PRS for Music

The  Performing Right Society, now PRS for Music, was founded in 1914 to collect fees for live performances of sheet music. They are now a society of around 11,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers, representing their rights and by licensing.

PRS for Music pays royalties to members when their work is performed, broadcast, streamed, downloaded, reproduced, played in public or used in film and TV.

This brochure has been produced to explain the organisation, the way it works and give examples with case studies.

The size of the publication is 160x225mm, landscape and is perfect bound. The 4pp cover is on Marazion Ultra 250gsm and the 38pp text is on 135gsm.

Click on images to enlarge

Marazion Ultra was chosen mainly because of it's matt flatness. The vast majority of the text is dominated by the wonderful illustrations by Tane Williams and therefore to work in sympathy with illustrations, this wonderfully matt paper was chosen. This would reproduce the artworks well without a glossiness which can often detract from the images. Marazion Ultra is a simple but effective choice of materials.

Click on images to enlarge



The 38pp text is printed offset litho on our Marazion Ultra 135gsm, which is a bulky sheet and gives the publication a spine of 4mm, although as you can see from the below image it flows really nicely.

Design is by Cai and Kyn, a studio based in Epsom in Surrey. The superb illustrations are by Tane Williams

Print and production is by Richline based in London with Darren Risley handling the production.

https://www.prsformusic.com/
http://www.caiandkyn.co.uk/
http://www.richline.co.uk/

Posted by Justin Hobson 08.03.2022

PRS for Music

The  Performing Right Society, now PRS for Music, was founded in 1914 to collect fees for live performances of sheet music. They are now a society of around 11,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers, representing their rights and by licensing.

PRS for Music pays royalties to members when their work is performed, broadcast, streamed, downloaded, reproduced, played in public or used in film and TV.

This brochure has been produced to explain the organisation, the way it works and give examples with case studies.

The size of the publication is 160x225mm, landscape and is perfect bound. The 4pp cover is on Marazion Ultra 250gsm and the 38pp text is on 135gsm.

Click on images to enlarge

Marazion Ultra was chosen mainly because of it's matt flatness. The vast majority of the text is dominated by the wonderful illustrations by Tane Williams and therefore to work in sympathy with illustrations, this wonderfully matt paper was chosen. This would reproduce the artworks well without a glossiness which can often detract from the images. Marazion Ultra is a simple but effective choice of materials.

Click on images to enlarge



The 38pp text is printed offset litho on our Marazion Ultra 135gsm, which is a bulky sheet and gives the publication a spine of 4mm, although as you can see from the below image it flows really nicely.

Design is by Cai and Kyn, a studio based in Epsom in Surrey. The superb illustrations are by Tane Williams

Print and production is by Richline based in London with Darren Risley handling the production.

https://www.prsformusic.com/
http://www.caiandkyn.co.uk/
http://www.richline.co.uk/

Posted by Justin Hobson 24.02.2018

...and now for something not about paper!

Cai and Kyn is a design partnership run by two brothers, who are also both dad's and they have just launched a blog dedicated to dads who have a passion for design. The content varies from Q&A’s with industry leading design dads - finding out how they manage work and family life to super cool kid and dad related Apps, books, products and clothing.

They've only just started the blog but there's already lots of interesting stuff - take a look Dads and Design . You can subscribe to the newsletter and follow on twitter, facebook etc The objective is to try and build a collective of dad’s that are all adding content, bringing their own experience and expertise, and adding to the overall voice of the blog. So if you’re interested, or know of anyone who you think might be interested please get in touch with Cai and Kyn through the blog.

There's a really interesting article by Jamie Ellul of Supple Studio about making time for the family, while still running a successful studio. Very interesting.
http://www.dadsanddesign.com/life/why-is-it-so-hard-for-designers-to-work-less/

 Have a read and enjoy ...(I'm sure Mum's are welcome too!)
http://www.dadsanddesign.com/

Posted by Justin Hobson 13.08.2015

OKAY Studio

This is a job from a couple of years ago but it's not really old enough to be a "job from the past" and I've just received some good pictures of it so I thought I'd post it now!

OKAYstudio is a design collective, formed from a core of  RCA graduates (design products course) set up in 2006. Design duo, Cai and Kyn were commissioned to create a brochure for an exhibition, Under the Same Roof, held at London’s Aram Gallery. The work of OKAYstudio is really crafted and hand-made, so the brochure required the same feel.

Being self-funded, the budget was tight and the materials and format had to work within the financial constraints. The size of the brochure is 240x280mm, portrait, saddle stitched - economical out of a B1 sheet and it consists of a 4pp cover and a 48pp text. 

The cover was on our Colorset Solar 270gsm, hot foil blocked in gloss black foil (outside cover only, cover is otherwise unprinted) - in the designer's words "giving it a fancy look without the fancy cost". The text was printed in one colour, black, offset litho, on our Redeem 100% Recycled 70gsm. Images are all halftones - they look great and in no way makes this feel like an economy job - this is probably in no small way helped by the quality of the photography, by Luke Hayes.

This is simply one of the most impressive pieces of literature for the least amount of money that I have worked on in the past few years. No sponsorship was involved, no freebie paper, no deals done on the price - it just required thought and dedication. Print and finishing is by Kent based printer Zone Graphics.

www.okaystudio.org
www.thearamgallery.org
http://www.caiandkyn.co.uk/

www.lukehayes.com

www.zonegraphics.co.uk

Posted by Justin Hobson 16.11.2012

Leisure Plan

This is a press pack produced for Leisure Plan’s exclusive portfolio of luxury outdoor furniture. They specialise in modern, designer-led furniture including Dedon, Ego Paris and Fischer Möbel. This pack is to announce to the press and trade stockists that these three brands are now exclusively available from Leisure Plan.

The pack consists of four A5 cards, printed offset litho on our Omnia 320gsm in two colours - red and black, with the images produced as halftones only which works really well with Omnia with it's matt flat nature. The cards are held together with a 40mm wide belly band which is simply foiled with the logos of the three manufacturers on Colorset Nero 120gsm - very simple and effective

Below image shows the detail of the Ego Paris card:

Design brothers Cai and Kyn were comissioned to design and produce the pack and thanks to them for sending me a file copy:

Repro, print and finishing is by Kent based Zone Graphics .

www.leisureplan.co.uk
http://www.caiandkyn.co.uk/
www.zonegraphics.co.uk

Posted by Justin Hobson 05.07.2012

Post Office in Pictures ...take 2!

...oops! nearly forgot. Further to my post on Friday, also in the envelope is another piece of the exhibition literature. 

Size is DL (210x99mm) portrait. It is a 6pp gatefold also printed on Omnia but on 120gsm this time.

As with the invitation, the dark, rich mono images have reproduced fantastically well on Omnia - a real richness in the black areas which still retain lots and lots of detail - something that you wouldn't normally achieve on a standard uncoated paper.



As with the post below, design is by Cai and Kyn  ...and in the envelope was a lovely note from Cai.

Print is by Orchid Print.

http://www.postalheritage.org.uk/
http://www.caiandkyn.co.uk/
http://www.orchidprint.com/

Posted by Justin Hobson 21.05.2012

The Post Office in Pictures

This is a really well considered invitation. The Post Office in Pictures is an exhibition showcasing iconic photographic images sourced from The Royal Mail Archive.

In 1933 Sir Stephen Tallents was appointed Public Relations Officer to the General Post Office (GPO) and so began a major project to promote the range of postal services to the British public.

One initiative was the establishment of The Post Office Magazine, intended to give a sense of shared community, camaraderie and endeavour. In order to do this, the GPO employed photographers to create beautiful, informative and often humorous photographs of the Post Office at work. While the photographic documentation of the Post Office at work in the community has continued to today, this exhibition will celebrate photographs from the BPMA collection covering the 1930s to the 1990s.

This piece of print is the invitation to the private view of the exhibition opening in Swindon.

The size is 148mm wide, 140mm high. It opens as a gatefold, left to right and with small flaps on top and bottom, creating a sense of mail/envelope, without actually being one!

It is printed on our Omnia 320gsm and the sepia coloured imagery post office red solids are litho printed out of CMYK which works really well with Omnia with it's matt flat nature - it also has a light natural tint on the inside spread which is sympathetic to the image. The printed red band on the outside has a gloss UV varnish giving the effect of a piece of packing tape - very simple and effective (and of course it's worth pointing out because UV varnish works exceptionally well on Omnia)

Design duo Cai and Kyn (who are brothers) were comissioned to design the exhibition including choosing the final photographs, all printed material and the exhibition stands/walls/furniture.

Repro, print and finishing is by Orchid Print.

Anyway the good news is that you haven't missed the exhibition itself, as it's actually opening in London at the Lumen Church Gallery (http://www.lumenurc.org.uk/) in Tavistock Place - tonight!
...and runs until 31st August - and the good news is it's free entry.
http://postalheritage.wordpress.com/2012/05/17/the-post-office-in-pictures-exhibition-opens-in-london/

http://www.postalheritage.org.uk/
http://www.caiandkyn.co.uk/
http://www.orchidprint.com/

Posted by Justin Hobson 18.05.2012