Letterpress printing from raised metal type was the primary means of mass communication for over 500 years. While no longer an economically significant segment of the printing market, letterpress continues to live on for specialized commercial applications and, perhaps more importantly, as the heart and soul of a wonderful avocational world known as the private press movement.
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Gatwick Airport wanted people living within its 60 mile radius, to think of the Airport as a place with great, good value shopping. It just so happens that gay magazine Attitude, has incredibly high readership in the South of England due to the large gay community living in areas like Brighton. A mock double page fashion spread was published in the magazine and the models were replaced by planes.
Advertising Agency: Naked London, UK
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When I first saw this I was amazed by such good pieces transformed into awesome wallpapers, actually a wallpack of 20 wallpapers all created by the great Jared K. Nickerson (J3Concepts). Be ready to have a colorful desktop for at least a couple of months until you ran out of these. Enjoy!
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