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Max Kandhola – The Aura of Boxing | Photography

We have been pleased to work with Nottingham’s New Art Exchange on a number of occasions in the past including the Realism In Raiwiya exhibition in 2013 and several projects with artist Hetain Patel. Towards the end of last year we were asked to look at printing solutions for the current exhibition ‘The Aura of […]

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Jeremy Deller at Nottingham Castle Museum & Art Gallery

Currently on display at Nottingham Castle Museum & Art Gallery is a curated exhibition by Turner Prize-winning artist Jeremy Deller. In ‘All That is Solid Melts Into Air’ Deller explores the roots of working class musical culture, from 19th century industrial folk to glam and heavy rock music in the 70s and 80s. The exhibition […]

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The Importance of Business Cards

For centuries, business cards have always been used as a means of both introducing their owner, and at the same time ‘creating the right impression’. The origins of the business card can be traced back to the 17th century in Europe, where the footman of a notable dignitary would announce his masters’ imminent arrival by […]

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Weatherproof Advertising

When your advertising display boards need to be used outdoors, they need to be built tough! And that means not just rainproof; but windproof, mud proof, and bash and splash proof too. Here at Instaprint in Nottingham, we’ve years of experience in making weatherproof advertising boards which are more than capable of standing up to […]

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Nottingham Castle Open 2013

We are now a little over half way through the 2013 Nottingham Castle Open. With the Closing Party on Saturday the 9th of November, yesterday was an apt time to visit the exhibition and try to select a winner for the John E. Wright Prize. This was no easy task given the high quality and […]

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The Rule of Thirds in Print

In this month’s blog, we’d like to share with you a really useful design principle – in fact probably THE most useful design principle – which you’ll find invaluable when doing things like sourcing photographs for your new brochure, or thinking about how you might like your new leaflet or business card to look. Of […]

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The Jessica Hope Foundation

Welcome to our August blog! This month, we’d like to tell you all about the Jessica Hope Foundation – a wonderful charity which is very close to our hearts here at Instaprint printers in Nottingham. Jessica Hope Gauntley was born and raised in Long Eaton, Nottingham. Jess loved to hang out with friends, sing and […]

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Templates save time!

Welcome to our new regular monthly blog, where we’ll be keeping you right up to date with all the latest news from Instaprint, the leading printers in Nottingham. Each month we’ll be featuring useful tips and advice designed to help you get the very best printing service for your needs. In this article, we’d like […]

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Our (very) large new arrival

On a grey morning a little over a week ago we took delivery of the single largest capital investment ever made by the company in its 113 year history. Shipped by ocean from the USA within two weeks of order at 7.00am on Tuesday the 11th of June we signed for an EFI VUTEk GS3250lx LED […]

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Printing Advice for Architecture Students

The technical information below is designed to assist students of Architecture who are producing end of year projects at the moment. There is a vast amount of conflicting information available but we know through extensive professional experience that the information below will help you achieve reliable and fast results. Colour and Application Setup Colour is […]

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