Lunalux owner Jenni Undis is featured in the March 30 edition of the Minneapolis newspaper Downtown Journal. Look for Jenni in the bi-weekly column “From the desk of” – the story includes a photo of her desk, along with little factoids about some of the clutter you’ll see on said desk. The Downtown Journal is a free newspaper, available all over downtown Minneapolis. You can also click here to read the story on the newspaper’s website. You can also browse the Luanlux blog archives to read more about press coverage we’ve been receiving in other newspapers and magazines.
If you dine at Nick and Eddie (right next door to Lunalux) your meal will be served on a large white plate decorated with the restaurant’s name in black. That simple dinner plate was the inspiration for the design of their gift certificates, which we made this winter. We letterpress-printed the text in black ink and blind-embossed the plate image on super-soft bright white stock, because we wanted to create a really striking texture. Opening the card reveals standard gift-certificate fare: to/from/amount blanks, the restaurant’s location and hours, and the certificate’s unique number (forgers beware!). Imagine if you received a card like this, tucked inside a deep red envelope – we think the gift certificate itself is so beautiful, it’s almost a present even if you couldn’t redeem it for fancy food!
We printed business cards to match, too. The typesetting mimics the gold and black lettering on the restaurant’s big front window. Like the gift certificates, the cards are printed on 100% cotton Lettra cover. Simple, urban and luxurious. And while we’re tooting our own horn, we’ll give some love to our neighbors too. We love Nick and Eddie because it always feels like there’s something happening there, whether we’re enjoying a raucous Saturday-night burlesque show or reading the new City Pages at the bar on a quiet Wednesday. This newest kid on the block has brought some much-needed energy to the neighborhood! And now that our favorite chef Steven Brown is working there, we love it even more.
Click here to learn more about our custom business card and business stationery offerings, or browse our blog archives to read about other recent business stationery projects.
Heather’s eyes widened as she ran her fingers over her wedding invitations for the first time. The ecru card with gold lettering and a sepia silhouette of a bridge was hot off the press, and designed especially for her and Michele. She referred to the cards as “paper porn,” perhaps one of the best compliments we’ve ever received. Letterpress-printed on 130# cover, with matching RSVP postcards, map cards and mailing labels for the dark brown envelopes.
When Mary first visited Lunalux, she had a shop card she’d picked up on a recent trip to France. She loved the classic styling and the blue paper, and asked us design calling cards inspired by her Parisian ephemera. The cards we created for her are letterpress-printed in intense black ink on duplexed cover stock (white on one side, pale blue on the other) – we love the subtle contrast of the paper colors, and the drama of the black ink. We’ve used this fleur de lis motif on wedding stationery recently, and we think it’s equally well suited for classic personal stationery applications.
While Mary’s card has a very traditional feel to it, Yuko wanted something more modern and unusual. She asked us to incorporate her family crest into a simple, sleek composition. The finished card is letterpress-printed with silver ink on a soft black railroad board.
