Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Turntable Tuesday :: Lou Reed, Had A Coke And A Smile

Sunday was as good as any other day. GARY HUSTWIT, an independent DIY FILMMAKER based in NY and London, has released design type films for a long time now, namely Helvetica, Objectified and Urbanized. I ran across another one on Hustwit’s twitter feed, when it was announced that epic Lou Reed had died.


Thursday, October 24, 2013

Mini DIY : Simple Stitched Booklets | Fare un Libricino Fatto a Mano

(versione EN e IT)

Here is a MINI DIY on HOW TO MAKE A SINGLE STITCH THREE HOLE BOOKLET. You can use this simple technique to keep recipes, photos, sketches... it’s all up to you!
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(L-R) TOOLS, NORA AND VARYING STITCH TECHNIQUES
( THIS MINI DIY IS SIMILAR BUT SIMPLER THAN ONES SHOWN HERE).

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Turntable Tuesday :: A Dog’s Appetite

Beautiful fall weekend in Alba (known for the world renown WHITE TRUFFLE FESTIVAL).
Pirouette Press got the chance to partake in the parallel event Contaminazioni, showcasing editors, poets, writers and the like. Wonderful meeting, demonstrating and speaking about the craft of letterpress with Italians and tourists (who got a sneak peak at some new letterpress stationery).

tartufi dbl paintings

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Turntable Tuesday :: Festival Delle Contaminazioni

In the studio printing and preparing for a weekend in Alba at the 1st Edition Festival delle CONTAMINAZIONI (CONTAMINATION), a cultural event hosted by UNESCO Alba which highlights writers, essayists, poets, playwrights and printers. Pirouette Press along with Museo Civico della Stampa di Mondovì will participate in the Mostra del Libro Antico at the newly restored Chiesa di S. Giuseppe in Alba from the 18th-20th October alongside the WHITE TRUFFLE FESTIVAL

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Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Turntable Tuesday :: Munich Eatery Spaces

Italy is famous for espresso and perhaps even more so people clamoured up to the bar to have a jolt, but not so much to sit and sip as I found in Bavaria. I met up with my sunny Californian cousin and her Deutsche husband in his hometown Munich. I had never been and wasn’t sure what else to expect except for beer and sausage. And there was plenty of that with the infamous Oktoberfest in full swing, which we popped into and out of and back onto gentler and quieter streets in record time. And I mean quieter, strangely and reflectively quiet which I think these interior eatery spaces show.
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