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Bluebird Stumptown Signage at The Fresh Pot on Hawthorne Blvd. Portland, OR
Portland is renowned for many marvelous things; the rain, microbrews, bookstores and of course its love affair with coffee. We adore coffee in these parts, and we don’t like to go far to get it based on the number of charming cafés that line [...]

Lina Rennell hang tags
Lina Rennell, the founder of online-boutique Beklina, has just released her new namesake collection that includes art-driven fashion, hand printed textiles and objects. Titled Big Sur Meets Helsinki, Lina describes the aesthetic as “Native Modern, a harmonious mix of raw, feminine & earthy, with simple, functional & evolved thought.”  

Olio United is an eco-chic retailer in the SE industrial district of Portland, Oregon. Owners Korinne James and Cathy McMurray designed their store to connect socially-responsible artists and designers with like-minded customers. They feature locally made wares, as well as goods using recycled or sustainable materials. And the gorgeous contents of their store won’t just [...]

A variety of Giant Robot t-shirts sporting Pinball printed hangtags
Welcome to the second installment of Ink in Action, the CoinOp features that takes you out of the printshop and into the real life adventures of printed matter.
In this edition, we’re talking about hangtags, lots of hangtags in fact, all destined for greatness on the racks [...]

Beautiful designs by Portland’s PatternPeople show up in Simply Pattern, a recent design book published by viction:ary.
And who do you suppose printed the samples used for the article?
Pinball! (of course)
More photos after the jump.

An array of Pinball-printed items complete skinnskinny’s awesome packaging for their organic bath and body products.
We’re obsessed with the the entire design and print process - from idea, to Adobe to I Adore It!  Nothing feels quite as good as handing over the finished printing of a client’s most prized design project. What feels even better [...]