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Stationery & identity
Calling cards, letterhead, and full identity systems on cotton or bamboo stock.
LetterpressFoilEmboss
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The Print Industry Like You’ve Never Seen It. Print Island is the global content platform made by the print industry, for the print industry. We are Spotify for Print! It brings you the raw, unfiltered stories behind the machines, the minds, and the momentum shaping print today. Hosted by print pioneers across the globe, we dive into what really matters: • Behind-the-scenes access • No-nonsense reviews • Real conversations with real people. • Global coverage from the US to Australia Forget the trade show polish. Print Island is where you hear what’s really happening — the wins, the struggles, the breakthroughs, and the truth behind the tech. Bold, entertaining, and grounded in expertise. Whether you’re in production, sales, design, or just obsessed with ink and innovation, Print Island is your front-row seat to the future of print.
- 12y
- Pressing
- 1.4k+
- Editions
- 38
- Stocks
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[ 07 ] Watch
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Process films, behind-the-press cuts, and short conversations — straight from our channel.
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[ 02 ] Featured channels
All playlists on YouTube →Print Island Channels.
The Lighthouse
Navigating the business of print
[ 03 ] Services
Something else in mind? Ask us →A small catalogue of disciplines.
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Invitations & occasions
Bespoke suites for weddings, openings, and once-in-a-lifetime announcements.
SuitesEnvelopesWax seals
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Books & monographs
Short-run hardcover books, catalogues, and artist editions, bound in-house.
Smyth sewnClothGilding
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Packaging & editions
Packaging, labels, and numbered editions for makers who care about the object.
LabelsBoxesInserts
[ 04 ] Selected work
Full archive →Recent impressions.
[ 05 ] Process
Four steps, from first note to final impression.
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Conversation
A letter, a call, or coffee at the studio. We learn the story, the occasion, the audience.
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Specification
Together we choose paper, ink, technique, and binding. A sample swatch arrives by post.
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Composition
We typeset, proof, and prepare plates. Two rounds of proofing included as standard.
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Press
Each sheet is fed by hand. Edition, packaging, and delivery in four to six weeks.
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[ 07 ] Newsletter
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A monthly dispatch on craft, colour, and what's moving through the studio.
LinkedInLatest issue · 4 min
Ink, paper, and the island light
A short letter on why we still mix Pantones by eye, and what the morning sun does to a freshly printed sheet.
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LinkedInPrevious issue · 5 min
Notes from the bindery
Hand-stitched signatures, board weights, and the small rituals that make a book feel inevitable.
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LinkedInEarlier · 6 min
Paper as material
Stock weights, fibres, and how we choose substrates that age the way the island does — slowly, beautifully.
Read on LinkedIn →[ — ] Testimonial
The Print Island didn't print our invitations — they composed them. Guests held them like small pieces of architecture.
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Eloise Marchetti
Curator, Salon des Objets
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- Studio
- Pier 4, The Old Customs House
- Hours
- Tue–Sat · 10:00–18:00
- hello@theprintisland.com
- Phone
- +44 (0)20 7946 0218