The beauty of the old printing presses
Hogenforst Stabil 1 Press
photo owned by ric.todojunto and can be found here: http://www.briarpress.org/18681
http://vimeo.com/59531486
Heavy Metal - Uma composição com tipos de Chumbo by Rui Abreu
Information about letterpress printing:
beautiful video! crafted with such love and attention to detail, a joy to watch as a designer!
such beautiful beautiful letterpressed works produced, i long for a letterpress machine and the ability to be less clumsy! great tactile pages and precision ink pressed letters form a page thats a work of art in its own right.
Cooke, D. (2012) Upside Down, Left To Right. Available at: http://vimeo.com/channels/staffpicks/35688592, viewed on: 03/09/13.
*Letterpress printing was old way (500 year olds) of mass producing, mass printing works.
*metal, wood or rubber letter blocks
*can arrange individual letters to form letters, words, sentences.
*tactile, unique, unrepeatable.
Paul Collier in video:
"the digital age does remove us from the tactile work, the more hands-on. And i think there is a longing in our soul to get back to that" (6:00 - 6.10)
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Emailed Paul Collier to ask about his typewriter featured in the film, he said:
"Olivetti 35, my parents bought it for me ‘new’ a long time ago. I guess the machine dates from mid 70’s early 80’s."
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Emailed Paul Collier to ask about his typewriter featured in the film, he said:
"Olivetti 35, my parents bought it for me ‘new’ a long time ago. I guess the machine dates from mid 70’s early 80’s."
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