Flying somewhere on Northwest Airlines this month? Be sure to look in the May 2008 issue of World Traveler, the NWA in-flight magazine, for a brief story on Lunalux. A three-page round-up of must-see shops and restaurants in the Twin Cities (pp. 33-35) includes a picture of Lunalux owner Jenni (that’s me!) and a write-up about our store. An excerpt: “Lunalux gives visitors the chance to see traditional presses in action while they peruse a wide variety of unique greeting cards, notebooks and wrapping paper. If you’re a die-hard letter devotee, this place is for you.” I couldn’t have said it better myself!

Click on the thumbnail image to the right to see the full story. And this is just the tip of the ice berg for us, media attention wise. You can read about more about the press we’ve been getting in our blog archive.

The business of letterpress printing is the topic of an in-depth story in the April 2008 issue of NAPL Business Review, a bi-monthly magazine distributed to members of the National Association for Printing Leadership. The five-page story includes extensive comments from “Jenni Undis, President of Lunalux, Inc., in Minneapolis, Minn.” As opposed to the soft-focus ooh-and-ahhh stories about letterpress that you’ll find in popular lifestyle magazines, this feature examines the resurgence of letterpress from a business standpoint – barriers of entry into the field, technical challenges of the process, how print shops can incorporate letterpress into their portfolio of services, etc. A very interesting read!

Lunalux owner/designer Jenni Undis was featured yesterday in the Star Triune. Jenni (or rather, her Minnesota RollerGirls alter-ego Rizzo) was pictured on the front and back pages of the Source section, and quoted extensively in a story about the day jobs of rollergirls. You can read the whole story at the Star Tribune website. You can read more about Rizzo at the Minnesota RollerGirls website. Or better yet, go see the MNRG bout this Sunday at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium in downtown St. Paul! Info about parking, tickets, etc. can also be found on the MNRG website.

Did you see it? Twin Cities TV station WCCO broadcast a story about Lunalux last night during their ten-o’clock-news show. Lunalux was featured in the Finding Minnesota segment of the show, which spotlights unique Minnesota businesses. If you go the the WCCO website, you can watch a video of the story – See Jenni run the presses! Hear Jenni talk about her business! Be mesmerized by the pretty pictures, and give in to your urge to visit our charming little printing studio!

Lunalux is featured in the February 1st e-mail newsletter from MinneapolisPicks.com. Have you seen this website yet? If not, you should check it out! It’s a great source for learning about local, independent shops and interesting goings-on, and this month we are thrilled to be the lead item. Thanks to Kara for including us!

The Lunalux Fortune Folio was recently added to productdose.com, a website with user-generated content about assorted retail products. Thank-you to Chandra at Greer in Chicago for calling this to our attention. The Fortune Folio also got shout-outs from two other design-focused blogs: Design Crush and BB-Blog.