12
March
2019

TAVERN playings cards and shop updates

posted in Mr CUP News | Print  at 8.54 AM from Mr Cup Studio / France listening Peter Gabriel Scratch my back
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TAVERN PLAYING CARDS BY KEVIN CANTRELL

Kevin Cantrell did it again! An amazing playing cards decks for Tavern for which he refreshes the identity last year. I have some decks for sale on the shop and it is super limited! 
 
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FROM A TO Z: THE ALPHABET POSTER

Design by  Mateusz Witczak. From letter A to letter Z, from the first line drawn by pencil, through a graphic design process to the highest quality print craftsmanship execution. It is back in the shop!
 
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THE LETTERPRESS COASTERS UPDATE

I am pleased to have finished the design of the 8 coasters and they are now available in the Mr. Cup shop. Printing will start soon ! 
 
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Check the shop for all the updates and subscribe to the newsletter to no miss next limited edition items! 

11
March
2019

EPHEMERID playings cards update

posted in Mr CUP News  at 6.27 AM from Mr Cup Studio / France
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Thank you to those who support me and understand the pitfalls encountered on a project of scope like this one. Despite the many projects I've launched, with or without kickstarter, this card game is by far the biggest challenge I've had to deal with, probably because it is my biggest success! I guess I would not have thought that the creation will take so much time, but it's nothing compared to the production.

 

Why so much delay? 

I may repeat the explanation but here it comes. When I started the project, I did not think it would be so successful. I was then contacted by several specialized card manufacturers. But I'm in France, which causes logistical issues: the game had to be produced in France, or at least in Europe. It was not possible for me to produce the game in the US and then bring it to France, because of customs fees, etc ... 

In addition I wanted the box to be printed as a letterpress by Studio Press, my partner for several years on the Calendar project. So on the cards manufacturer has to agree to finalize the cards with boxes from another workshop. Only Noir Arts has accepted the challenge, but they are in Ukraine. It is also them who can do the fulfillment, the reason why I choose to work with them. 

But again the shipments are not simple considering the different options offered. One thing I really did not anticipate was the delivery times between France and Ukraine. To give you an example, when the boxes were finished in France, the package was sent to Ukraine and it took ... 5 weeks! With 4 weeks of no news of the package, stuck in customs, I thought I would have to print everything again! The letterpress thank you cards have also made a small trip for nothing ... sent by express parcel, it was delivered to me .... to me! Another week lost! You imagine my face when I was delivered my own package !!! 

The coins and the wooden boxes were made by Thibaut Malet, but he could not engrave them because of technical problems with the fab lab which he has access. So he made them but we had to send all this to Studio Pression who could do the laser engraving. Put in the middle of this crisis yellow jackets that took place in France for several weeks at the end of the year and here we are! 

I understand that some people have lost their desire to believe that I have not done my best for this project, and I understand it. But I assure you that I did my best. 

The important is that did not discourage me to continue, because I was so happy and pride to see this project succeed. And now I learn so much from all these problems and mistakes. I can not wait to get your feedback on it! I am preparing the next project, even more ambitious! This project change my life in a way I am impatient to share with you. It is my Iron Man movie...   

 

Here are picture of the final cards. As soon as I receive them from the manufacturer I will take care of all the orders waiting. 

 

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And here are the coins and letterpress coasters.

 

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They are available in the Mr Cup Shop and should be sent at the end of the week or early next week when they finally arrive! 

 


05
February
2019

Last days for the Letterpress coasters on Kickstarter

posted in Mr CUP News  at 12.59 PM from Mr Cup Studio (near Arles) / France listening Melody Gardot
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With more than 110% funded, this is another successful Kickstarter! Still, some days left to get the wood edition limited to 100 copies! Here are the 4 et 5 design I just created.
 
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The wood edition prototype looks like this :
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17
January
2019

MAKE 100 / Mr Cup Letterpress coasters

posted in Mr CUP News  at 2.50 PM from Mr Cup Studio / France listening London Grammar
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 I discover letterpress printing 10 years ago. It basically changed my way of designing. My first items were my own business cards, and soon I created a set of 4 coasters to explore the possibilities. Limited (as all my products) they are sold out for a long time.
 

With first printing, I create a prototype of a wood box for a set of 8 coasters, but it never goes further, only 5 were made to see how it looks like. To celebrate the past 10 years, I decided to reprint the original coasters, create a set of 4 more coasters and an edition of 100 with the wood box as the part of the Kickstarter MAKE 100 project.