Principles
On colour. The press believes a single hue, exhaustively considered, will say more than a palette of seven. Every edition we set returns to the same matte ground; what changes is the surface, the weight, the grain. Black is not the absence of decision — it is the decision.
On type. Display type is set in italic-serif. Body type is set in a neutral grotesque. The press resists the temptation to swap families per edition — discipline at the type drawer is what makes a press read as a press, rather than a mood-board.
On the binding of editions. An edition is a commitment, not a stock-keeping unit. Once a run is pressed, it does not return. The press carries a small ledger of what was made and when; it does not carry a backlist. If you missed Vol. II, we cannot help you, and we are not sorry.
Studio
The press operates as a one-room studio. Type is set, paper is cut, and editions are bound in the same square footage. The below is the press in plain accounting.
- Founded
- MMXXIV
- Location
- StudioLat 0° 0′ NLon 0° 0′ W
- Cadence
- QuarterlyGive or take a moon
- Edition cap
- No run exceeds 250 numbered copies
- Dispatch
- 48 hoursWorldwide
- Correspondence
- studio@blacksforsale.studio
Commissions
The press commissions on request. Single editions, paired sets, and small print runs — for studios, galleries, and private clients — are all possible, provided they sit inside the press’s discipline (a single hue, italic-serif, paper-and-ink only).
Write to the studio with the work in mind and a window for delivery. The press will write back inside a week with a sense of feasibility, run size, and approximate dispatch.