Seattle Neighborhood Map Poster by the original city typographic neighborhood map designer, Ork Posters™
My map of Seattle, Washington neighborhoods features the city in my unique, typographic style. My designs are printed using two different methods that I designate "posters" vs "prints". What's the difference? Offset printed posters use the best commercial printing method available (for print detail, ink saturation, and archival properties). Silkscreen prints use a more hands-on process that allows us to print saturated colors on colored paper because the ink dries on top of the paper instead of soaking into it. The offset posters are printed with eco-friendly inks on matte, recycled poster weight paper.
Our screen prints are printed with water based inks on uncoated, poster weight paper (recycled when available) and are signed on the back. The multi-color print is signed on the front in the bottom right corner. They are slightly higher in price because of the more hands-on nature of the screen printing process.
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We offer frames!
The frames in the photos are not included but are available to purchase separately via orkposters.com.
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Custom options?
I choose to use high quality print methods, which require me to print in large runs. Therefore, I am not able to offer custom options except for a print on canvas. For more information regarding my artwork on a custom canvas, please contact me.
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Regarding similar looking designs:
I am the original designer of this style of the neighborhood map where the letters of the neighborhood's name are twisted and turned to fit inside the area of the neighborhood. Unfortunately there are many copycat designs here on Etsy that have jumped on my coat tails. All other similar looking artwork that is not from this shop, Ork Posters, is a knock off of my original design I created in 2007 (Chicago was the first!).
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About Ork Posters:
In case you missed it above, yes I am the original creator of the typographic neighborhood map design working under the moniker Ork Posters. Trained as a graphic designer, I was dabbling with making a Chicago neighborhood map to hang in my home because I couldn't find one that fit my taste for a simplified, modern style of map. Turns out it was the seed of a new business and the now "famous-ish" Ork map style. I finished the map design and printed a few to try to make an extra few bucks on the side. In late 2007, I experienced the "Swiss Miss effect" after my Brooklyn map was posted on the popular design blog, Swiss Miss (not the hot chocolate). Word of mouth (or word of blog?) spread and after a successful holiday season, I was able to quit my full-time job and work on Ork Posters full time. I now offer over maps for more than 25 U.S. and international cities and have sold over 200,000 posters. I continue to work on new designs so more and more people can show love for their favorite cities. See the full line up at www.orkposters.com or visit my retail shop in Chicago, called Neighborly, neighborlyshop.com.
Ork Posters is a registered trademark of Ork Inc. All images and original designs are the property of Ork Inc. They are protected by U.S. copyright laws and are not to be downloaded or reproduced in any way. ©2008 Ork Inc. All rights reserved.
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