Las Vegas Letterpress Print

"Las Vegas is way more than the strip. It is a vast desert landscape.

Meeting a few locals, I learned that Vegas history is SOOOO peculiar, they didn't really develop in the same way as most American cities. The turnover rate is so high that the districting and neighborhooding of the city never really happened. Take this map as a marker of history. These names will change, many will be added, just like the rise and fall of the casinos." -Archie

ABOUT THE IDEA
Information is more fun to read when it's beautiful. These charts and maps are designed with hours of research, reassembling data into a brain-friendly aesthetic. The information is edited significantly, avoiding the "dazzle" effect which occurs when our eyes are battered with too much information. Letterpress makes it even more gorgeous.

ABOUT LETTERPRESS PRINTING
Letterpress is a very complicated and expensive printing method that I am obsessed with. All letterpress prints are slammed with 600 pounds of pressure, creating a deep, tactile texture. The ink gets embedded into the thick soft paper so it won't fade within your lifetime.

Your local frame shop is going to do a better job than anyone else. There's a reason this craft endures and cannot be automated: It's skilled work that is best done face-to-face in physical space.

8" x 8" Letterpress Print

Printed by hand in NY, NY.