Starshaped Press at Open House Chicago

Starshaped Press is a letterpress and design studio located in the Streamline Moderne-style Bulldog Lock Co. Building. Once a bustling area for the city's vast printing industry, Starshaped continues this tradition by focusing on printed works created with 19th and 20th century antique metal and wood type using 80- to 100-year-old printing presses. For more than two decades the studio has preserved the technology of the past through production, creating countless personal and client-based projects that include posters, stationery, business collateral and music packaging. See a working letterpress studio and the materials that make this happen, ranging from the small tools and extensive wood and metal type collection, to prints and books. A Chicago-made press will be in operation and so guests can take a souvenir print. Existing prints and stationery are also available for purchase.