Letterpress

Generation Press prints Three ad campaign letterpress cards

Brighton-based Generation Press has been revealed as the printer behind business cards featured in Three’s latest ad campaign.

‘I’d rather have been flying jet bombers’

Gary Arber isn’t what you would probably describe as our typical interview subject. He hasn’t bought a new press since the 1950s and you would probably struggle to get him to admit he’s passionate...

Historic 'time capsule' print works set to close

A historic London letterpress printer and stationer that has been likened to a time capsule will close in May after 117 years trading.

Overmatter: letterpress with edge

Overmatter just loves a freebie. Especially when it’s in the shape of a beautifully put together book on letterpress print.

Letterpress tome celebrates 'vibrant future' of once-endangered print medium

Brandon Mise, owner and operator of the Wilmington, NC-based greetings card company Blue Barnhouse, is the author of the latest book to celebrate the global resurgence in letterpress printing.

Value in print's past

Jo Francis is all agog over Antiques Roadshow

Screen time is not just a passing fad

That’s the problem with a trend. By its very nature it’s an obsession with the very latest new thing. Great while it lasts, there’s also the inevitable moment when you question why you ever thought...

Still going strong: superannuated kit can still be super

Of most importance to the majority of printers today? Undoubtedly keeping up with the ever-quickening march of technological change. Most, that is, but not quite all.

Britain's first dedicated Book Arts Centre to open

London College of Communication graduate Simon Goode has opened Britain's first dedicated Book Arts Centre in London's trendy Hackney Wick area.

The Whittington Press showcases historic letterpress kit

The Whittington Press will be showcasing its historic letterpress machines to coincide with the annual Whittington Summer Show in Cheltenham on 1 September.