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BROWSE


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Client

Self-promotion


Quantity Produced

176


Production Cost


Production Time

8 days

Dimensions (Width × Height × Depth)

105 mm (4.13 in) × 148 mm (5.82 in)


Page Count


Paper Stock

200 gsm white uncoated


Number of Colors

Black + 1 (per postcard)

Varnishes


Binding


Typography

Millhouse

 

Christopher Skinner recently purchased an old nipping press, and while mostly interested in bookbinding he began experimenting with linocut printing.

These cards came about as I was making small test pieces and enjoying the variation in quality, from over-inked to under inked and overpressed. It’s a ‘celebration’ if you like, of the vagaries and uniqueness of hand printing. The idea behind the postcards came from a genuine love of letterforms, and I had originally planned to do a series of letters in defunct victorian fonts. In the end, I decided that explore censored swear words as a means to celebrate the power of innocent symbols - if the pen is mightier that the sword, then the letterforms themselves are indeed, mightier than the pen, lead type, letraset, photocomposition, Mac etc, etc…

In a delicate size, these postcards are sure to impress upon the receiver a sense of humor and playfulness that many designers can relate to. Colorful and straightforward as the words they depict you can pick up a set — only 16 available — for your own use via Christopher’s online store. Note that each packet contains 10 postcards with the letters F, K, W, S, P, C, two Ts and two *s for your spelling delight.

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This post was published in the original layout of FPO so all images are smaller. Project descriptions as well as production lessons are quoted in the main content area.

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Bryony

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Bryony Gomez-Palacio

Editor of FPO and co-founder of UnderConsideration LLC.

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Date Published

December 1, 2009

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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.

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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