Letterpress Workshop in Italy: Take 1

The first ever edition Pirouette Press workshop along side Officina Tipografica Novepunti, letterpress design group from Milan, took place this last weekend at the Museum of Printing. The theme was to make typographic Christmas cards using wood and/or lead type. The participants dug in and just after a few hours were in the 'printing zone’.  There is a new and fast growing wave of letterpress printing in Italy, and it was exciting to see this historical Italian type made by historical type foundries put back to work!

Top left clockwise: Print proofs, Matteo Vio and Jacopo Mencacci of 9PT,
Merry Christmas card project by Paola Paoletti, Partipants Paola Paoletti and Alessia Ambrogio 

    

Me recording the awesome work!

Product photography with props

More and more my work focuses on product photography to try and get the best representation of   design I do. I still work with a point and shoot camera, and I like the discipline of learning to use best what I have. It’s a continuous learning process with great hints on the web to take some decent images and improve your skills from the likes of the Biz Ladies section of Design Sponge . It is a part of the process between what you do and getting it out there to the public. Here’s a business card hand printed in two colors on Crane’s Lettra 100lb paper for a painter with prop.

  

More attempts at product photography click here.

Saluti da Mondovì :: Letterpress Workshop in lovely Italy

Letterpress Workshop with Officina Tipografica Novepunti and Pirouette Press in Mondovì, Italy at the Printing Museum in the historical city centre. 

Enter by 12-10-12

October 20-21, 2012

150 euros - 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. - min. 4/max 6 people. 

Saluti da Mondovì-prima li stampi, poi li spedisci 

Il Natale si avvincina e non hai voglia di cercare fra mille cartoline tutte uguali? 

Oppure vorresti fare auguri personali tutto l’anno? Potresti essere nel posto giusto!

sabato 20 e domenica 21 ottobre, presso Museo della Stampa-Mondovi, workshop di  stampa a caratteri mobili con  Officina Tipografica Novepunti di Milano e Pirouette Press.

Entro: 12-10-12

Costo : 150 euro (materiali compresi) 

ore 10-18  minimo 4 | massimo  6 persone

Snap Shots :: I shot a hipster

There are different sorts of projects I’m wrapping up and others on the horizon. One in particular which has been gnawing at me (I should add, gnawing at me like one does on a chicken bone) is developing a lounge|wine bar menù. The creative process topic is a popular one and I think there is no exact formula, but you end up figuring out what makes you tick. Sketch is such a popular method and some think it’s the truest one. Sketch for me starts in my head, more commonly known as concept. Then I like to approach the subject or topic by defining it. Give it a name then define that. Well, here’s a practical example I’m working on: the lounge|wine bar one. On a structural level, I have no idea it’s container. This is a photographic study only. My muse is Kevin, he’s a bartender, dabbles in public relations and hipster. Key word, hipster-the modern day dandy.

Il tema del processo creativo è popolare e penso che non c’è alcuna formula esatta, ma personale, troviamo quello che funziona per noi. Sketch è un metodo popolare e alcuni pensano che sia il metodo più vero. Lo schizzo per me inizia nella mia mente, poi affronto l'argomento definendolo, do un aggettivo e una definizione. Bene, ecco un esempio pratico su cui sto lavorando. Il menu per un wine bar. Magari non ho ancora idea circa il contenitore del menu, ma sicuramente il concetto è chiaro. Questo è solo uno studio fotografico. La mia musa è Kevin, è un barista, si diletta nelle pubbliche relazioni e ‘hipster'. Parola chiave, hipster-il dandy moderno.

Other images of the modern day dandy, click here

Style Me Pretty: Letterpress Wedding Invitations in Rome

Thanks to Style me Pretty for citing Pirouette Press on their site for letterpress wedding invitations printed for destination wedding in Rome. I’m happy to have participated in this very pretty and eco friendly wedding! Pirouette Press, located in Piedmont Italy, can make it a perfect solution for couples wishing to have letterpress for their dream event in Europe.

Saluti e baci da Mondovì | Officina Tipografica Novepunti

Very kind of Milan based letterpress printers, 9PT to write this article on our laboratory experiment together.
Saluti e baci da Mondovì | Officina Tipografica Novepunti