Alexis Anne Mackenzie
Alexis Anne Mackenzie is originally from Ann Arbor, but she’s currently based out of San Francisco. I’m loving her typographic floral collages.
More collages by Alexis Anne Mackenzie…
Scott Campbell
Beautiful CMYK goodness abounds in these posters by Scott Campbell, who’s part of Young Monster.
More posters by Scott Campbell…
Vintage Inspiration
We’ve been experimenting with designs inspired by vintage packaging and typography. Over the last few months we’ve collected images from around the web. Aside from the excellent resource Grain Edit, which profiles both modern, vintage inspired, design well as actual vintage design, The Product Manual Archive, as well as Flickr are great resources. Below are a few of the jewels that we’ve come across.
Found on Product Manual Archive
I love the patina that forms on some of these items over the years, the wear and tear almost become design elements themselves.
More inspiration lies behind the cut.
Paloma Chavez
High fives to Paloma Chavez. She’s a poster artist who’s screenprinting some gorgeous stuff out of Milwaukee. Be sure to check out the detail shots behind the cut.
More posters + detail shots from Paloma Chavez…
Interview: KeeganMeegan
We found out about KeeganMeegan Letterpress & Bindery on our honeymoon in Portland a year and a half ago. After picking up a postcard for an art show at Em Space Book Arts Center, we were lucky enough to find Keegan Wenkman working in his space there. He was very nice and patient with the two of us rubbernecks as we watched him print some posters on a Vandercook.
Keegan and his partner Katy Meegan have been designing and printing together since 2007. The pair has amassed an impressive amount of knowledge and equipment about printmaking and bookmaking. If they can raise the money, (and you can help!) they’re hoping to use their expertise to save an incredibly rare C&P cylinder press bound for scrap. Ever since we first happened upon them, they’ve been a huge inspiration to us, and we’re super excited that they agreed to do an interview.
ABOUT PERFECT LAUGHTER
Perfect Laughter is Dennis and Christina Jacobs of Detroit, Michigan. In addition to blogging about artists that we love, we design, screenprint and letterpress paper goods. If you're looking for a graphic designer or illustrator, commissions are always welcome! (read more...)
OUR LATEST GIGPOSTER
We got to design and print a poster for Darling Imperial's farewell show at the Berkley Front. They let us do whatever we wanted, so we went with vintage lettering and a weathered, faded feel.
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