This astonishing letterpress poster is the latest work of the great London–based studio, We Made This. Specialised in print work, We Made This is an award winning graphic design studio founded in 2003. Designed for Twickenham Carnival, the posters has been neatly made in collaboration with the brilliant New North Press studio.
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Richmond Council asked us to put together the posters for the carnival based on the theme ‘Heritage Now!’ So by way of research we took a trip to the Local Studies Collection at Richmond Library, which is a real treasure trove. We unearthed some giant scrapbooks which had a whole series of fantastic original posters from local carnivals back in the 1920s, which was too good a gift to ignore.
We discussed the idea of doing purely typographic posters with the client, who could see that it fit snugly with their heritage theme. We then put together a rough layout, and took it to New North Press, who matched the type where possible, and proposed some great substitutions where not.
They printed an all-black version for us to scan (so that we could create artwork for a large run of digitally printed posters), and then created a short run of original two-colour prints.
Find out more about the printing process on Flickr.
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