04
February
2014

eBooks preview now on issuu (and THREE vol1 full !)

posted in Mr CUP News  at 11.00 PM from Home ! Maruéjols Les Gardons (near Alès / Nîmes / Uzès) / France
Tomorrow I will start a workshop with students in Aix en Provence. I think it will be great to have them work on an identity and packaging project...
 
I have a big news I think it is time to share. The first Mr Cup / Graphic exchange magazine will be available before summer ! And I mean a real one, smelling inks and paper !!! It won't be before a couple of months, but it will happen ! To thank you for support and to present you the eBooks on a new perspective, I put some preview of them on issuu.
 

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Available at the price YOU decide by supporting this blog !
 
 

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THREE vol.4

Covering october to december 2013
 
 
 Mr Cup THREE 4 http://www.mr-cup.com/shop/created/e-books.html
 
Mr Cup THREE 4 http://www.mr-cup.com/shop/created/e-books.html
 
Mr Cup THREE 4 http://www.mr-cup.com/shop/created/e-books.html
 
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Mr Cup THREE 4 http://www.mr-cup.com/shop/created/e-books.html
 
Mr Cup THREE 4 http://www.mr-cup.com/shop/created/e-books.html
 
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Three vol.3

Covering july to september 2013
 
 
Mr Cup THREE 3 . http://www.mr-cup.com/shop/created/e-books.html
 
Mr Cup THREE 3 . http://www.mr-cup.com/shop/created/e-books.html
 
Mr Cup THREE 3 . http://www.mr-cup.com/shop/created/e-books.html
 
Mr Cup THREE 3 . http://www.mr-cup.com/shop/created/e-books.html
 
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Mr Cup THREE 3 . http://www.mr-cup.com/shop/created/e-books.html
 
Mr Cup THREE 3 . http://www.mr-cup.com/shop/created/e-books.html
 
Mr Cup THREE 3 . http://www.mr-cup.com/shop/created/e-books.html
 
Mr Cup THREE 3 . http://www.mr-cup.com/shop/created/e-books.html
 
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THREE vol.2

Covering april to june 2013
 
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THREE vol.1 / Full version

I am happy to put the full version of the first THREE eBook too ! Enjoy !
 
 
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4 ebooks set / All 2013 / more than 500 pages

 
You can also get the set of the 4 ebooks for a special price here !
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Gratitude change everything ! thanks

 
28
January
2014

The creative Manifesto in Uppercase volume 20

posted in Mr CUP News | Graphic  at 10.58 AM from Home ! Maruéjols Les Gardons (near Alès / Nîmes / Uzès) / France listening The Beatles
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Today I receive my copy on the latest issue of Uppercase magazine, which features the Creative Manifesto and the letterpress calendar !! Thanks so much Janine for the highlight, so happy to be featured in the great project for "creative and curious" !
 
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20
January
2014

Winter sale / My+Your experience with Mr Cup products

posted in Mr CUP News  at 10.39 AM from Alès / France
In a recent post I share about my buisness model and this make me think about sharing more about my feelings and my vision of "Mr Cup" with you. I want to take advantage of SALE to share my experience of designing my products and those of these customers who build their own story. I read this on Scott Belsky tweeter the other day :
 

You don't make product, you make experiences. For your customer, the product is ultimately his or her experience of it and nothing more.

 

The letterpresspress calendar

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My experience with this project has been all the design of course, and the work done in collaboration with El Calotipo. Thinking of a product and make it become a reality is an experience that I love. 100 copies in painting edges sold out very quickly, during the presale, but I still have normal edition. The fact that the calendar is sold on this site only limit its spread, and this is a product with a "internal clock" and as beautiful as it is, I do not want to still sell it in August! And now I want to make new products. Sale are here for that, right ? So you can get ot at 19,5€ instead of 39€.
 
I have mine on my desk, but I received this interesting picture of a wall display ...
 
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The wood letters and wood holder

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For these products, my experience is obviously the memory of Bali and months spent there. Drinking a "Bali kopi" sitting on the ground, long exchanges on the choice of wood and final shape, on the delays ... Make different protoypes of "wood holder" and test the first one with my computer...They are now available here at -50%.
 
The customer experience is also interesting. Some people order a letter or two, but for others, the name of their company or a whole sentence... Here are two exemples for which I received images.
 

Dolcezza

Dolcezza is the first Italian pasticceria in London, serving delicious coffee and traditional Italian pastries and cakes, handmade and produced daily in an on-site bakery from fresh, natural ingredients. I get an order of the "Dolcezza" in raw wood and was happy to see these pictures sent by Meraki design.
 
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Ben and Beth wedding

Another nice way to use the letters, Ben just send me these pictures : I just wanted to write you to thank you again for helping us with the order for the vintage letters. Everyone at our wedding loved them. We used them in our centerpieces. We gave each person in our wedding party a bag and told them to find a letter for their name and that will be their wedding gift. We just received our pictures and I wanted to pass a few of them along to show you how we used the letters. The photos were taken by Matthew Land 
 
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Of course the exeprience is different now, as a lot of letters are sold out (each alphabet was limited at 500 letters) but be creative ! Write the number of your street, the day you met your wife or the first letters of your dog ;) Get wood letters here at -50% here.
 
So if you also have stories to share with our products, please send picture at [email protected]
 

 Other products on sale

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 And for all orders done during the you will get the 100 ID ebook free (or you can get it by supporting the blog here and by naming your price).
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What else !!!!
 
07
January
2014

3 new ebooks : THREE vol. 3 + 4 / 100 identity

posted in Mr CUP News  at 12.02 PM from Home ! Maruéjols Les Gardons (near Alès / Nîmes / Uzès) / France listening Agnes Obel
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Just before the holiday I gave myself the challenge to design the 2 volumes of the THREE ebooks which present what has been published on this blog from july to december 2013. And I go even further, doing a third eBook only about identity with 100 selected projects ! This eBook is only available by donation, to support this blog ! 
 

one hundred identity : name your price !

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Last year, I propose you to make donation to support the blog and get the 113/577 ebook which present "the best of 2012" (now available here). I can not do that this year as what is present on the blog is now available in the THREE eBooks. So I guess identity was the best option ! I select not less than 100 projects, published here since 2011 !
 
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Why do I ask for support ?

When I started graphic-exchange in 2006, my goal was to "classify" my inspiration and share it with others. With 2 millions visists in 2013 (THANKS !), this blog became a big part of my life and change my way to do my work. I spend about 2-3 hours per day on average to find subjects look "Submissions" respond to emails...

 

On the other hand. I hear often "I use your site in my design school, our teacher was using it as reference" or "I work with many agencies in London and all look at your site". This blog generates contacts, and therefore buisness offers for those who are published. And I am really please with that, inspiring people and making things happening is so rewarding.

 

But I want to talk about a product, a shop, or anything just because I like it and I want to share it with you, not because it is part of a communications plan. That's the reason why there are no advertising on this blog. Of course, the blog helps me to sell products I design, as well as being found by clients, but I just want to dedicate as much time as possible to it.

 

I therefore propose to be the sponsors of this project, you, who are a part of it. Just like if you pay for you design magazine... Anything you can give is helpfull and show some respect. Thank you.

 

 

THREE volume 3 > july to september 2013

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This third issue of the THREE eBook has 138 pages of inspiration ! Available here

 

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THREE volume 4 > october to december 2013

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This fourth issue of the THREE eBook has 146 pages of inspiration ! Available here

 

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4 THREE pack > all 2013 > more than 500 pages

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You can also have, for 17,9 € (you save a little less than 10€), the pack of the 4 volumes of THREE which present in more than 500 pages all what I publish on the blog in 2013 ! Oh, and you do NOIT need 4 ipads for that, it is just that it looks nice like this ;)

 

Thanks again for the support ! Tomorrow is a new day, the WINTER SALE starts !

 

What did I start this project, can someone remind me ? Oh yes, this : I follow my dreams !