Simone Rocha Limited Edition

Simone Rocha was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1986. In 2008 she graduated with a BA in Fashion from The NCAD in Dublin followed by an MA from Central Saint Martins in 2010. Simone debuted at London Fashion Week in September 2010 and her collections can be found in some of the most prestigious stockists in the world. 

In 2016 at the British Fashion Awards Simone received the “British Womenswear Designer Award” as well as the 2016 Harper’s Bazaar Designer of Year Award. In 2017 Simone opened her first USA store in Soho, New York. 

This superbly conceived publication is a limited edition production. The scale is a luxuriously large 420x305mm, portrait format, which flops and rolls beautifully.

Front cover...

Simone works on seasonal imagery and produces limited edition printed books featuring this and the works of collaborators and inspirations. For this publication Simone collaborated with the Louise Bourgeois Studio to re-imagine Bourgeois’ fabric works into prints and embroideries in the collection. The collaboration continued into two styles of limited-edition earrings produced with Hauser + Wirth released during New York Frieze.

The publication is a collection of loose 4pp, forming spreads which Juxtapose the different subject. It is a 28pp loose bound using a rubber band which holds it all together remarkably effectively for the size. The publication is a self cover, all produced on Omnia 120gsm.

Above is the spread, below is the mono image spread out alongside the Louise Bourgeois artwork 'Les Fleurs'

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Spread appears in the publication above and below, with the Louise Bourgeois artwork 'Untitled' removed...

Below shows the publication separated into individual 4pp with the band removed.

The above image shows the outside back cover and the way that the 10mm wide black rubber band holds the folded 4pp unbound sections in place

The publication is a 28pp self cover printed offset litho on our Omnia, White 120gsm and the result is stunning. The look and feel of the whole publication is very uncoated and tactile but there is absolutely no loss of detail in the images, as you can see from the detail image below...

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Art direction and design is by Simmonds. The excellent printing and print production, including the binding is by Imprimerie du Marais in Paris.

http://simonerocha.com/
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Posted by Justin Hobson 24.08.2020