Craft
Hana Okafor
Why we still print every brand at A1
Screens flatter. Paper tells the truth about a wordmark, a colour and a bad line break.

Before any identity leaves the studio, we print it as big as our printer allows and pin it to the wall for a week.
If it still looks right on Friday, it ships. If anyone flinches walking past it, we go back to work.
Hana Okafor
Writes from the studio in Ancoats. Questions about this post go straight to hello@mottramvale.studio.
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Why we still print every brand at A1
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