Berlin publisher TOC marks its tenth edition with a letterpress Tenth of December that pairs Zuzana Licko’s Filosophia with a deliberately chaotic set of chapter heading typefaces, combining optical illusion bookmaking with a typography that honours, then gleefully disrupts, Saunders’ own narrative spirit. Tenth of December is the tenth edition…
Some experiences are almost impossible to explain. You can describe them, define them, even diagnose them, but that does not mean someone else will understand what they actually feel like. For UK-based illustrator and printmaker Kate Rolfe, dyslexia was one of those experiences. Wiggling Words, published by Two Hoots /…
There is something about stepping away from the noise and returning to the press that recalibrates everything. In April 2025, Jarred Elrod spent three days printing letterpress at Tipoteca Italiana in Cornuda, Italy. Surrounded by one of the world’s most extraordinary collections of wood and metal type, he produced a…
Every year, designer and artist Colin Campbell creates a holiday card that reflects his travels, interests and creative focus of the moment. It is a long running personal tradition and a way of sharing something tactile and thoughtfully made with clients and collaborators. For his latest edition, Campbell found inspiration…
Last year, Helsinki-based creative collective so_helsinki designed, letterpress printed, and hand-bound a specimen book titled So papers & types. The publication showcases a selection of their wood and metal type collection alongside old and leftover papers rescued from printers’ warehouses. The book was created as both a printed artefact and…
In Off the Grid, Leipzig based artist Alexander Endrullat takes discarded laptops and tablets and uses them as physical printing plates. The results are striking material prints that expose the internal structures, mechanical damage and traces of everyday use embedded within digital devices. What begins as a simple act of…
When Susan Lefler stepped away from her corporate job to pursue printmaking full time, she needed to find a new rhythm. For years, her creative practice existed as a side-hobby, with small evening projects (cards for friends’ birthdays, small leaf studies captured after collecting autumn leaves) carved and printed after…
German designer Mona Wingerter has unveiled a beautifully considered new visual identity for her own practice, Design Studio Mona. A project that distils her approach into its purest form: clear, modern, and material-led. Since founding her studio in 2018, Wingerter has specialised in visual identities, brand design, and packaging, drawing…
Tucked away in the heart of Mayfair, Mount Street Printers has spent more than four decades mastering the delicate balance between heritage craftsmanship and modern innovation. Founded as a family-run business over 44 years ago, the studio has grown into one of London’s most respected names in fine print, known…
Few artists have taken the humble LEGO brick and transformed it into a medium of fine printmaking quite like Roy Scholten. Known for his innovative LEGO letterpress technique and his long-running 50 Birds series, Roy continues to blur the line between play, precision, and print. His latest work, The Common…
A playground slide, a milk carton, and a bunch of shiny birthday balloons sounds random, right? Not when they’re printed by M.C. Pressure. The St. Augustine letterpress shop has built a cult following for their bold, funny, and meticulously crafted designs. Now, three of those cards are making their way…
Walden Press is a small print shop based in Cardigan, west Wales run by artist and printmaker Spike Gascoigne. Specialising in small runs of hand printed books, zines, prints and textiles, their work is often characterised by Spike’s graphic and geometric visual style, which stems from an interest in sacred…
Launching at Wentworth Woodhouse in Rotherham, South Yorkshire on May 13th is an exciting exhibition from artist and printmaker Cait Earnshaw. Created as part of her residency at the house, the show is a response and reinterpretation to Beneath the Surface, Wentworth Woodhouse’s biggest exhibition to date which brought together paintings…
Thad Higa is a Korean-Okinawan American language worker, born on Ohlone Land, California, raised in Hawaiʻi, and currently based in San Francisco. Working across mediums that span writing, graphic design, artists’ books, Risograph, letterpress, typewriter, silkscreen, wheatpaste collaging/decollage, framing, woodworking, living rooms, and large scale mural installations, Thad’s works are…
TOC (The Other Collection) was founded on the belief that significant literature deserves exceptional craftsmanship. This philosophy is reflected in their meticulous production of letterpress editions, where quality and exclusivity take centre stage. Through TOC, designers Erik Spiekermann and Susanna Dulkinys combine the advances of modern typography with the quality…
In letterpress, it’s all the little things that add up to something wonderful. Princetown Press, a British letterpress studio, have showcased just this with a new project that celebrates their under-used ornaments. Working almost exclusively with metal and wood type, Princetown Press rely on historical designs to create new work.…
Roy Scholten is a printmaking artist based in Hilversum, The Netherlands. Working in the well-equipped workshops of Grafisch Atelier Hilversum, Roy creates etchings, monoprints, letterpress prints, and combinations there of. For the last few years, he has been especially focused on exploring the possibilities of LEGO Letterpress. To really find…
Having recently experienced a revival thanks to its tactility, high quality results, and support for craftsmanship, this month we’ve chosen to present a variety of letterpress projects from our Official POP community. From wine labels to notebooks, our members have used this traditional relief printing method to bring their unique…
Poster Cult is one of the latest releases from Zurich-based publishers Lars Müller. The 163-page hardcover publication offers a detailed insight into the internationally renowned poster printing technique of one of Switzerland’s foremost poster designers, Dafi Kühne. Dafi’s bold, diverse work embraces both traditional production methods and modern layouts. From…
Theo Wang is the face behind Bristol-based Print & Ephemera, a letterpress studio offering typographic design, signwriting, restoration, and assorted trades. Predominantly, Theo designs and makes his own range of limited edition prints, notebooks, greetings cards, stationery, and keepsakes, with the odd letterpress commission or graphic design job also taken…