12
October
2017

The 2018 letterpress calendar is now on kickstarter !

posted in Mr CUP News | Print  at 12.34 PM from Mr Cup Studio (near Arles) / France listening Liam Gallagher
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Here it comes! The 2018 letterpress calendar is now available on Kickstarter. It is already the 7th edition of this project I started 7 years ago, and it is always so exciting to see it coming to life! 
 
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As every year, there will be 2 editions: the deluxe edition will be on dark blue paper, with copper foil and white foil. For the normal edition, if the paper is the same, it will ink printed and not hot foil as the deluxe edition. We will print in 2 colors with silver and white inks.
 
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This year cover is designed by Tom Lane known as Ginger Monkey. For every edition, I ask graphic designer and typographer to create unique font work. This year edition will feature unique designs by Salih Kucukaga, Nick Misani, Reno Orange, Keith Tatum / The Type Hunter, Jeff Trish, Stefan Kunz, Lauren Hom, Jef Millotte, Kelli Anderson, Francis Chouquet and Me!
They are currently working on the design and they will be shown as soon as possible during the campaign! Here come the first designs by Stefan Kunz, Lauren Hom and Francis Chouquet.
 
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For this year edition, we will use 2 ranges of eco-friendly papers developed by Favini. The REMAKE collection is high-end uncoated paper with a pulpy look. The special touch and the natural look of the paper are due to the up-cycling process which includes leather residues to substitute FSC cellulose and is produced with 100% green energy. The CRUSH collection is a range of papers made using process residues from organic products the replace to 15% of the virgin pulp. By-products from Kiwi, coffee, hazelnut or almonds. FSC certified, GMO free, this paper contains 40% post-consumer recycled waste and is also produced with 100% green energy. And as for the past 3 editions, and the posters, it will be a collaboration with Studio Pression!
 
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30
August
2017

Let's improve Mr Cup blog kickstarter

posted in Mr CUP News  at 2.43 PM from Mr Cup studio / France listening London Grammar
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I work on this for months, and I think it was time to ask for your participation to improve this blog ! Web technology is moving too fast for a print guy! When I design the second version in 2012, it was great to have 900px images, even if they were long to load! But today, the blog is not responsive, and we have worked on so many new features. The Kickstarter is now up here!
 
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Following your answers to the recent survey, we work hard to design a new blog and improve your experience, this is what the new blog will features :
 
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HD IMAGES : New images will be 1400px minimum, and if it is a success, we will repost all the images since 2014 at this size.
SHOWCASE : This will be the inspiration post, ordered by section like "identity", "packaging" or "print". On the actual blog, you can browse images and images! With the new version, you can choose between an "article view" and a "list view", an made the experience the best for you.
MOODBOARD : Imagine you can order the thousand of images from the blog by tags! You will now choose if you want to see all images, or just the ones from "metal ink", "letterpress" or "wood"!
RESOURCES : Added to the actual "inspiration" post, the new version will also refer to images, types, everything you can get online to improve your creations. I will also post some of my own vintages files in high resolution!
TV : It will feature all the videos that for now I only share on social media: printing technics, studio visits, lettering workshops etc...
 

REWARDS : new ebooks, posters and calendars ! 

We design 4 e-books specially adapted for an iPad size, each one with 50 inspirational projects in 4 categories: Branding / Print / Packaging & Instagram!
 
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I also propose you the recent letterpress posters at a special price and put some of my personal copies of the letterpress calendar on the table!
 

06
July
2017

Mr Cup updates : giant wall sticker at the studio and shop sale

posted in Mr CUP News | Design  at 12.10 PM from Mr Cup studio / France listening Eddie Vedder Into the wild
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Some update from the Studio! Over the past weeks, we work on several projects for clients but found some time to adapt the creative manifesto to this giant wall in the studio! With the help of team and intern, we apply it last week and I am really happy with the result! Will try to take more picture of the studio soon, but need to find time to organize all the mess before that!  Some behind the scene photos.
 
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At the same time, if you get the newsletter and follow me on facebook, twitter or Instagram, you may have seen I start a survey to know who is your experience of the blog over the years! I will share the results soon, but you still can answer it here. 
 
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As last time, the more you buy, the bigger is the discount, using coupons! 
10% OFF with SUMMER10 coupon, perfect for playings cards or vintage maps
20% OFF with SUMMER20 coupon if your order is above 50€ : time to get a set of letterpress posters or a vintage camera
30% OFF with SUMMER30 coupon if you order is above 100€, so if you want a wall sticker for your studio, it is time to get at a good price! 
 
Some new pictures of the letterpress posters, they are all hand signed and embossed...
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30
May
2017

Limited edition letterpress posters

posted in Mr CUP News | Print | Graphic  at 9.32 PM from Home / France listening Depeche Mode . Spirit
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Following the success of the letterpress calendar, I wanted to create a set of limited edition posters. As for the calendar, the concept is to create a typographic illustration based on an inspirational sentence about design or creativity.
This was made possible only as I collaborate with Jean-Christophe, the man behind Studio Pression. Since we met in 2013, a strong creative relation has begun: his passion and knowledge or the letterpress printing process push me above my creative skills. When I create to visual for this posters, I was not sure how much details could be printed and how it will look like at the end. The result is above my expectation and printed on 350 g cotton paper, the relief is impressive and the feeling of looking at your creation printed in letterpress is unique! The sound of this beast is amazing...
We set up 2 editions: black printing on 350 g white paper, and silver printing on 350 g black paper. Each design is limited to 100 prints, all hand signed. They are now available at www.mrcup-shop.com
 
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We set up 2 editions: black printing on 350 g white paper, and silver printing on 350 g black paper. Each design is limited to 100 prints, all hand signed. They are now available at www.mrcup-shop.com