Adventures in letterpress

"Tactile, retro, and idiosyncratic, hand-printed objects have an undeniable appeal, especially in a digital age. In recent years, the nearly obsolete craft of letterpress has been resurrected by artists and designers who have rescued cast-iron presses from basements and scrap yards. Adventures in Letterpress features over 200 examples of the resulting work: elegant cards, edgy broadsheets, and everything in between. Beautiful, humorous and sometimes just plain weird, the projects featured in the book perfectly illustrate the vibrant future of this once-endangered medium"--Publisher's description.

Work of the following presses included: A.favoritedesign ; Anagram Press ; Angel Bomb Press ; Babyinktwice ; Blackbird Letterpress ; Blue Barnhouse ; Bookworks ; Boxcar Press ; Bracket Press ; Brightwork Press ; Chapel Press ; Colin Frazer ; Crooked Letter Press ; Dandy Lion Press ; David Wolske ; Delphine Press ; District Dogs ; Eleanor Annand ; Enormouschampion ; Eve Press ; Fameorshame Press ; Flatbed Splendor ; Fly Rabbit Press ; Fugu Fugu Press ; Genghis Kern ; Greenwich Letterpress ; Hammerpress ; Hand-Cranked Letterpress ; Hi-Artz Press ; Igloo Press ; Incline Press ; Independent Project Press ; Inky Lips Letterpress ; Jeremy Luther ; Jessica C. White ; Keeganmeegan & Co. ; Krystan Bruce ; Lady Pilot Letterpress ; Lead Graffiti ; Lizard Press ; Matthew Kelsey ; Mink Letterpress ; Newlights Press ; Oddball Press ; Paper Monkey Press ; Pepper Press ; Peter Koch Printers ; Petre Designs ; Philip Bell ; Power and Light Press ; Press New York ; Rar Rar Press ; Richard Kegler ; The Scarlet Letter Press ; Shooting Star Press ; Snow Owl ; Southern Pest Prints ; Spark Letterpress ; Studio 204 ; Studio On Fire ; Stumptown Printers ; Suzanne Vilmain ; Tiny Pine Press ; Tipozero ; Trade Union Press ; Tryckkammaren ; Twig & Fig ; Two Tone Press ; Zeichen Press ; Zephyrus Image.

Press humor -- Greetings & ephemera -- Products & packaging -- Business -- Politics -- Animalia -- Retro & the weird -- Typography -- Book structure -- Unique materials & tricky techniques -- Posters & broadsides.