Nick Misani has always been my lettering hero so, needless to say, I was super excited when he published this class! And on top of that it was all about Art Deco lettering, which I absolutely love!

When the class was published I was in Minneapolis, studying a semester abroad in art school. I already knew I wanted to design my own postcard to send to my family and friends. So this class was absolutely timely!

Since I was taking a screen printing class, I decided not only to create the design of the postcard, but also to screenprint it myself in the incredibly beautiful printshop that I had available there.

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1- INSPIRATION

I started collecting inspiration from the beautiful buildings in the streets of Minneapolis and I was able to find some beautiful Art Deco example.

Minneapolis Screen-printed Postcard - image 1 - student project

Minneapolis Screen-printed Postcard - image 2 - student project

Minneapolis Screen-printed Postcard - image 3 - student project

Minneapolis Screen-printed Postcard - image 4 - student project

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2- DESIGN

Using these images as starting points I started sketching and after a while I ended up with a pretty clear idea of what I wanted.

My very first rough sketch

Minneapolis Screen-printed Postcard - image 5 - student project

Vector work in progress

Minneapolis Screen-printed Postcard - image 6 - student project

Final Vector Design

Minneapolis Screen-printed Postcard - image 7 - student project

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3- PRINTING

After finalising the design I moved to the printing phase. I exposed my screen with the postcard design and started experimented with different paper types and with colors.

Minneapolis Screen-printed Postcard - image 8 - student project

You can see the postcard design on my screen

Minneapolis Screen-printed Postcard - image 9 - student project

Minneapolis Screen-printed Postcard - image 10 - student project

Testing colors, ink flood and line quality before moving forward to the actual printing. I absolutely loved the effect of metallic inks on both white and black paper so I went with them!

Minneapolis Screen-printed Postcard - image 11 - student project

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4- FINAL RESULT

Minneapolis Screen-printed Postcard - image 12 - student project

Minneapolis Screen-printed Postcard - image 13 - student project

Minneapolis Screen-printed Postcard - image 14 - student project

Minneapolis Screen-printed Postcard - image 15 - student project

Minneapolis Screen-printed Postcard - image 17 - student project

Minneapolis Screen-printed Postcard - image 19 - student project

Minneapolis Screen-printed Postcard - image 20 - student project

What you favourite color combination? :)

Thank you so much Nick for all the amazing information you provided!

Maria Chiara

Maria Chiara Fantini

Lettering Artist and Surface Designer

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