Letterpress on Shine

not your average coasters

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i fell in love with johanna anderes's work a few months ago. she has a company called 12fifteen paper...

Sweet times!

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Adoring these little Letterpress clocks from Sesame Letterpress I just spotted on their flickr this morning. I...

Business card bonanza for the newly self-employed

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There are many adjustments one must make when one branches out on her own as a self-employed or freelance worker: when the copy machine jams, you have to fix it yourself; no one takes your trash out at the end of the day; and there's also no one to automatically design and order your business cards—but that's not actually such a bad thing, since corporate business cards are usually pretty boring. To help you get inspired to find cards that send just the right message—whether it's that you've got great taste or are a no-b.s. kind of person—we've rounded up 8 distinctive options for your consideration. All you've got to do now is pick a style (or design your own), brush up on your networking skills, and, ahem, learn to operate your copy machine like a pro.

Party Favorites: customizable banners

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About a month ago, I was knee-deep in planning a semi-surprise 30th-birthday party and simultaneously neck-deep in planning the launch of this site. The conditions were far from ideal for pulling off a once-in-a-lifetime affair with handmade decorations and party favors (although I did manage to pull off homemade cupcakes). Anyway, as I was frantically scouring the racks of the local party-supply shop just before the big day, I absentmindedly picked up a shiny-lettered Happy Birthday banner, only to find out when I got home that it was actually a make-your-own whatever-you-want-it-to-say banner. Now, perhaps I am easily excited, but I think this is just the kind of detail that is even more fun to mess with because it flies under the radar. You expect the shiny letters to say "Happy Birthday", and then when they say, "You're a real dinosaur now," or "Hope you wore some butt pads because you're about to get spanked," it's even more subversive.

10 great rock posters to buy now*

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By now, gig posters—especially those letter-pressed or hand-screened—are more or less a part of the modern design canon. They are often affordable, worthy of custom framing, and fully able to telegraph one’s musical and aesthetic taste in one fell swoop, while also serving as sentimental reminders of great shows enjoyed. There’s no shortage of places to look for them, so we pulled together a survey of some of the best artists and sites (in our humble opinion), along with some of our favorite prints from each. For those about to buy rock posters, we salute you.