The web has been buzzing about the new Feedback Loop Notebook Project, and I’m hopping right on the buzzwagon because it’s a fantastic concept for a great cause. The project launched on September 8 and is a collaboration between Mohawk Fine Papers and Design Ignites Change.
25 leading letterpress printers were invited to participate in the project, using their creative and technical prowess to create limited edition letterpress notebooks (just 50 of each design is available) on Mohawk’s Loop paper, which was donated for the project. The result is a spectacular cornucopia of amazing notebooks featuring each printer’s special touch, and they’re all available for purchase in a special section of the Felt & Wire Shop. The notebooks are just $15, and 100% of the proceeds benefit kids via School : By Design, a youth mentoring initiative that asks high school students, in collaboration with their mentors, to redesign their school.
Here’s just a taste of what you can find over at Felt & Wire’s Feedback Loop shop. I especially love seeing all of the different binding techniques used:
Visualchemist
Flywheel Press
Cleanwash Letterpress
Dock 2 Letterpress
Smart & Wiley
Thomas Printers
All printers participating in The Feedback Loop Project:
Jenni Undi, Lunalux
Jason McDaniel, Owner/Creative Director, Missing Q Press
Matthew Kelsey, Printer, MK Printer
Christine Schneider, The Petite Press
Karl Heine, Designer Journals
kHyal, kHyal Kouture
Lindy Sinclair, Rohner Letterpress
Jeremy Peterson, Matter
David Wolske, Smart & Wiley
Jeff Macklin, Owner/Printer, Jackson Creek Press
Mick Hodgson, PhD
Colleen Walsh, Cleanwash Letterpress
Michael Dacey, Repeat Press
Toni Hung, Praxium Press
Rajshel Juhan, Jane Hancock Papers
Allison Chapman, Igloo Letterpress
Emily Martin, Orange Beautiful
Amber Ellis-Seguine, Flywheel Press
Natalie Lakhan, Amuse-Toi Bien
Tony Zanni, Dock 2 Letterpress
Catherine Realce, Visualchemist
Kseniya Thomas, Thomas-Printers
Jessica C. White, Heroes & Criminal Press
images from Felt & Wire
