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Into the 2025

2024 was marked by delays—there’s no way around that fact. Several factors contributed to this unfortunate outcome, such as the repeated foil stamping required for the Essential Edition of Catch-22. However, the biggest challenge was undoubtedly our lack of a dedicated production space.Back in 2022, we acquired an old, derelict building in Zagreb. The property...

December 10, 2024ByMarko Matijašević

Amaranthine Odyssey

2001: A Space Odyssey has turned out to be quite an adventure. It is undoubtedly our most encompassing project, spanning four editions, including the space launch of the miniature monoliths with the help of Blue Origin. A lot has happened along the way, and we have used that time quite wisely. Now that we have...

October 24, 2024ByMarko Matijašević

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

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