I was away on an “old” Finnish summer house a couple of weeks ago for Juhannus, during that time I came across some brilliant old books from the 1900′s and around that era or ealier. I love variety of typographic ornament found on those books, the attention to details and the perfect clean layouts. Examples below go through [...]
Posted on: 8 July 2011, 12:48
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A few years back (2009!) GF Smith was sending out sample greeting cards to promote some of their paper. This one here was actually screen printed with glitter ink on 330gsm Plike. The inside was a text about seaside holiday. The unconventional texture of Plike combined with the glitter ink was striking.
Posted on: 27 March 2011, 17:39
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I love printmaking, and I love metal type. We had Helvetica, Objectified, soon Urbanized, and now we will have Linotype The Film. Linotype: The Film is a feature-length documentary film centered around the Linotype typecasting machine invented by Ottmar Mergenthaler in 1886. Called the “Eighth Wonder of the World” by Thomas Edison, the Linotype revolutionized [...]
Posted on: 25 November 2010, 14:00
Posted in: print design, printing process/finishing, Uncategorized Tags: film, Linotype, print design, printing process/finishing, typography 1 Comment
Flying back home for Christmas leaves you with a lot of spare time to wonder around duty free shops. My favourite section (food apart) would have to be the perfume aisle, it is a gold mine for design, paper and printing process/finishes inspiration. This sort of place and products (perfume packagings), will most definitely engage [...]
Posted on: 22 December 2009, 19:15
Posted in: design inspiration, print design, printing process/finishing, research/study, specialty paper, Uncategorized Tags: colour psychology, emotion, fragrance, hear, impragnation board, packaging, paper, print design, printing process/finishing, research/study, see, senses, smell, taste, touch Leave a comment