In 2006, friends Mara Murphy (an experienced letterpress printer and lifelong stationery connoisseur) and Anna Branning (an illustrator and letterpress printer) decided to team up their individual and complimentary talents by launching a unique letterpress line based on their mutual love of pattern, nature, and vivid colors.

Dutch door press is based in the lower level of a victorian house (with a dutch door), just steps away from San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury district.

Specializing in eye-catching wedding invitations, birth announcements, personal stationery, greeting cards and limited edition prints, dutch door press designs blend modern design with patterns and icons inspired by the traditional folk art of northern Europe.