QBNTPE 05
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- bigtrickagain0
ordered april 9th, shipped with ups 2-day and arrived today (in chicago). so 4 days total, over a weekend - not bad! they say that if you order before a certain time they will ship same day...
- do they print only photographs thru a negative or is everything digital now?e-pill
- do they print vector art?e-pill
- they probably will print negatives? i've never tried. i'm sure they'll print yer vectors if you rasterize them to 300dpi (:bigtrickagain
- bigtrickagain0
muhahahahahah - prints arrived in the mail today from adorama, as did my mailer envelopes!
- how long was the process at adorama? from send out til today?e-pill
- you had them deliver to you? or did you pick up at a shop? is this the place in NYC?e-pill
- yeah it's the nyc placebigtrickagain
- e-pill0
the first ntpe [round 2] costed me $487.53 total. [lamination 50 prints]
the 2nd ntpe [round 3] costed me $230.00 total. [printing 50 prints]
the 3rd ntpe [round 4] costed me $500.00 total. [3 sets of 50 prints]
- version30
ismith can borrow my phone, he has to come here to use it though...
- BonSeff0
Here is some copy for the About section
Through my participation on the forum, I saw so much great work and thought it would be fun to move it from the virtual world to the physical through mailing artwork. I threw the idea out there and Chris Zawada in Vancouver was feeling it, so one night I gave him a phone call and we decided to make a thread and round up some like minded individuals. I believe this was back in 2004.
The interest was there, so the next step was figuring out a way to set parameters and organization. The best plan we could dream up was to set up a finite number of participants and a reasonable deadline. What we came up with was the first NewsToday Print Exchange (NTPE).
It finally came together as 30 participants. We recognized since there were so many disciplines out there, the only rules to the exchange were that the pieces needed to be mailed- no restrictions on medium.
So the list of participants came together and off it went. The deadline was set 2 months from the sign up date and everyone was given the same deadline to create and mail out their work. The point of that was so all the artwork would trickle in at the same time.
The first round was interesting, we had designers from all over- the US, Canada, Iceland, Scotland, Belgium, Latvia and Brazil. Nice range, right?
So there you have it, the story behind NTPE. Nothing more than a grip of designers who are willing to share their work with a bunch of strangers on a mailing list. The one thing I can't express in words is the feeling of coming home from work and seeing a mailing tube or five sitting on the porch.. it makes coming home from a best day even better and totally cancels out a bad day. Seriously, knowing a bunch of strangers are willing to throw down and share, there is nothing better.
Stay tuned, the mailing deadline for this round is #### 30th, and there will definitely be pics to show off the work. In the meantime, keep checking back to see the participants and pics from previous rounds.
Much love and respect to current and past participants.
- BonSeff
- DrBombay0
Added the NTPE4 Images that are on this page. If anyone has any others or better ideas g'head and edit it. http://www.qbntpe.com/x/qbntpe-0…
Thanks for doing this bzsaw
- BonSeff0
how will users submit their addresses and how will we know when there are 30 people, is that still the magic number?
- bzsaw0
Due to reputation BLAW & BonSeff are admins at this point.
In regards to flaking I have a suggestion on not sending to the flakes. Prior to sending, the final mailing list will be compiled based on those that can submit a photo of the finished work, proving that it's done. This photo would only go to the admins so everyone can still be surprised.
I probably won't submit work on this round just helping out.
Best,
- *clapclap*bigtrickagain
- and I don't have a reputation or what.digdre
- j/k ... look at what happened to moleskine.. loldigdre
- bigtrickagain0
how do we sign up...?
- i see. i will help organize if you need.bigtrickagain
- Click the logo, then it takes you to the WP page... hit register on the right.ismith
- damn, you're too quick!ismith
- DRIFTMONKEY0
God Damn BLAW!!! Didn't expect that. Well done, sir.
- OSFA0
So... is this it??? No more?
- i have high hopes for blaw and dibecbigtrickagain
- seems like it....jimzy
- capn_ron0
dyspl - Killer Print. When it is all done I want to talk to you about how you made that!