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Awkward Media Business Cards
Production Method
Letterpress
Design
Awkward Media
Printing
La Tipografica
My favorite part of this business card was the hardest to print. The back. The one without the important information, but the one that is tactile and surprising in what is pressed down, and what is left raised though letterpress.
Dimensions (Width × Height × Depth)
3.5 × 2 in.
Page Count
–
Paper Stock
–
Number of Colors
2
Varnishes
–
Binding
–
Typography
–
Project Description
A flood with a knockout logo is always a challenge, and we could have taken the silkscreen route, but instead we chose to do something great and challenging. So here we are a couple weeks later with this engaging and powerful colored business cards. The client was very happy and we were very grateful for trusting us with their printing.Production Lesson(s)
Printing a flood requires extra patience in letterpress, and registration guides can be trickier to position, so you gotta be smarter than the project, but still let the press print at its own pace, inking too fast or printing too fast doesn't allow for a well printed solid, so in the end, patience, patience, patience, and be willing to take on challenges.
Post Author
Bryony Gomez-Palacio
Editor of FPO and co-founder of UnderConsideration LLC.
More: Online / On Twitter
Date Published
March 7, 2013
Filed Under
Business Cards
Letterpress
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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.
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Prints / A variety of posters, the majority from our AIforGA series.
Other / Various one-off products.
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Brand Nieuwe Conference / Ditto but in Amsterdam.
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