Endless Letterpress
Original Title: âLos Ășltimosâ
âWhen some think printing press is dying, others believe that it's just beginningâ
Overview
Facing deteriorating machines and the advance of new technologies, Argentine printing presses are closing up their shops. A group of young designers has rediscovered this great technical innovation in the history of the written word â the typesetting printing press â but the technique is difficult to learn, passed down from master to apprentice. The last press mechanic in the country will be in charge of teaching them so that this historic technique endures.
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