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Newest Addition to the Family

Heidi—and our office printer, Gutenberg—just got a new sibling: the Canon imagePROGRAF PRO-4600! After some internal discussion and feedback from our social media, we’ve decided to call it HAL. Not only does it feature menacing red lights to indicate ink status, but it will also be used to print the illustrations for our upcoming Roman...

September 26, 2024ByMarko Matijašević

Catch It While You Can

As many of you know, letterpress printing takes time. Since we’re still relatively new to it, we take things slowly to ensure everything is done correctly. While we’re reaching the point where the process will become faster, there is a pleasant side effect—extra time to iterate!During this process, we had the opportunity to test various...

September 5, 2024ByMarko Matijašević

Mission Accomplished!

As the binding of Catch-22 – Mission Edition continues by the Amaranteam, the first copies have left the building. We’ll be sending them out at a steady pace, so keep an eye out for the address confirmation email followed by a tracking number from DHL.In the mean time, we made a video of the production...

August 30, 2024ByMarko Matijašević

Burning through the Summer

As I’ve already mentioned in our latest newsletter, our Catch-22 is proving to be worthy of its theme and name, but we’re getting there. You can read more about it on the link above, but if you’re looking for a quick rundown, here it is:1. Catch-22 – Essential Edition covers are still giving us some...

July 27, 2024ByMarko Matijašević

Catch, 2001 and Beyond

“Slow and steady wins the spaghetti”—that’s what is usually mumbled in passing as someone from our team works on one of the books. While silly, it perfectly portrays my (and the Amaranteam’s) approach to our creations—to make them as perfect as humanly possible.As our production slowly, but steadily, moves more and more in-house, we can...

June 24, 2024ByMarko Matijašević

Into the Monolith

Last time I wrote about 2001: A Space Odyssey, I discussed the eponymous showdown that inspired the design for the HAL Edition. Now, it’s time to go a bit deeper and further. This time, we’re venturing (quite literally) into the Monolith found on Saturn’s moon Iapetus. Like the previous video, this one delves into the...

May 26, 2024ByMarko Matijašević

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