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CHAOTIQUE #1 STILL AVAILABLE

2011-06-08T21:29:00.000-07:00

DOMA & DREYER PRESS WIN A NATIONAL ADDY!

2011-06-08T15:32:00.001-07:00

Well, well, well. Looks like we totally kick ass. We won a National Silver Addy Award, for La Bicicletta. Nice. To put this into context, 1382 entries made it to the National level; of these, 87 received gold awards and 156 won silver. Best of Show went to the dude who made those Allstate commercials starring O'Reilly from OZ.

So, let's recap all the ADDY's we won for this. And let's ignore the fact that I still owe DOMA $150 for my half of the entrance fees.

LOCAL ADDYS: 3 Gold Awards, 1 Best of Division, & Designer's Chair.

REGIONAL ADDYS: 1 Gold, 1 Silver.

NATIONAL ADDYS: 1 Silver.

Not bad. So what exactly does this pile of awards mean, existentially? To some degree, judgment and subsequent recognition by external parties offers validation, and whatever physical form this award will take (certificate, trophy or whatever) provides a concise, tangible reminder of work done well.

But I think we all need to remember the greater judgment that awaits us. When our souls pass on to the great hereafter, will our lives garner the Gold Award of Salvation? Or will we receive the brown turkey of disappointment known as eternal damnation?

Food for thought as we dance around our gigantic pile of earthly design awards, swigging whiskey and listening to Slayer, full-blast.

~Chris

THE ADDYS ARE DECADENT AND DEPRAVED

2011-03-29T02:04:00.000-07:00

So, the Addy's are marketing awards -- kind of like the Oscars for the advertising community. It's simultaneously a drunken circle jerk of backpatting AND a side-eyed dick-judging pissing contest (which is easier when drunk anyway--at least, that seemed to be the consensus).

DREYER PRESS entered some stuff with DOMA. In fact, DREYER PRESS still owes DOMA $150 for half the entry fees. Shhhhh. Anyway, I went to this thing in a ridiculous green $14 leisure suit and got totally sloshed on airplane bottles that my totally rad/hot girlfriend Tiffany had smuggled in. We shared them with my coworkers at BOOM -- after all, who can say no to such an adorable little bottle of whisky? -- and I ran into my totally rad/drunk friend Joe who I hadn't seen since I started losing my hair.

When they announced the Designer's Chair Award, which essentially amounts to Best in Show, I was smoking a cigarette outside, swaying, with a gigantic red wine stain down the front of my ridiculous green $14 leisure suit. I thought it was quite poetic that after submitting LATE entries, we won the BEST award (though it did break instantly as if to bitterly assert the dissonance between form and function all too often ignored in the name of "DESIGN") and then I was off drunk and smoking somewhere and wasn't even around to collect it. Classic Dreyer. Fucking asshole.

The awards ended and there was confusion and drag queens.

I took one sip of beer at the Baby Bar and it was the one sip that threw me into the great abyss of darkness where the mind and body don't talk to each other. The dark, dark place where the immune system lowers his standards and wakes up with a fugly-ass virus laying next to him in a negligee.

I had a fever for 3 days, and a sore throat for the rest of the week. Yup. I had da Whiskey and Airplane Bottle Blues. I also had popsicles.

ANYWAY HERE'S THE RUNDOWN

DOMA Coffee Roasting Company
Gold ADDY® Award La Bicicletta DOMA Coffee Roasting Special Event Material
Gold ADDY® Award and Best of Division and Designers Chair DOMA 2010 Seasonal Packaging
Silver ADDY® Award Roaster Card DOMA Coffee Roasting

DOMA Coffee Roasting Company and Dreyer Press submitted three entries to the American Advertising Federation and won 5 awards: 2 golds, 1 silver, Best Of Division and the Designers Chair Award.

DOMA co-owner Rebecca Patano writes, "I am so happy that the advertising industry recognizes the importance of product packaging that is recycled, compostable, and letter pressed with soy based inks. Our efforts in sourcing packaging, continuing to offer unique and creative design and staying on the leading edge of sustainable, functional packaging continues to set us apart from the others. Great packaging on the outside, great coffee on the inside."

Silver ADDY® Award - Roaster Card

Gold ADDY® Award - La Bicicletta

Gold ADDY® Award - DOMA 2010 Seasonal Packaging

Best of Division Award - DOMA 2010 Seasonal Packaging

Designers Chair Award - DOMA 2010 Seasonal Packaging

It should be noted, for the record, that the fact that the accompanying trophies and framed certificates were not left at the Baby Bar is thanks entirely to my totally observant/hot girlfriend. She also gets "props" for making sure I didn't get hit by any cars walking home. The whereabouts of the Silver award for the Roaster Card are completely unknown -- I didn't think we even won anything for the roaster card. But we totally did. We just have nothing to show for it. Cuz Chris Dreyer wasn't around when they called it, apparently. Cuz Chris Dreyer was drunk on Whisky and spillin red wine down his jacket and smokin cigarettes with drag queens... Fucking asshole.

HOW DESIGN ANNUAL

2010-03-03T18:01:00.000-08:00

Hey, nice work Dreyer Press and DOMA Coffee, you seem to have made it into the HOW Design Annual!

To save all of you the trouble of paying $17 for to buy a copy, here's a scan of the best page in it:

Seriously, this is pretty cool. DOMA and Dreyer Press have made some truly terrific stuff together, and will soon hopefully be sharing some truly terrific beers together to celebrate this killer accomplishment.

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

2010-02-12T13:29:00.001-08:00

HELLO! And happy Valentine's Day. Early.

Here is the awesome bag we did for DOMA for V-Day this year.

WHELP, Have a good Valentine's Day, and for the love of God, be smart.

Chris

Santa's Little Helper 2009

2009-12-09T11:25:00.000-08:00

DOMA's 2009 Christmas bags!

4-color letterpress treatment with a slick little illustration.

Buy here: www.domacoffee.com

Fossa Studio Gift Card Promo

2009-11-24T12:05:00.001-08:00

Here is a slick little promo piece I put together for the talented/charismatic Veronica Evans of Fossa Studio Photography. She even sealed the first bundle with a wax stamp.

The gift card is actually two different paper stocks duplexed together with glue, for a very thick and substantial card. All inks were printed with the offset press, with the exception of the black on the front of the gift card ($25), which was done with the letterpress to lend a unique, slightly distressed look to each card.

Enclosure: Classic Linen "Epic Black" 1/0 Silver ink, letterpress score for tri-fold

Card: French Paper "Blu-Raspberry" w/ white offset & black letterpress, duplexed with Classic Crest "Pewter" w/ 2-color white/black offset. Corners rounded.

Alex / Megan wedding invites

2009-11-23T18:02:00.000-08:00

Epic wedding invitations:
INVITE: Envelopment pocket folder shell with three sheets glued in layers and three inserts; nameplate glued onto flap. 2-3 color offset with dark blue line art letterpressed onto main invitation.
ENVELOPE: 1-color letterpress

PROJECT HIGHLIGHT - DOMA "SOVIET" PIECE

2009-10-22T14:04:00.000-07:00

FRONT: 3-color Letterpress
BACK: 3-color Offset

This piece was done in the Soviet propaganda style, emphasizing the hard work that goes into your coffee beans. The handcrafted look of the letterpress lent itself very well to the message of the piece, and they turned out great.

If you are in Spokane, you can probably find one of these whereever DOMA Coffee is sold; I'd recommend you get one while you can.

Matea Basta Wedding Invitations

2009-08-14T10:13:00.001-07:00

The only thing more satisfying than spotting your work out in the wild is being able to participate in its use. I received this little puppy in the mail last week, and damned if they aren't the prettiest things I've put out all year. Killer invitations.

STATS:
A6 card, horizontal
3/3 offset - match purple, yellow, orange on French Pop-Tone "Banana Split," letterpress score

RSVP card
3/3 offset - purple yellow, orange on French Pop-Tone "Grapesicle"

A6 Envelope
2/0 offset - purple, orange on French Pop-Tone "Grapesicle"

2009-08-14T09:38:00.000-07:00

Well, let me just blow the dust off this thing. PHOOOOF

Dreyer Press has moved into the basement of the historic Wetzel Warehouse, in downtown Spokane. The building itself is very cool, and my space is in what used to be a walk-in cooler for cold storage.

After cleaning up the work area and getting it a little more set up, I will post pictures. In the meantime, here are some shots of the building itself.

This is the front of the building.

The back, where I generally enter.

The totally awesome view from the 2nd story balcony. I can watch the trains while I eat lunch (!)

My wheels.

Terrain '08 Zine Pamphlet

2008-12-18T17:10:00.001-08:00

This is the 'zine pamphlet from Wonderground's Terrain "Breaking Ground" art event in October.

16 pp., red and orange on Neenah Environment "Desert Storm" 80#; saddle-stitched.

Chris & Sarah Wedding Program

2008-12-16T11:35:00.001-08:00

Here are a few scans from my wedding program back in May -- my scanner is a little crummy, so the colors aren't quite what they are in print -- saturation is way off, and the edges of the scans appear to be a little discolored from ambient light entering the scanner bed, but that's alright I suppose. This program featured a 5-page comic depicting our origin story.

You can click on them to enlarge and read them.

DOMA coffee bags

2008-12-15T11:39:00.000-08:00

Here are a couple scans of some of the bags we've been running for DOMA Coffee Roasting Co.

Depicted are: Santa's Little Helper xmas blend, the Down to Earth organic blend, and La Bicicletta organic blend.

You can buy it HERE.

At some point I hope to post some photos of the bags filled with coffee on display.

Hello!

2008-12-15T10:27:00.001-08:00

I figured starting a blog would be a good way to bide some time as I gradually get around to overhauling the Dreyer Press website, and a good, lazy way to post news / updates after the site goes up anyhow. Win-win.

My name is Chris; I started a printing business out of my garage in August of 2007. In the last 16 months I have produced some awesome work, acquired an antique C&P letterpress, and have embarked upon my life's goal of 'making cool stuff.'

I run a 1-color offset press and a 10x15 Chandler and Price letterpress, utilizing vegetable-based inks, recycled paper, and low-impact press chemistry.

I intend to post news, recent projects, micro-essays on relevant topics here; most likely the good stuff will at some point be archived on the website (http://www.dreyerpress.com) but posting stuff here will be MUCH easier than digging around in html or Flash.

So. There you have it.

Enjoy.

Chris