One of our favorite things to do is to go on press inspection. It sounds silly, and when you get right down to it very few firms actually do press inspection anymore, but we love it (not to mention it’s a vital step in ensuring quality print jobs). Bryan, the lucky devil, got the chance to visit Sans Screenprint out in Manassas to inspect the printing of a bunch of t-shirts for La Palina.
We particularly love watching screen printing as it’s very different than traditional printing. The biggest difference is visibility: with screen printing, the machines are open so you can directly view every step. With sheetfed offset printing, which is how most things (business cards, letterhead, etc) are printed, the presses are massive machines that obscure pretty much the entire process. While our profession and indeed the world in general is becoming more digital and less physical every day, it’s refreshing to watch ink being applied to paper, or in this case, cloth.
And speaking of refreshing, Tomas decided to take a much deserved mini-vacation last weekend. While visiting his family in New York state, he sent the following email to various studio members who were stuck inside while it rained in DC:
From the back of a three year old Tennessee Walker mare in western, upstate NY. Venison steak tonight, bon-fire afterwards with some tasty booze. Blackberry picking tomorrow.
And of course, if that wasn’t enough, he taunted us with pictures.
In other news, our new Design Manager Tig has been out and about making the rounds at various networking events around town. One event he attended (and enjoyed in particular) was an AMA (American Marketing Association) event which took place at Sushi Rock (music plays when you click) in Arlington. The rest of us are all big sushi fans… maybe we’ll have to start networking more too.
