Stack at home: Double Dagger, October 2017

October’s Stack delivery was a testament to the beauty of analogue creativity. Made entirely by hand, Double Dagger is a 16pp newspaper printed by a 1970s letterpress using hot metal type. They even design their layouts by hand, cutting and pasting them in galley proofs — you can learn more about their process in our guide to letterpress printing by the editors.

Issue two of the magazine was definitely one of the most photogenic titles we’ve sent out, with its big spreads, joyful colours and clean-cut graphics. We’ve pinned a bunch of our subscribers’ photos on a Pinterest board, and below are some of our favourites, including the best response we received which gets a Stack t-shirt…

6. Monthly inspiration
Double Dagger provides design brain juice for one Marseille-based studio.

{ I N S P I R A T I O N ~ Une nouvelle revue design vient d’arriver chez BCM ! } Merci @doubledaggerz & @stackmagazines pour cette découverte ! . . . #editorialdesign #inspiration #print #vintageprint #colorful #privatedesigner #studiodesign #graphicdesign #passion #amazingjob #motivation #edition #goodreads #bureauchapeaumelon #team #orange #yellow #blue #creativeprocess

A post shared by Bureau Chapeau Melon (@bureauchapeaumelon) on Oct 17, 2017 at 7:59am PDT

5. First time subscriber
Simon shows off the pretty colours and laser-cut crispness inside his first delivery from Stack.

Amazing first issue of my @StackMagazines sub. @doubledaggerz letterpress paper. As a letterpress/print/design obsessive it’s a real joy. pic.twitter.com/sMokMn3x4z

— Simon Begg (@simonbegg) October 26, 2017

4. Neighbours!
A nice surprise for Charli, who found out that the Double Dagger printing press is just down the road from her house. She even tried out an extremely enviable beginners’ letterpress workshop with the editors.

Wonderful surprise to receive this month's @stackmagazines delivery and find that it's been printed just down the road by the brilliant @patrandle and Nick Loaring at Whittington Press! Absolutely fantastic job, beautiful printing and artwork and a pleasure to read through (and if anyone fancies trying letterpress themselves, I can testify that Pat does a wonderful workshop for beginners and experts alike!! Go check out the Nomad Letterpress website… I've just remembered there's a photo of me on the workshop page too!) #letterpress #local #hotmetal #printing #heidelberg #type #tactile #lovelettertoprint #magazinesubscription #doubledagger #graphicdesign #printdesign #cheltenham #cotswolds #letterpressworkshop

A post shared by Charli Peake (@charli.peake) on Oct 10, 2017 at 3:09am PDT

3. Stanley Donwood’s burning London
There have been quite a few shout outs to the illustrator’s centrefold print, and for good reason — his portrayal of London is quite fitting for the year we’ve had.

This is a fine thing. @StackMagazines latest delivery. @doubledaggerz mag printed letterpress with fab dps illo by @StanleyDonwood pic.twitter.com/Uc3krYDHt3

— Nick Paul (@gilburtandpaul) October 10, 2017

2. “Real doozie”
Click through Luke’s lovely photos of the magazine to see what he means.

This months @stackmagazines is a real doozie — Issue 2 of Double Dagger by @doubledaggerz @patrandle @theprintproject 👌🏼👌🏼

A post shared by Luke Tonge (@luketonge) on Oct 14, 2017 at 7:19am PDT

1. That face
And here’s this month’s winner! How can you say no to that puppy face? A money-can’t buy Stack t-shirt is on its way…

Look at that face!

A post shared by MICHELLE MORRISON (@michellemorrison.club) on Oct 20, 2017 at 4:20pm PDT

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