French studio La Casse have been recently involved in many letterpress projects and experiments. A serie of typographic cards for Le Musée de l'imprimerie de Nantes (Printing Museum in Nantes) is an interesting project that caught my attention.
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Rules
Absolutely love this quotes/rules from "Nineteenth Century Job Printing Display - The Poster", a little guide about typesetting/printing typeset with metal type and printed by Bowne & Co., Stationers in 1989 in New York. Clean instructions for being a good composer!
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Binary Statement. All we need is a shortcut
Tweeterpress
Texas student Wu Ch is printing tweets using wood type from the Wu Ch is printing tweets using wood type from the Rob Roy Kelly American Wood Type Collection. By letterpressing people's tweets she is aiming to counterbalance our fast-paced and impersonal world.
more about the project:
"One of the restraints I gave myself whilst outlining the project was to avoid new technology(Illustrator and InDesign) as much as possible in the production of the project. The idea is to take the digital into the analog, the current into the archaic, and recontextualize the analog version through digital platforms such as twitter and tumblr . I would send a copy of each letterpress poster to its respective tweeter along with this cover letter to explain the project."
more pictures here
73 letterpress
Ian Coyle, a designer and creative director living in Portland, Oregon, decided to print his daily thoughts for 73 straight days. "Some were random, some pertinent, it was a great way to end each day." Printed on 1950's Asbern Proof Press using newsprint and wood type. Some of them sound as New Year's resolutions to me.
Enjoy the collection of 73 letterpress thoughts!
Wood Typography Engraving
Very nice laser engraved typography work by Ben Johnston, a graphic designer based in Cape Town, South Africa. With custom engraved type treatments, he converted wine barrel lids into wall hanging cheeseboards.
found via behance
Laser cut wood type
Absolutely love these beautifully crafted laser cut wood type characters (B, H, S, &) created by designer Brittany Shaw.
found via Typeverything
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