This Friday one of the Rochester area’s newest cultural gem’s is having a Grand Opening. Dock 2 Letterpress is a printing company like no other. Specializing in handset typography and printing on antique hand fed printing presses. They celebrate an art form that since the age of computers has gone the way of the 8-track. It’s combing through drawers of wooden typefaces. It’s large iron printing machines powered by feet not electricity. It’s the feel of the deboss, and the smell of the ink that cannot be replaced by Photoshop.
This is not an official RAF event. It’s an event sponsored by the AIGA, and I encourage you to go out and see what the Dock 2 Letterpress is all about. Why? Because our new RAF mission is to strengthen our creative community, to educate, and inspire great work. And this shop is freaking sweet.
The Grand Opening is from 5pm to 9pm, this Friday the 18th.
Dock 2 Letterpress is located across from Webster Thomas High School on 855 Publishers Parkway, DOCK #2 in Webster, NY, 14580
Hope to see you there. I’ll be the one drooling over the Bookman woodblock typefaces in the back of the shop.
JOE
In our continuing quest to connect our creative communications community, we’re collaborating with AIGA to bring you CREATIVITY UNITED. (Geez, alliteration much?) Our first collab will be A LITTLE NIGHT OUT, a free movie and social gathering at The Little Theatre. The event is free with RSVP–just click on the link on our homepage to register. Along with connecting with our fellow creative communicators, Creativity United events will let us show our support for the great film, art, music our community has to offer. And let’s face it: we need this stuff as much as it needs us. It’s our creative fuel…our spinach. So, eat your spinach, will ya?