Wood type print commission for George Clarke’s Old House, New Home.

September 2022

We were delighted to have been approached by Amazing Productions, the producers of George Clarke’s Old House, New Home, to design and print a bespoke wood type print for a property featured in the programme. As part of the commission, George visited our workshop, learnt about the craft of letterpress and got hands-on with the typesetting and printing of the final piece.

The full programme can be viewed via the Channel 4 player here.

Wall Street Journal letterpress article.

November 2012

The Wall Street Journal have just featured us in an article entitled ‘Creating an Impression – A Letterpress Revival Spreads Across Europe’.

An online version of the print article can be read here.

The Weekender Magazine.

October 2012

We have just been featured in a Great Britain special edition of The Weekender, a beautifully produced German lifestyle magazine.

Further information about this edition can be found here.

Spitalfields Life.

December 2011

Earlier this month, The Gentle Author of Spitalfields Life visited our workshop and subsequently posted a lovely piece – mainly about Justin, his passion for letterpress printing and how typoretum came into being.

The full article can be read here.

Random Spectacular!

December 2011

We have produced a specially commissioned wood type poster for the inaugural issue of Random Spectacular.

Published by St. Jude’s, Random Spectacular is a collaborative exploration of the visual arts, literature, nature, travel and much more.

Inker Linker: “find an awesome printer”.

October 2011

We are delighted to have been selected for a special ‘Staff Favourite’ listing on Inker Linker.

Inker Linker was founded by Jessica Hische to enable designers to find printers based on their requirements.

Letterpress – The allure of the handmade.

February 2011

We have been featured in this revised edition, published by Rotovision and edited by David Jury.

This book sets out to “celebrate the technical ingenuity, conventions and rebellions, art and craft of letterpress”.

Reverting To Type letterpress exhibition.

December 2010

We will be contributing posters to this exhibition of contemporary letterpress practitioners, showcasing modern day use of letterpress materials.

Standpoint Gallery, London N1, from 10th Dec 2010 – 22nd Jan 2011.

Letterpress: Forward Thinking conference.

November 2010

I have been asked to speak at this conference, on the theme of ‘Rescued & reborn’ and about how my involvement with letterpress has evolved over the past two decades. To be held at the St Bride Library on 19th November 2010.

Reinventing Letterpress book.

June 2010

We have been featured in a new book on letterpress, published by Rotovision. This book explores the revival of letterpress and “showcases beautiful examples of contemporary work, profiling the craft’s most exciting practitioners”.

Crafts Magazine – ‘True to Type’ article.

January/February 2010

‘The magazine for contemporary craft’ features typoretum in an article on the revival of letterpress printing.

James Pallister discovers that it’s thriving and looks to its future.

Shedworking – The alternative workspace revolution.

Spring 2010

Our first (MKI) workshop has been featured in the recently published Shedworking book.

The Shedworking blog can be visited here.

Financial Times – Christmas Unwrapped.

November 2009

Our letterpress cards have been featured in a How To Spend It Christmas special.

“Designers are using old letterpresses to put the personal touch back into greetings cards and correspondence”, says Mark C O’Flaherty.

I Love Typography.

September 2009

John Boardley featured Typoretum on the 9th September and again on the 21st September, as part of his weekly ‘Sunday Type’ review of typographical discoveries.

Both iLT ‘Sunday Type’ articles can be read here and here.

Upscale Typography blog interview.

April 2009

The independent award-winning type foundry Parachute interviewed Justin Knopp for a piece on their Upscale Typography blog.

The full interview can be read here.