The War in Ukraine reaches a depressing second anniversary tomorrow. Illustrator
Sergiy Maidukov has been recording his experiences of the invasion over the last two years. Including previously unseen black and white sketches, it is a snapshot of his life in Ukraine, written in both languages.
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This is the latest in the UNSEEN series by
c-ll-ct-v-ly. Founded in 2015 by Mark Leeds and Duncan Johnson c-ll-ct-v-ly is a London based Design and Research studio working in all media and especially editorial and moving image. As a studio project. they publish these limited edition magazines, using unpublished, reordered, remade, refound or newly created artworks. They are a quick-fire collaboration between the studio and a range of creatives ...an easy consumed, visual hit.
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Size is A5 (210x148mm) portrait, saddle stitched. The "cover" is made using strips in the same colours as the Ukrainian flag (Colorset Solar 120gsm and Colorset Midnight 120gsm. There are 16pp of text (8pp on Colorset Light Grey 120gsm and 8pp on Gardapat Kiara 150gsm) plus another two thirds height insert (above) in
Colorset Solar 120gsm.
Above shows the centre spread which is printed on Gardapat 13 Kiara 150gsm. For readers not familiar with
GardaPat 13, it's a fully coated paper but it really does have a dead flat MATT surface. There are many papers on the market which profess to be matt - some which incorporate the word matt in the name, but aren't! Apart from the high quality matt surface, this paper has an extraordinarily high bulk - this 150gsm text with a thickness of 195mics. If you would like to read more about the bulk, you can read it
HERE.
All materials are digitally printed using an HP Indigo digital press and the results are superb, beautifully showing the artworks. As many readers will know, many materials have to be "Sapphire Treated" to work successfully on HP Indigo presses, however the text (Gardapat 13) is printed without sapphire treatment ..and it's superb! The Colorset has been sapphire treated and as you can see from the below image, it is printed in white ink, which looks amazing...
The excellent printing and finishing, including the white ink and also the black wire used on the saddle stitches (below) is by
WithPrint who are based outside Bristol in Rooksbridge.
The excellent printing and finishing, including the white ink and also the black wire used on the saddle stitches (below) is by WithPrint who are based outside Bristol in Rooksbridge.
