A few weeks ago someone asked me to point them in the direction of potential suppliers of printed glass splashbacks, they wanted to have one produced with a bespoke design. Last night I found myself tagged in a Facebook photo of the result – a rather fetching version of the famous London Underground map, featuring some spot-the-difference elements in terms of tweaked names here and there. Very entertaining, and it looks great. I really was super-delighted to see it, truly a feel-good moment. It's good to play a small part in helping somebody out, and to be part of a helpful community of folk who chipped in with various suggestions, including the eventual supplier of said splashback Gary Smith at Rival Print Management. The splashback is also another example of a printed item that would never have been printed in the past, while technically possible the cost would have been monumental, meaning only the Tamara Ecclestones of this world could have contemplated such a thing. Yes, I hear you cry, but this stuff is peanuts compared to the sort of volume print that is dropping away in, say, newspapers or magazines. That may be the case, but fresh opportunities are certainly there in the realm of bespoke printed products as new types of print of one sort or another become more accessible to the general public – and there are lots of them.
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