Mr Cup’s elegant letterpress calendar for 2019 comes in deluxe black and gold

Each month of the 2019 edition will feature motivational words of wisdom for creatives, designed by typographers and graphic designers including Nick Misani, Ginger Monke (Tom Lane), Dan Grett, Peter Voth, Kelsy Stromski, Christian Watson 1924.us, Tuyet Duyet, Reno Orange. The front cover, with its vintage-style typography and beautiful embossed effect, is designed by Mr Cup himself.

A traditional printing craft, letterpress printing is having something of a revival, thanks to a nostalgia for the once-fading artform. It has the ability to create relief into paper by adding pressure - called deep impression, or debossing. The thicker the paper, the deeper the impression. The result is a clean, sharp imprint with a textured effect.

‘Mr. Cup’ is France-based graphic designer Fabien Barral, who develops products including calendars, coasters, posters and cards, which you can find at his website. You can find details of the calendar over at Kickstarter.