Birthday Tribute to a Friend

Many thanks to Tak Ishii and Madoka Kubota who asked us to produce unique birthday greeting cards. These are a lovely combination of Colorplan bright white and satin gold foil.
Tak shares his thoughts behind this splendid gift to his friend.

"This design is dedicated to my friend, Yosuke, for his 30th birthday. He has already used his business cards designed by his architectual firm, but the present design represents his humour through a symbolic golden face, yielding a vivid impression within anyone to whom Yosuke will give a card. The Letterpress by Glasgow Press vitalized our design in an elegant and unique fashion; this is the very memorable present for Yosuke. This specially tailored set of cards, we are sure, will be an incentive for a series of creative architectual works in his 30’s."

http://d.hatena.ne.jp/tak-ishii/20120917

Orb

 This is a delightful A6 single card of Colorplan 700gsm weight, duplexed in heavenly azure and white frost. We letterpress printed the front in blue ink with a crisp, deep impression.
Thanks to Orb for this great design and the following design rationale.
"We wanted to send our clients something beautiful as a personal thank you – something for them to remember us by. After seeing some previous letterpress work by Glasgow Press we knew this was the direction to take. The design itself based around our office mantra of making 'Hell Yeah!' moments, highlighting how much of a hands on company we are!"

Meet Market

We were invited to give a presentation and display some of our work at the MeetMarket, part of Social Media Week Glasgow. It was great to meet a host of talented people and hear a little about the amazing work that's being produced all around us!

STV Creative asked us to print the invitation for the event. Playing on the meet/meat market association, the choice of board was a blood red Colorplan by GF Smith with a very apt leather emboss, which we letterpress printed in burgundy ink. 

 

Here we are, depicted as prime topside of beef, tender and mouthwatering. Yeah, that'll do. 



kukka

Designer, Rebecca Wilson, of fivefourandahalf, asked us to produce a press pack for kukka. The stock is Colorplan 270gsm Cool Grey. We applied a white foil to the front and diecut each pack, thereafter assembling them with loving care and attention.
Rebecca shares a few words on the design rationale - thank you!

'Israeli-British product designer Rona Meyuchas K. came to me asking if I could design a limited edition press pack to be distributed at the Design Junction event as part of London Design Festival. With very little going into the packs – an 8 page pamphlet and a pine finish branded USB stick – the challenge was to come up with something that ensured the content was presented as more than the sum of its parts. At the same time, with only 60 units, it was tricky to make it look high end yet keep it affordable. Glasgow Press did a beautiful job of die cutting and assembling our sleeves in GFSmith Colorplan Cool Grey, and using a white foil for the kukka logo on the front. The press packs were finished off by attaching a slim red cotton ribbon to the inside back of the sleeves, on to which the magnetic USB sticks were attached, and dropping these in with the 8 page pamphlets. They went down a treat, so thanks to everyone at Glasgow Press who was involved"

Summer Celebration

 As we mark the Autumnal Equinox, it's nice to look back on summertime memories. A treasured  invitation is a lovely way to recall a great evening. Especially on a rainy, blustery September morning!

This invitation was letterpress printed on our Heidelberg platen on a variety of Colorplan sheets - chosen from the 52 colours currently available.
The barbecue was delicious, the swimming was er, exhilarating, the beach bonfire was very welcome.
The party's over, but you can still use the number below for any letterpress enquiries!

Kieran Dodds, Photo Journalist

We letterpress printed and diecut wallet enclosures for award winning photo journalist, Kieran Dodds.
The designer, Ed Watt of O Street, worked closely with us on this project and we thank him for the fine photographs he took during the production process.

The chosen stock is Materica 360gsm in Pitch and Terra Rosa from Fedrigoni. This board takes a very nice impression and diecut well too.

The assembled wallets will hold photographs of two of Kieran's recent projects; painting the forth bridge and the bats of kasanka. 

Wedding in Londres

 A delightful wedding invitation from designer/illustrator, Karen Sawrey. Letterpress printed in black ink onto Colorplan Pristine White 540gsm, by GF Smith, the invitation features beautiful typography and whimsical design elements in both English and Spanish.