by Gail Snow | Dec 9, 2014 | Design, HB Design
A few months back, our creative director envisioned a unique way to transform past blog posts into visually compelling posters, or “broadsides,” as art. A broadside is a sheet of paper printed on one side. Historically, they were letterpress posters...
by Leslie Worth | Jan 7, 2014 | Broadside, Our work
2013 ended at HB with some good old-fashioned printing on our Vandercook press! Because of some creative planning and thinking, we successfully printed our holiday cards while juggling fairly heavy end-of-the-year workloads. Last year’s printing experience was very...
by Leslie Worth | Jan 15, 2013 | Culture, HB Design, Inspiration, Our work
Each morning, before I go to work, I take an hour and ride my spinning bike. I love this early morning exercise time—it is an hour of the day when my mind clears and I have no interruptions or distractions, and creative thoughts flow freely.The other day I began to...
by noelhenneman | Nov 28, 2012 | Broadside, Culture
This year’s HB Design Holiday gift has an extra special hand-made touch. We printed holiday cards on our new in-office letterpress. “New” being a relative term. The cards were printed on a Vandercook Proof Press circa 1936. Check out a few shots from the process....
by noelhenneman | Nov 6, 2012 | Culture
Leslie, our creative director, gave the company our first training session on our letterpress. Below are some photos, click to see larger views.