A4 Letterpress Letterhead for MAY Quarterly

Our new European A4-sized letterhead for MAY Journal, a quarterly critical review based in Paris.

MAY's robust slab serif logo lightly letterpressed in bold Pantone 179 ink calls to mind a classic era of publishing. This letterhead wouldn't look a bit out of place sitting on someone's desk in a Lustig-era New Editions Books office.

Letterpress on Strathmore 80# text in Bright White Wove enhances the stationery's classic appeal. One interesting fact about the Bright White shade is that it's a holdout from a golden era--it hails from a time before paper companies introduced the superpowerful bleaches that are now standard in the commercial papermaking process. Bright White remains a slightly warmer, slightly old-fashioned, less fluorescent white than the extremely bleached out, cold ultrawhites available today.

And the slight tooth to this paper surface is also fantastically suited to letterpress printing. 

From the depths department: This full-color CMYK print undersea card turned out looking SO REAL. The light, the water and the dazzling foil stamp make it a little bit hypnotic.

SAMSARA Lightbox Poster

Now playing: our double-sided, double process lightbox movie poster for Samsara, a visually resplendent guided meditation/ documentary on interconnectedness shot in 70mm over five years across twenty-five countries. It’s also a followup to 1992’s cult favorite Baraka. Out now from Oscilloscope Laboratories, Samsara is now playing in NYC at Landmark Sunshine Theater, where we captured these images of the poster glowing last night (complete with quintessentially downtown paint marker tag on the lightbox frame.)

Flawless Black Cards

Black foil stamp on black stock = a flawless black business card.

Denise

“Denise,” by Nolan Hendrickson for Publicide Inc, from the Lady Cards series. Original design, offset printing on #130 ecru felt.

SHUT UP AND PLAY THE HITS Poster

Our double-process, double sided lightbox movie poster for Shut Up and Play the Hits, the intimate documentary from Oscilloscope Labs examining LCD Soundsystem's ceremonious last hurrah, shown here in the wild at its limited run at IFC Center. 

Today’s Get The Look is dedicated to chef Julia Child, who was born 100 years ago today. (Respect to the always amazing Letterheady for posting Ms. Child’s delectable circa-1982 letterhead!)

This stationery must be from when Julia was spending time on The Continent, as it is European A4 sized. The script appears hand-engraved, exuding old-world elegance, while the simple line art graphic of saucepans and potatoes charmingly references cookbook illustrations. You can practically smell the potato and leek soup simmering, an effect we’re sure Julia expressly intended for all of her important missives.

HOW TO GET THE LOOK:

• Paper: Mohawk 70# Text in Linen Restful Blue
• Inks: Engraved in Dark Blue (Reflex Blue or Pro Blue would be a close match)
• Font: Hand engraving. Barring that, “Quill” is a virtually identical script typeface.
• Artwork: Line art illustration
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The French Chef, dreaming up her next Memo