best content that we can get our greasy mits upon. Consider us the ultimate collectors of print related information, but we will not be hoarding it in old boxes or the depths of our hard drives…we will be displaying it for the world to see. If you feel you have some print related data that you want us to show off for you then please fill in this form. Do it now.
Here is a super project by Jon Rafman called Google Street Views. It’s self explanatory and really impressive. Be sure to check out the 9 eyes blog.
Hapshash and the Coloured Coat is a graphic and poster design / musical partnership between Michael English and Nigel Waymouth. Prepare to be blown away by what printing is all about!
Laura’s photography work is simply incredible. She came out of Brighton University which as I said before, seems to spew out the very best of creative talent. Make yourself a fan of her work.
Well what doesn’t this guy do? He has a tremendous bio and list of awards. I love this H.P.Lovecraft cover that he has designed.
Justyna is a Polish surface pattern and textile designer based in London. She has an impressive client list and some lovely samples to browse through on her website.
Luke, Therese and Jon have smashed it again with their incredible new website. They’ve spent ages taking studio shots of all of their prints – and they have tonnes of incredible prints for that matter. One of my favourite collectives in the world and they are funny and cool and delicious.
Pablo Abad has worked for some great clients and has an extensive portfolio of really cool things.
Here’s one for you Star Wars geeks. You can collect three different decks priced at only £3 from Firebox.
Yoshida is a Japanese cult brand that has been running since 1935. Just look at this incredible tie dye bag. A bit on the expensive side but really cool.