Do~ Madrid

I'm always excited to see the final destination of our products and I really like the information I received yesterday from Lucia, owner of a new shop in Madrid called Do. When she contacted me during the summer, the shop was still a work in progress, but the description of a shop focused on the creation of a space integrating Art, Fashion, and Design was very appealing. And I love the result: the white brick wall, the light color interiors, the stripes curtains, and the metal round tables for the cafe`. Do opened its door a few days ago and I only could wish I was there during the inauguracion!

New colors, spools of 400 meters, 6mm width ribbons

I took me a bit of time to obtain the photos I liked to launch the new colors cotton ribbons in the 6 millimeters width. They were not that easy to photograph. The rolls are large with 400 meters of ribbons around a cardboard spool and I tried different backgrounds. Then again the Lettra Paper it's what it gives me a warm white and a nice texture to work with. New spools in 8 different colors are available for wholesale orders: Natural, Marigold, Melon, Red, Chartreuse, Pool, Iron and Black. Free domestic shipping until November 15th. If you are interest in smaller spool of 5 yards ribbon, please visit the listing on the shop. And let me know if you need to see any samples, I'm always glad to assist you!

Stripes and Field

I've been following Elisabeth letterpress stationery and invitations, since the first time I visited her studio, right after I moved to Boston in 2006. Her company, once called Black Pearl Press, always had a striking simplicity I loved. More recently she launched Stripes and Field and I'm excited to see what she will use the cotton ribbons for, every time her orders come in my mailbox. Today she sent me the link to her new wood boxes of stationery, tied with loose weave ribbon. I thought they are so elegant with the black on unfinished wood!

A visit...

Rainy day this morning and a small group of students from the New England Institute of Art came for a presentation on book structures and design. And to remind me how much I love what I do! Thank you for coming to my studio, here are some quick photos taken during the visit.

Last minute invitations

I designed the invitations with one week turnaround. Besides the pressure of completing and delivering the project, from start to finish, within 7 days, it was nice to see the letterpress printing on the 2-ply Lettra Paper. A beautiful thick paper I'm sure to use again in the future!
Printing, perfectly executed, by Albertine Press.

Calendar 2012

Very excited to announce the last part of my collaboration with Moontree Lettepress for this fall. A limited edition calendars 2012 is available in both our shops and feels quite an accomplishment!
The calendars are letterpress printed on 100% recycled cotton paper, tree-free and hand-bound with 6 mm chartreuse cotton ribbons, the 12 months are divided into four pages, each with a different design and printed in 2 or 3 colors. The calendar measures 5.5 x 8 inches. We added a new pattern for the spring months, from the series of designs from the Leaf and Straw books. Thank you to everyone that followed our collaboration all the way through in the last months, we hope you enjoy it. We certainly did!

8 Ottobre

A walk close to home on October 8, my favorite day of the year. Love autumn!

Leaf and Straw books, part three

The collaboration with Moontree Letterpress, started a few months ago, is almost coming to an end. The three books are now ready on the shelf of our studios and available in Rebecca's shop and mine. Pretty fun to collaborate on the project with miles apart, but many emails and postal parcels played well their role.
So here there are! Three designs hand-bound books, letterpress printed in 2-colors, hand-bound with linen thread. 30 sheets of Mohawk Superfine paper on the text block and three colors combination to chose from. Books are available also in Set of Three.
While I'm writing, the front of my studio is having a new color of paint! so excited about a new look, without the green and light blue that were here before, that I have never chose. October seems already full of news, more soon.....

My desk this morning

A beautiful light is coming in and a full day head. Here is a quick preview of the calendar collaboration with Moontree Letterpress coming soon.....

Finding Inspiration....

I think I visited Studio M site before, but can't remember exactly. There are so many little photos that inspired me.