Design Jones

Thanks to David Airey for the tip via Twitter. This video has boosted my love for print and desire to get my own letterpress machine to record levels!

Letterpress Coasters from Quarter Productions on Vimeo.

Just wanted to say a belated Happy Mother’s Day and share with you a print that Ray and I gave to Michelle aka ‘The Mothership’ yesterday!

Saw this series of letterpress posters from Paper Jam Press this morning. Have to say if I could work anywhere in the world, in terms of creative cities, right now it’s a tie between Portland and Brooklyn (where these posters are made).

I really love the reason Arianna Orland gives for creating this series:

“After spending a little too much time in front of the computer I thought I’d get back to basics and get my hands dirty. I make these posters because cutting giant stacks of paper, setting wood type and scrubbing ink off my hands feels good. Looking at them on my wall makes me happy. I hope they make you happy too.”

You can view and order them HERE.

I’m currently producing a short run of booklets and have really enjoyed reading through designworklife. The blog is a part of Seamless Creative, a New York City-based design studio. The blog has some great, inspiring examples of limited edition printwork, I particularly loved these posters (HERE) by Because Studio. The ink coverage on each poster amounts to exactly 50% of the surface area.

(Via SwissMiss)

Design agency, Airside, have published an interesting couple of articles of their blog. They provide an insight into their design process for their recent project ‘Airplot’ for Greenpeace. I love seeing other designers skethwork and thought processes but what I really love is the aviodance of using the computer and the fact that they have a ‘make & do’ room! You can read about the ideas process HERE and the rollout of the design HERE.

(via Logo Design Love)

Having just gone through a period of creating many different invites, for Ray’s 1st birthday, a family wedding and my upcoming 30th, I can’t recommend moo.com enough.

Just like me they love print. They are a friendly bunch who are efficient, committed to quality and have an incredible easy to use site. They produce stickers, postcards, minicards and much more. You can use your own photos or design or simply select from their existing gallery. My recommendation would be to go with some illustrations by Laszlito Kovacs, an illustrator I’ve admired for a while now, I love the character he injects into his work, the quality of line-work and subtle textures.