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Leica + WhiteWall’s Partnership Offers State-of-the-Art Printing In-Store

The photo lab co-founder Alexander Nieswandt explains the nuance of their collaboration

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Known worldwide for their premium camera equipment, Leica has teamed up with award-winning photo lab WhiteWall to offer the highest quality photographic printing and framing at select Leica stores. The collaboration of these powerhouse companies (announced last year, and now open in several cities) provides Leica photographers access to some of the highest-quality lab capabilities in the world. With new WhiteWall cubes set up in-store, …

“Print” Murals With the Human-Guided SprayPrinter

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The SprayPrinter, developed by an Estonia-based start-up, is new a spray painting system that “prints” out large-scale murals using a human hand as its guide. Accompanied by a dedicated mobile app, the contraption maps out targeted walls or canvases and sprays a small dot each time it passes over an area that should be colored in—it’s basically a giant, human-powered inkjet printer. Though they’ve released …

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Japanese Craftsmen Reinterpret Star Wars Scenes

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Japanese craftsman have adapted the ancient practice of ukiyo-e wood-block printing to portray scenes from the Star Wars film franchise, creating the ultimate mash-up of tradition and science fiction. Keeping with the artistic styles of Japanese drawings, these craftsmen re-envision an icy battle scene from Hoth, Queen Amidala standing with R2-D2 and an image of Darth Vader. The prints draw eerie parallels between Japanese culture …

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