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Silver Lining Design Business Cards
Production Method
Deboss
Letterpress
Design
Trish Leavitt, Silver Lining Design
Printing
Mike Dacey, Repeat Press
It’s fun to see how designers utilize production tricks when designing for themselves—other opportunities can be few and far between. When redesigning business cards for her Silver Lining Design studio, Trish Leavitt seized the chance to work with blind debossing to create a textured pattern. As a result, these business cards make an engaging connection to the clouds referred to in the studio’s name.
Client
Self-promotion
Quantity Produced
250 total (125 of each pattern)
Production Cost
$1.50 for each card
Production Time
3 weeks
Dimensions (Width × Height × Depth)
–
Page Count
–
Paper Stock
–
Number of Colors
2/0: (1) ink + (1) blind deboss
Varnishes
–
Binding
–
Typography
Benton Sans
Mrs. Eaves
Project Description
I've always loved the tactile quality of letterpress, and redesigning my business cards was the perfect opportunity to incorporate the technique.The studio is called Silver Lining Design, and I wanted the cards to be tasteful and elegant. Instead of printing metallic silver ink for the two different pattern motifs, a blind deboss is less expected and shows off the stunning, handcrafted artisanship of the letterpress printer.
Production Lesson(s)
Collaborating with the printer was essential and beneficial: his "show + tell" of other printed samples helped me determine how to best utilize the blind deboss for the patterns.
Post Author
Duncan Robertson
Former intern at UnderConsideration LLC.
More: Online / On Twitter
Date Published
January 10, 2014
Filed Under
Business Cards
Deboss
Letterpress
Tagged with
blind deboss
metallic
pattern
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