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If you're an artist in the Los Angeles, California area I'm about to let you in on a great trade secret...
This is McManus & Morgan paper store at 2506 W. 7th St near downtown (the oldest art store in LA)...
and this is Aardvark Letterpress also on W. 7th St
They are next-door to each other.
Both of these store-fronts are highly specialized. McManus & Morgan excels at listening to each artist that comes in and finding the best paper possible for their unique projects. They carry paper from 25 different countries, many of them being hand crafted, and they are able to order whatever they don't have in stock. McManus & Morgan also carries vintage books, post cards, and magazines as-well as hand crafted envelopes and ephemera. Aardvark obviously specializes in letterpress printing. There is no single component of letterpress print making that their technicians don't know about. Having these two resources in such close proximity to each other is a power house of a resource for any creative.
High end event planners have been using this duo for years creating invitations on behalf of companies like: Adidas, AMC, and Guess Jeans. There are some samples below, but you should visit McManus & Morgan and ask to browse through the staggering amount of invitations they have made with Aardvark. I guarantee you'll be inspired.
(AMC invite to premiere of Madmen season 4)
(Guess Jeans invite utilizing paper with a mirror finish)
(letters pressed into real leather)
(invite to launch of David Beckham's clothing line)
Check out what Aardvark Letterpress and McManus & Morgan did to print the CD covers for Gillian Welch's award winning album the Harrow & the Harvest.
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