Design

Recent events around the world have reminded many people of the importance of connection, and whether it’s a global pandemic that forces “social distancing” measures to try and slow the spread, or simply a desire to stay in touch, personalized greeting cards are one of the best ways to…

Art + Work, October 16, 2017, 7PM The Mandate Press and AIGA SLC is kicking off design week with our next Prints & Pints show. Exploring the place where art and business meet. Graphic design, architecture, advertising, environmental design, we could go on but you get it. These are…

One stigma associated with letterpress printing: expensive. We actually hear this a lot. And compared to other printing methods it can appear expensive. But… it doesn’t have to be. And the objective of this blog post is not to give you a bunch of long-winded information about the value of…

The world is full of color. Trust me on this… Just look around you. I am sick and tired of printing jobs that don’t utilize holographic foil. (That is a little bit of a lie. We print a lot of great shit that doesn’t have holographic foil on it. I am…

I was perusing the Communication Arts annuals this past week looking at the rad stuff you folks have been creating out there. I was blown away with how much gold foil is out there right now. We have certainly seen an explosion in its use on our estimate form in the…

Killing it with type. Designing for Letterpress Chances are, you want your letterpress printed piece to have letters, and/or complete words. This is a good idea, good work so far! Now you just need to put those words into a design. Here are a few tips on how to do…

We end up having the discussion around here at least once a week about how best to use the same vernacular as our clients when it comes to embossing, debossing and blind letterpress. Do we use the same terms that the rest of America is using to describe what they…