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37 Beautiful Letterpress Business Cards

Kishore Nallan — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:43:12 +0000

Designing business cards can be tricky, because it’s always difficult to make one which stands out from the hundreds of others in circulation! Letterpress definitely brings a new dimension to business cards.

If you are looking to have a few printed, here are a range of catchy letterpress designs for inspiration. The idea of depth and an embossed logo add a completely new element, and could well be the best way to really make an impression.

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27 Inspiring Letterpress Posters

Kishore Nallan — Tue, 12 May 2009 17:20:57 +0000

There has been a rather sudden revival of letterpress artwork in the past few years. No matter how much technology advances or how fast our laser printers get, one can’t help but admire the texture and beauty of this medium.

This week, we want to show you some brilliant letterpress posters. Some of these are printed using handmade wooden reliefs, some using metal type, some even using photopolymer plates (the preferred medium for letterpress plates these days). Whichever medium is employed – all of them are most certainly breathtaking!

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I hope you enjoy the collection. Stay tuned for more letterpress inspiration from us over the coming weeks!

Barack Obama Letterpress Poster

David Appleyard — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:38:50 +0000

I’m excited to announce that Kishore – a regular contributor to Design Shack – has today released a Barack Obama letterpress poster to celebrate his inauguration. Inspired by Cameron Moll’s beautiful letterpress design, these 14” by 20” posters are a product of hours of (fun) labour, letterpressed using one of the very few platen letterpress machines still left in Chennai, India.

The poster itself consists of characters from MrsEaves, Bickam Script Pro, Adobe Garamond and the Trajan font families. Instead of using a random set of characters in the artwork, Kishore decided to embed something meaningful; important figures, dates, milestones, words and phrases associated with President Obama.

They’re really beautiful – if you’re looking for something to remember the historic events taking place over the next few days, look no further! The poster costs $50 (that includes worldwide delivery), so they’re an absolute bargain.

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