Showing posts with label David Crompton. Show all posts
Showing posts with label David Crompton. Show all posts

Tuesday 17 April 2018

LCM Examinations Brochure

The London College of Music was founded by G Augustus Holmes in 1887. The College actually began as an examining body, but a teaching element was then created early in it's history. The LCM awarding body is the University of West London and this is the literature which explains the history, syllabus and accreditations.
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The size of the brochure is 210x210mm, square, saddle stitched and features a 4pp cover printed on Omnia 280gsm with an 8pp text printed on Omnia 150gsm.
Omnia was chosen because it would work with the rich detail that is present in the images but that would still give a natural look and tactile feel. As you can see from images, some of the photography is quite dark, but there is no loss of detail, which is what can often happen printing on an ordinary uncoated paper.
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Printed offset Litho throughout plus a dark grey special.
Printing is by Dayfold, who are based in Dorset, with David Crompton handling the project. Dayfold have made a superb job of it - colour reproduction and solids are excellent.

http://lcme.uwl.ac.uk/
https://www.dayfold.com/
Posted by Justin Hobson 16.04.2018

Monday 3 October 2016

Jobs from the past - Number 84

Regular followers of this blog will know that my first post of every month is a "job from the past" so that I can show some of the really good work from years gone by and here's one from 2007.

Barclays Silver Incentive 2007

This project was produced for Barclays Financial Planning in 2007, just one year before the financial crash in 2008. This is an internal promotion sent to financial advisors with an incentive that if they hit a certain target, they would get a luxurious weekend away in Venice. This rather lavish internal promotional item is designed to look like a medieval map....
The size of the map is A1 size (594x420mm) folding to A4. It folds in such a way that it creates a gatefold, so that an imitation wax seal is applied to seal the document.
Detail of the seal, which is a simplified version of the Barclays eagle.
The below image shows the map closed, half open and then fully open...
The map is printed on our Flora Avorio 130gsm. Flora is a  it is a part recycled paper (with FSC accreditation) with natural, deliberately visible, inclusions and fibres. It has a tactile, rough feel and has a character which was just perfect to reproduce this old map.
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The below image shows the reverse of the map, complete with aged water stains and wear marks.
Below are details of the map, which gives you an idea of the inclusions in the paper.

An interesting little adjunct to this story is that Flora is manufactured by an Italian paper mill called Cordenons, which is based close to Venice. In the 15th Century a group of Gutenberg's pupils established themselves in Venice and from then on, the centre of the Venetian empire became one of the most important areas for printing and publishing in Europe. By the 18th century, the records of the Senate of the Doges of Venice show there is documentary evidence of the manufacturer 'Cartiere Di Cordenons' noting the high esteem in which the mill was held. It has been widely known as "the paper mill of the Doges" since then and the winged Lion of Venice is still proudly the company's motif.
It's an excellent use of the right paper for the right job. You could have printed all the specks and flecks along with the aged look onto a white sheet of paper but it would never have had the impact or dramatic feel as this piece has achieved.
 
Design was 'in house' at Barclays Bank. Printing is Offset Litho in CMYK and it was printed by The Midas Press, who went bust in 2011 and who I wrote about here.
 
The project was handled by David Crompton at Midas Press, who sent me some copies and I still have his kind note.
David Crompton is now at Dayfold Printers in Dorset.
Posted by Justin Hobson 03.10.2016

Wednesday 26 February 2014

Fifty Shades of Black

David Crompton at litho and digital printers, Quadrant (part of the Linney Group) tweeted about the large number of black samples that he had amassed from us and some other companies, for one of his customers....
...and that got me thinking about just how many black papers and boards we keep here at Fenner Paper.

So I started compiling a list and it turns out that we have over thirty items in black ...in fact it may be even more than stocked up in Hull (...by you know who!)
  • Colorset Nero (100% Recycled) - 100, 120, 170, 270, 350gsm
  • Notturno - 90, 110, 140, 170, 200, 250, 300, 350, 390, 450, 700gsm
  • Monoblack - 1400microns
  • Stardream Onyx - 110, 120, 285gsm
  • Dali Nero - 200, 285, 360gsm
  • Dali DorĂ© Nero - 125, 205, 290gsm
  • Modigliani Nero - 145, 200, 320gsm
  • Tube Black - 130, 260, 340gsm
  • Astralux Black- 250gsm
  • Astralux Black/Black - 250gsm
  • Flockage Colours Black -100gm, 400gsm
....WOW! - so if you need something black, get in touch.

...and thanks to David at Quadrant for pointing out the blindingly obvious! davidcrompton@linney.com

www.linney.com/quadrant
Posted by Justin Hobson 26.02.2014 

Tuesday 10 December 2013

Links of London Christmas 2013


I've just been sent some copies of this very simple, well executed, promotional piece produced this Christmas for Links of London. It is a 142mm square, 4pp card, produced on StarFine White 240gsm. The material was chosen because it isn't a fluorescent, brilliantly high white! It has a good whiteness and certainly isn't off white but has a more neutral white tone together with a natural feel.
The paper choice has definitely enhanced the project with the material working superbly with the very detailed images of the jewellery (in my opinion!) Printed in CMYK, offset litho.
The design and art direction is 'in house' at Links of London. Printed offset litho by Quadrant, who are based in Hertford and part of the Linney Group. Thanks to David Crompton at Quadrant for kindly sending me some file copies.

Posted by Justin Hobson 10.12.2013