Letterpress Printing

Nice little film on Firefly Press via - ilovetypography.com.

Letterpress is one of the most aesthetically stunning forms of print also cotton paper (usually used for letterpress) is one of the most sustainable papers for the environment. Another amazing collection of letterpress business cards, invitations and stationary is Dolce Press, their blog has some mouth watering work; edge coloring, paper layering, foil embossed debossing – and other things you didn’t know could be done with paper.

Dentsu London and Wallpaper* Magazine

Design magazine Wallpaper* collaborated with Dentsu to create an issue that features a “moving” cover as well as animation within some of the editorial. The animation is created using a technique called ombro cinema. You slide a corrugated sheet of acetate — which is provided in each issue of the magazine to animate it.

After the jump Junichi Harima the designer talks technique and a tutorial that will show you how to create a six-frame analog animation yourself from Paul Overton at Dude Craft.

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