Metal moveable type, by Willi Heidelbach. Taken from the Wikipedia Commons.

I had an interesting conversation with one of our designers (Michael John of colorcubic) about the dying art of letterpress. It’s something many of us at Inksie have been interested in for quite some time now, and we really hope to come up with an excuse to incorporate one into our business down the road (feel free to give suggestions).

It really got me thinking about how this is just one small niche of the many dying arts. There are so many wonderful and creative things that are going to die out within the next decade or two. So we thought we would take some time to highlight and give homage to the histories and futures of these artistic ventures in a series of posts. Stay tuned!