Jobs from the past - Number 141

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 projects from years gone by. 

Picpus Issue 02 - Spring 2010

Picpus is a free magazine edited by Charles Asprey and Simon Grant. It carries articles from the art world, with a particular interest in historical curiosities, overlooked artists, arts and politics and is distributed through a selection of specialised art bookshops, galleries and libraries.

The format of Picpus is a folded down broadsheet, measuring 594x420mm (A1 size) which folds down to a 32pp A6 (105x148mm) finished size.

Folding out to...

Picpus is printed quarterly and there have been 25 issues published. You can read this issue and other isues HERE.

Below shows the broadsheet folded out...

...and the reverse side:

Picpus is printed on Redeem 100% Recycled 80gsm and is printed offset litho, in just one colour (black) on both sides. Design is by Alfonso Iacurci and is printed by Push Print based in London.

The above image shows the open top, which is sealed using a small, perforated label, which holds it neatly together until opening.

https://www.picpuspress.com/

https://www.push-print.com/

Posted by Justin Hobson 02.08.2021

Picpus #22

Picpus is a free magazine edited by Charles Asprey and Simon Grant. It carries articles from the art world, with a particular interest in historical curiosities, overlooked artists, arts and politics and is distributed through a selection of specialised art bookshops, galleries and libraries.

The format of Picpus is a folded down broadsheet, measuring 594x420mm (A1 size) which folds down to a 32pp A6 (105x148mm) finished size.

Click on images to enlarge

Picpus is printed quarterly and this is issue 22 issue published in Autumn last year in memory of Karsten Schubert, publisher and gallerist (1961-2019). It is an edition of 4000 copies. Below shows the broadsheet folded out flat...

...and the reverse side

Picpus is printed on Redeem 100% Recycled 80gsm and is printed offset litho, CMYK on both sides and as you can see from the detail image below the print result is excellent.

Design is by Studio Ard and is printed by Push Print, who have printed every issue since it's inception. The publication is held together with a small round sticker with serrated middle, holding it flat.

http://www.charlesasprey.london/picpus-press.html
http://www.ard.works/
http://www.push-print.com/ 

Posted by Justin Hobson 15.06.2020