06 · Design Labs

Print and production in Minneapolis

Posters, flyers, labels and dielines. Press-ready files with correct bleeds and a spec sheet your printer can follow.

Minneapolis, Saint Paul and the north metro

Print is unforgiving. A colour that looked right on a screen, a logo placed too near the trim, a die that does not fold: you find out after you have paid for a thousand of them.

We set the files up properly and send the printer a specification rather than a hopeful PDF.

What you get

What is included.

Press-ready artwork

Correct bleeds, trim, safe areas and colour space. Checked before it costs you a run.

Packaging and dielines

Boxes, labels and bags built to a real die, not drawn approximately.

Menus and boards

Printed menus that match the digital ones, because customers notice when they do not.

Large format

Posters, banners, window graphics and vehicle work at the size it will actually print.

A spec sheet

Stock, finish, quantity and colour written down, so quotes are comparable and reprints match.

Sourcing

We can bring the printer, or work with the one you already trust.

How it goes

Four steps.

Step 01
Brief
A call, the constraints, the budget. You leave knowing the scope and the number.
Step 02
Direction
Real routes, not mood boards. You pick one and we commit to it.
Step 03
Build
Design and production in the same hands, so nothing gets lost in a handoff.
Step 04
Launch
Files, logins and print specs handed over. It ships, or it is not done.

FAQ

Questions we get asked.

Can you work with my printer?

Yes. You get files and a specification any competent printer can use. There is no lock-in here either.

Why did my last print job come out the wrong colour?

Usually a file built in RGB for a CMYK press, or a screen nobody had ever calibrated. It is avoidable and it is the most common reason a run gets reprinted.

Do you do packaging for cannabis products?

Yes, including the labelling requirements Minnesota puts on the packaging itself. We build to the rules as they stand and tell you where the line is.

Also

Usually alongside.

02 Brand identity Naming, identity systems, logo, palette and voice, plus the rules that hold it together after we hand it over. 05 Signage and menus The physical build-out: digital menu boards, signage, interiors, merchandise and packaging, and the vendors who make them. 01 Web design Marketing sites, ecommerce and landing pages, designed from a blank page and built by hand.

Print and production, then.

Tell us what you are opening, launching or fixing. You will get a scope and a number, not a proposal deck.