Look what Matt at Mandatory Thinking has sent me. It's brilliant. Read about it here. Thanks Matt.
It's a brilliantly simple idea (nice), letterpress printed (fantastic) and he typed the envelope and note on an old typewritter (bloody brilliant!).
Now I love old typewriters for the same reason I love letterpress, rubber stamps and lino cut: the results are inherantly flawed and that gives them soul. In these days of Mac "perfection", beautiful imperfections should be cherished, celebrated, encouraged.
Even Matt's envelopes are lovely, off-the-shelf though they may be: off-white uncoated paper, printed inside with a repetitive pattern to help keep the content private. Now don't get me wrong, I'm not harking back to "better days". What I mean is that these things; the typewriter, the envelope, the letterpress; have humanist, tactile, craft qualities that are so often lost in our need to be fast, convenient and efficient.
Completely in agreement!
Posted by: sulu-design | 20 December 2006 at 10:45 PM