If you work somewhere within the book universe and have been thinking about updating your business card you might want to have a look at this recent post at Flavorwire highlighting some pretty nifty examples. Here's a taste: Business card for Kristin Partlo, a librarian at Carleton College’s Gould Library Miniature book-shaped cards for the publisher Paul & Marigold by Singapore design firm Foreign Policy Letterpress printed card for Olivia Waite by Boxcar Press A business card that doubles as a bookmark Pictured at top: Business card for Morgan Dillard by Tower of Babel Design More: Bookish Business Card Designs |...
Dead Feminists Live On
Keep the Change: No. 16 in the Dead Feminists seriesThe Dead Feminists is a broadside series created by the dynamic duo of Jessica Spring and Chandler O'Leary.Jessica of Springtide Press and Chandler of Anagram Press unite to resurrect feminists from days gone bye whose messages still ring true when looking at the current political and social landscape. The series has been going strong since 2008. The broadsides are letterpress printed from hand-drawn lettering and illustrations in limited editions. The size of each edition corresponds to the subject matter. The edition of "Gun Shy" featuring Annie Oakley was printed in an edition of...
Singing about Printing
Ladies and gentleman, for your listening pleasure, here is George Hamilton IV singing his 1957 ballad, If I Possessed a Printing Press.Hysterical!Thanks to Letterology for the lead
The Spread of the Printing Press
I'll leave it to the students of printing history to determine the accuracy of this one but I just liked watching it.via reddit.
Letterpress and the Restaurant: Patricia Curtan’s Menus for Chez Panisse
It has been over 40 years since the legendary chef Alice Waters opened Chez Panisse in Berkeley, California. While the restaurant became known for its single price-fixe menu it also set the stage for the Eat Local movement which would heavily influence the mind-set of many chefs, restaurants, and farmers around the world.Fortunately, during the early years there was a member of the kitchen staff who was an artist who also dabbled in letterpress printing.For Waters "saw the beauty and aesthetic of fine printing as a way to communicate at the outset of the diners experience the care and attention...