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apmub Letterpress Leftovers Showbook
Production Method
Letterpress
Design
apmub
Printing
jmariomartinho
“A prensar morreu um burro,” is a Portuguese proverb that translates to “A donkey died from thinking too much.” The modern equivalent to the phrase is “You’re not being paid to think.” Self-trained and not afraid to get their hands dirty, print shop apmub’s one-of-a-kind sample book demonstrates the beauty of experimentation.
Client
Self-Promotion
Quantity Produced
1
Production Cost
–
Production Time
2 Years
Dimensions (Width × Height × Depth)
–
Page Count
–
Paper Stock
–
Number of Colors
Numerous
Varnishes
–
Binding
Japanese stab
Typography
Many wood, led and copper type plus metal engravings and linoleum.
Project Description
As a letterpress studio we love those test/mono prints that lay around the studio, so with the initiative of Nayara Siler—finishing her master degree in graphic design—we made this book.Production Lesson(s)
Always learning.
Post Author
Kelly Cree
Writer for UnderConsideration LLC.
More: Online / On Twitter
Date Published
June 4, 2012
Filed Under
Books
Letterpress
Tagged with
adaptive reuse
japanese stab binding
one-of-a-kind
About
FPO (For Print Only), is a division of UnderConsideration, celebrating the reality that print is not dead by showcasing the most compelling printed projects.
FPO uses Fonts.com to render Siseriff and Avenir Next.
FPO is run with Six Apart’s MovableType
All comments, ideas and thoughts on FPO are property of their authors; reproduction without the author’s or FPO’s permission is strictly prohibited
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About UnderConsideration
UnderConsideration is a graphic design firm generating its own projects, initiatives, and content while taking on limited client work. Run by Bryony Gomez-Palacio and Armin Vit in Bloomington, IN. More…
blogs we publish
Brand New / Displaying opinions and focusing solely on corporate and brand identity work.
Art of the Menu / Cataloguing the underrated creativity of menus from around the world.
Quipsologies / Chronicling the most curious, creative, and notable projects, stories, and events of the graphic design industry on a daily basis.
products we sell
Flaunt: Designing effective, compelling and memorable portfolios of creative work.
Brand New Conference videos / Individual, downloadable videos of every presentation since 2010.
Prints / A variety of posters, the majority from our AIforGA series.
Other / Various one-off products.
events we organize
Brand New Conference / A two-day event on corporate and brand identity with some of today's most active and influential practitioners from around the world.
Brand Nieuwe Conference / Ditto but in Amsterdam.
Austin Initiative for Graphic Awesomeness / A speaker series in Austin, TX, featuring some of the graphic design industry's most awesome people.
also
Favorite Things we've Made / In our capacity as graphic designers.
Projects we've Concluded / Long- and short-lived efforts.
UCllc News / Updates on what's going at the corporate level of UnderConsideration.
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