5 Days Until the National Stationery Show Scavenger Hunt

Although we will miss our 'far' participants, we are excited to invite you to visit the booths of the 'near' (exhibiting) particapants. The scavenger hunt card list can be picked up at any of the participating booths noted above. After stopped by the Near booths, come by Legions Booth (2774) to store your post cards in the box designed by Flywheel Press.

 Greetings from: Bespoke Letterpress in Sydney, Australia using Colorplan Dark Grey 540gsm, Igloo Letterpress using Corkskin Dark Brown and Haute Papier from D.C. using Lettra Fluorescent White 220#.

Hello From Near and Far

The National Stationery Show is now only 6 days away! We are excited to see the post cards begin to gather in New York from all over the world. Don't miss out in collecting a set of post cards at the Show beginning May 17th - May 20th. Stop by any of the participating booths to begin the scavenger hunt with a guide. Stay tuned as we post more information on the blog, facebook and twitter. 

Greetings from: Farewell Paperie from Seattle using Colorplan, Bruno Press from Minnesota using Lanaquarelle, Maginating from San Diego using Sirio Ultra Black, Gilah Press from Baltimore using Rives BFK Tan.

Greetings From the Stationery Show Post Card Project

It's that time again for the 5th annual National Stationery Show project. 

Organized by Flywheel Press and sponsored by Legion, we are estatic to announce this year will be post cards from around the world. As 23 of our diverse range of fine art papers went out, 23 designers will return them in the style of the location chosen. 

As done in the past, attendees of the National Stationery Show will paticiapte in a scavenger hunt to collect the post cards from the booths of the designers. After collecting the set of cards, come by Legions Booth (2774) to store your cards away in the packaging done by Flywheel Press. 

The National Stationery Show is right around the corner. Stay tuned on the Legion Blog, Facebook and Twitter for more information as the post cards fly in from around the world. 

Greetings from: Seattle, WA by Farewell Paperie on Colorplan, Silver City, NM by Power and Light Press on Stardream, Los Angeles, CA by Iron Curtain Press on Colorplan, Reno, NV by Paper Boat Studios on Curious Metallics

NY Public Radio Calendar by Vote for Letterpress

Five year old letterpress studio Vote for Letterpress, tasked with creating a calendar for New York Public Radio, hit this one out of the park with this intricate print on Coventry Rag.  In their words:

3-color split fountain? Check.

Intricately detailed illustration by Felix Sockwell? Check.
2,000 posters, printed one at a time on our hand-cranked Vandercook SP-20? Check mate.

This was one of the most challenging jobs we’ve printed. There’s a crazy amount of detail in this poster, and while tight registration of the colors wasn’t critical, it was still important to get it pretty close. Press preparation (called makeready) took 3 days alone before we were ready to print the black plate. Total press time probably neared 40 hours. 

We're big fans of people who love paper and VFL has our vote.

Colorplan Swatchbook: A Designers Ultimate Weapon

The effortlessly simple confidence and beauty of the product itself is always prevalent. All the pieces have minimal printing crafted using techniques that are exceptionally gorgeous. From the business card that uses a very traditional piece of craft called paper marquetry to showcase not one or two, but three styles of Colorplan offering at once, the three papers represent three signature aspects of the range: color, weight and embossing.

- Wade Jeffree

Discover more about the Colorplan Swatch Book at Design Envy; a curated blog of design-excellence-selected by designers for designers.