



Letterpress printed QR codes can and do work when letterpress printed, as can be seen here on the business cards we recently printed for Tim Brook at BeApt.
The cards are printed black over a blind deboss onto 540gsm Colorplan.




Letterpress printed QR codes can and do work when letterpress printed, as can be seen here on the business cards we recently printed for Tim Brook at BeApt.
The cards are printed black over a blind deboss onto 540gsm Colorplan.
Posted:
January 27th, 2012
| Category: Business Cards, Letterpress Techniques
Tags: 540gsm board, black, business card, colorplan, cotton paper, debossed, heidelberg, ink, letterpress, paper, printing, white |
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Printing a large flat area of ink on uncoated stock can be tricky, but with careful setup on the press it can be done. We achieved a good solid black on these business cards for Neil McLean of Ayelike. Printing a solid black with a reversed out white logo was an alternative to a white hot foil.
Press: Heidelberg 10 x 15 platen
Stock: Colorplan 540gsm
Colours: 2
Dimensions: 85 x 55mm
Client: Ayelike
Designer: Neil Richards
Posted:
January 19th, 2012
| Category: Business Cards, Letterpress Techniques
Tags: 540gsm board, black, black and white, business card, colorplan, duplex, full bleed, heidelberg, ink, letterpress, red |
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Mark Dowsett of Stranger Studio came to blush°° for some quality letterpress printing. Mark’s postcard features a large QR code that you can scan and feel. Once scanned on a smartphone reveals his contact details, address, email and web address – very clever and a cool way to give people your details.
The postcards are letterpress printed on 540gsm Colorplan Citrine yellow, both sides on a Heidelberg platen. Colorplan is a fairly hard stock but does take a nice clean deep impression.
Posted:
October 27th, 2011
| Category: Postcards
Tags: 540gsm board, black, colorplan, heidelberg, letterpress, paper, printing, QR code, yellow |
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Red and white duplex is a striking combination as seen here in these business cards we printed for James Sheriff at Genius Division. Printing red ink to complement the red paper and then printing red ink over the red side rather than a blind deboss really help lift the pattern.
Letterpress printed onto 540gsm Duplex on a Heidelberg platen.
Posted:
September 6th, 2011
| Category: Business Cards, Letterpress Techniques
Tags: 540gsm board, debossed, duplex, heidelberg, letterpress, paper, printing, red, white |
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These business cards for new company The First 65 have qualities people crave with letterpress. Good design, quality board, deep impression with and without ink and an extra special finish. The ink was hand mixed to match the green paper and the logo was blind debossed on the reverse. As an extra special finish they were edge painted in a vibrant bright orange. The cards were printed on a Heidelberg platen onto 540gsm Duplex White over Green.
Click onto our Flickr pages to see the cards in production.
Posted:
July 13th, 2011
| Category: Business Cards, Letterpress Techniques
Tags: 540gsm board, business card, debossed, design, duplex, edge painted, green, heidelberg, letterpress |
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De-tached produce bespoke music for media and needed a bespoke business card to compliment their new brand and website. Mark Sugdon created the business card and website for De-Tached and provided the print ready artwork. We talked in-depth about papers and finishes and letterpress printed on 540gsm Duplex black/white. Silver ink on black and black ink on white to produce a business card that looks as good as it feels.
Posted:
February 1st, 2011
| Category: Business Cards
Tags: 540gsm board, black and white, business card, duplex, letterpress, paper, printing, white |
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We printed these 2 colour, double-sided business cards for London based art director Richard Monk of 1985®. A bit of a thank you really after an interview we took part in for the CCCCareer website.
Richard’s design is strong and bold typography in black and grey and has printed really well on the 540 white board.
The job was part of our unique #LetterpressLive tweeting sessions on Twitter, where we tweet each stage of the process as it happens and is an insight into blush°° and the letterpress process. If you missed the session you can catch up on our Flickr pages.
Posted:
October 20th, 2010
| Category: Business Cards
Tags: 540gsm board, black, black and white, business card, debossed, heidelberg, letterpress, paper, printing, tweets, Twitter, typography, white |
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Less is more on this business card we printed recently for Jökull Sólberg Auðunsson. Along with the initial inquiry came lots of examples of the kind of effect Jökull was looking to achieve. After a few emails back and to we felt we had a clear idea of the best way forward. The cards were printed on our Heidelberg platen in silver ink onto 540gsm black stock. The sheen from the silver ink changing with light from different directions.
The heavy stock allowed for a deep impression which resulted a firm business card that feels solid in your hand.
Posted:
September 29th, 2010
| Category: Business Cards
Tags: 540gsm board, black, business card, heidelberg, ink, letterpress, paper, printing, silver |
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Duplex is a technique where two papers are sandwiched together. The result can be incorporated into the design as shown with these business cards designed by Lee Attwood of GraphicVent. We letterpress printed half the business cards on Duplex White/Orange and the other half White/Blue, mixing to match the coloured side of the card.
Print Specification:
85 x 55mm business cards letterpress printed, 3 colour onto 540gsm Duplex.
Posted:
September 21st, 2010
| Category: Business Cards
Tags: 540gsm board, business card, duplex, letterpress, paper, printing, white |
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A designer of bespoke wedding stationery called on us to print her design for this classic 40th Birthday party invitation.
Letterpress and a simple, well crafted typographic design combine particularly well. The name is rendered with an elegant script typeface (one of our favourites!). The fine sweeping glyphs and serif typefaces produce a superb impression into the board. Finished with a decorative printers ornament to compliment this elegant design.
Letterpress printed with black ink on a firm 540gsm light cream board.
Dimensions: 148 x 148mm.
Posted:
April 7th, 2010
| Category: Hot off the press
Tags: 540gsm board, birthday, black and white, letterpress, ornament, party invitation, script, serif, typography |
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