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The Alphabet Cities . Book and Prints Collection

Created by Mr Cup

The Alphabet Cities Collection is a project to explore the legacy of insurance maps typography in a book and limited edition prints.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Shipping update !
almost 3 years ago – Thu, Feb 17, 2022 at 02:26:39 PM

Hope you are fine and safe. Sorry to have been so quiet on the update front, but I was sending some books! I am happy to say half of the rewards are sent. As I am still waiting for the prints, these are orders with the book only (and postcards). 

Please consider I ship them myself with the help of little Haku the cat so it took some time...


Here are some photos of the book, but I guess now it will be great to discover it when you get it...

The small prints are coming to me next week. Here are some behind the scene of printing by L'atelier letterpress. 

The only missing items are the large prints that will take some more time to produce. Starting next week, I will send rewards that include small prints...


Thanks so much for your support. 


Fabien www.mrcup-shop.com

2022 is here... fulfillment will start soon!
almost 3 years ago – Wed, Jan 05, 2022 at 05:02:24 PM

I wish you all the best for 2022... Here are some updates on the project: the books are now ready and I just get them delivered to my home studio. The small print must be finished very soon and the large prints are planned for the end of January. My plan is to start shipping in about 10 days when I get the small prints. 

Your orders are not locked yer, you will get a message some days before to update your address if needed, so do not worry about this.

The Alphabet Cities project is one of my projects for 2021 but it is not the only one. Here is my year in review to let you know all that I have done and also thank you so much for your support.

I come back to you with more updates on the project very soon. Thanks for your patience.

Fabien linktr.ee/iammrcup

The book is now finish and will be printed soon
almost 3 years ago – Fri, Nov 26, 2021 at 07:51:58 AM

Hope you are fine. I am happy to announce that the book is finalized and in the hands of the printer. The cover will be different from what I expected as I have to adapt it to the printing technique. It will be in black hot foil on cloth. I am impatient to see the result. 


Also, the book will be 112 pages and not 128 pages as I promised. The reason is simple: I did not have enough material to push it on 16 more pages. As a big music collector, I know an extra song can unbalance an album. It was finally much better like this. But I am working on an extra item to add to thank you for your support! 


Here are some pages I validate for the final printing. 


Sadly, we are a little late on the posters print. As the end of the year will be crazy, I think it is better to not rush these, and I will update you very soon when I have the info. 


Talking about the end of the year, it is Black Friday today and if you do not know my shop, I launch special black items on this day! And of course a special sale...

Visit the shop

Thanks for support and have a nice day !

Fabien @iammrcup

Final line for the book design / 2022 letterpress calendar
about 3 years ago – Mon, Nov 01, 2021 at 04:26:54 PM

Hope you are fine. This is the final line for the design of the book, will share with you the final planning when I have an update from the printer, still hope to have it in December. 


For those who discover my work/world with this project, I wanted to share with you my letterpress calendar I do every year with worldwide creatives. The 11th edition for 2022 is on its final line on Kickstarter. 

Discover the project here


Thanks for support

Fabien www.mrcup-shop.com

The post cards arrived but....
about 3 years ago – Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 12:24:30 PM

Hope you are fine and safe. First, the good news. The postcards arrived! 

For the bad news, we have some issued for the book to get the paper I want. Because covid was not enough - there are supply chain disruptions that are affecting everybody worldwide. This article from Kickstarter is giving an idea. I will update you as soon as I know more. 


Thanks a lot for your support.

Fabien www.mrcup-shop.com

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