Print design studio · Minneapolis, Minnesota

Graphic design that holds up on press.

Inkwell & Press designs for print — business cards, brochures, posters, packaging and annual reports — built around the stock, the fold and the press the job will actually run on.

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The studio

Print is a physical medium. We design for it.

Paper behaves like a material: it has weight, grain and a limit to how much ink it will hold before it gives. We design with that in mind rather than for a screen that flatters everything.

Every job starts with the substrate and the press — what the piece will be written on, folded to, stacked in or pinned to. Files leave here built to spec, with the bleeds, color space and trim the printer needs, so press day holds no surprises.

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A press sheet held up to window light during a density check — Proofing a sheet against the window

Specified on every job

Trim size & bleed
Stock & weight
Fold & finish
Press & deadline

Services

Five things we design, one press check.

Each service is planned around what the piece has to survive: a pocket, a mailer, a wall, a shelf, a boardroom table.

01 Business cards
Stock, weight and finish chosen for the hand it lands in, with trim and bleed set so nothing drifts when the cutter runs.
02 Brochures
Folds, spreads and reading order planned together, so a page turn lands where the reader expects it.
03 Posters
Scale and viewing distance decided first, so the type still reads from across a room and across a street.
04 Packaging
Die lines, glues and panels drawn as one object, then folded and dry-fitted before artwork goes anywhere near it.
05 Annual reports
Long documents with a steady rhythm: charts, dividers and tables that stay legible on uncoated stock.

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Not sure which one you need? Describe the piece and we will tell you what it takes.

From file to press sheet

Three stops on the way to the press.

Proofing the layout, choosing the stock and dry-fitting the die line — the parts of a print job that decide how the finished piece feels in the hand.

A folded brochure spread lying on a pale work surface with a steel ruler — Layout, fold and color checked sheet by sheet before a run is released.

A roll of uncoated paper stock standing upright against a white studio wall — Substrate first — the paper settles half the decisions that follow.

A flat die-cut packaging carton laid out on a cutting table — Die line drawn at full size, then folded and dry-fitted before artwork goes on.

Most projects begin with quantity, stock and deadline — the three things that shape a design, not the other way around.

Talk through a job

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Tell us what needs to be printed.

Send the basics and we will come back with a written quote and a production schedule, covering stock options, finishes and what each one does to the budget.

What to include The piece you have in mind, and roughly how many.
Deadline When it has to be in hand, not just ordered.
Studio Inkwell & Press — graphic design for print.
Area served Minneapolis, Minnesota.