Released in Europe in April, the BirdDog Press has been published in a 240 page, full-color, hard cover book!!! Our paper feedsack quilts and woodtype baby envelope book were featured. Yay!!!!! Can you tell I’m excited? I just got my copy yesterday, so I think this means it is available in the US now, too! I am honored to be on the pages next to heroes and colleagues like Studio on Fire, Sycamore Street Press and Stitch Design Co. Now, that’s Impressive! Here are the details:

Gestalten specializes in developing content for aficionados of cutting-edge visual culture worldwide. Always working directly with talented young designers and artists, Gestalten brings a deep understanding of visual culture on a global level to whatever we do and remains firmly committed to presenting visual trends with timeless substance. The company has 40 staff members throughout offices in Berlin, London, New York and Tokyo.

ps. Yet another reminder that letterpress is enjoying a huge resurgence, there are two other books coming out this summer showcasing some wonderful letterpress design as well. Out of the UK, Rotovision is releasing Reinventing Letterpress by Charlotte Rivers, and friend, Brandon Mise of Blue Barnhouse in Asheville, NC has written Adventures in Letterpress for Random House.

When I was in design school, earning my BFA in Graphic Design at the University of Tennessee, this was my dream job. I drooled over Charles S. Anderson’s work with French Paper Company {I still do}. Paper sample books and promos must be so much fun because you get to try out nearly every technique on all kinds of papers. So tactile, so experimental. But alas, it was the age of the dot com boom and I was pushed into other directions {namely Flash interactivity} and I have finally come full circle. I love that I am both designer and printer. I get to take a project from start to finish, concept it, design it, produce it, print it. I love my job.

Cheers to 20 years!

This is just the push I needed to finish my ABC Primer. I started my version of this very thing back in the early 90′s while I was getting my BFA in Graphic Design at the University of Tennessee, it started as a real project for school and I took it through several cycles even in the years after I graduated, but *sigh it goes something like this … A is for All-Nighters, B is for Balance, and get this … F is for Failure.

F is for Fail is Brent Barson’s typographical journey through his creative process. Watch and love this short film on Veer. I’m inspired once again, so look for my ABC chronicle which will be via letterpress {completely redesigned}… someday.

ps. while i’m sharing video, this one is fun too, from Egg Press celebrating their 10th year.