Low-Tech Letterpress Documentary
CreativeTechs (66 pencils) | Mon, 2005-09-19 19:35
During our perpetual hunt for new creative techniques, we ran across this short movie about Firefly Press in Somerville, Massachusetts and its proprietor John Kristensen:
Firefly.mov (7.3MB QuickTime)
This quiet little documentary speaks to the craftsmanship and love of traditional design that drew many of us into this line of work years ago. Take a moment to slow down and enjoy.
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Wow that was pretty informative. The proprietor seemed slightly apprehensive of computers though, but his work is superb! Nice video, very traditional, yet still so relevant. Thanks for sharing!
I love this type of stuff...my fascination with typography grows everyday because of stuff like this!
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