Crown Estate Annual Report & Accounts

The Crown Estate is an independent commercial business, created by Act of Parliament. They invest in and manage some of the UK's most important assets and have a diverse portfolio of UK buildings, shoreline, seabed, forestry, agriculture and common land. The business generates valuable revenue for the government and over the last 10 years has contributed £2.6 billion.

This publication is the current Annual Report for the year 2018/19 and is designed by communication and corporate reporting specialists Radley Yeldar.

Size of the report is A4 (297x210mm) portrait and is section sewn. It has a 4pp cover and 120pp text and is printed on our new Creative Print, Diamond which is a 100% Recycled paper and board range, which we launched on World Environment Day last year.

The report is printed using 270gsm for the cover and 120gsm for the text. Creative Print has an antique, tactile surface and is completely uncoated. It has an excellent bulk and good opacity, the 120pp text makes a document with an 11mm spine, as you can see in the above image.

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The report makes excellent use of line illustrations and Creative Print looks great on these pages, with an engaging, tactile feel but printing the solid colours as you can see in the image below, is also no problem

The report is printed offset litho in CMYK plus a pantone special by Park Communications. The colour reproduction is bright and vibrant...

...as you can see in the detail image below

The report has a lovely use of space both for the report section and the accounts.

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The 120gsm text is bulky, so it has a light weight, yet is thick, but flows well and turns nicely in the hand.

Below image shows the beautifully bound section sewn sections...

Creative Print is manufactured by Euler in Germany, which is part of the Koehler Paper Group. The range carries the "Blue Angel" certification. Introduced in 1978, the Blue Angel scheme is the oldest ecolabel in the world, and it covers some 10,000 products in some 80 product categories. The scheme is rigorously policed and gives total credibility to any product that is awarded the label, which I'm sure is just one very good reason that this paper was chosen to print this report on. Below is the credit page which appears in the back of the report which references the Blue Angel accreditation. 

You can see the online version of the report here: 

https://www.thecrownestate.co.uk/en-gb/our-business/2019-annual-report/

The report is printed by Park Communications based in East London, which is one of the major Annual Report printers in the UK and has been a finalist and winner of the Printweek Awards R&A category many times in recent years. Account Director at Park is Suresh Dhul.

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Posted by Justin Hobson 18.05.2020

World Cup Wallchart

Our Typographic Wallchart that we have produced for the Women's World Cup has been going down a storm with all you football fans out there

This A1 size typographic wallchart is very simply produced in just two colour offset litho and is printed on our new Creative Print, Diamond 90gsm from German paper manufacturer Euler and is made using 100% recycled fibres.

The wallchart has appeared on the Koehler website here

...and our wallchart has also had professional recognition! Below you can see the wallchart at Sutton United FC, where it is proudly displayed on the door and the bar

Design of the wallchart is by David Coates, who is also an ISTD (International Society of Typographic Designers) board member and my thanks to Dave for making it all happen - a perfect way to combine his love of type and football! Printing is by Typecast Colour in Paddock Wood.

 

We are now coming to the end of the group stages and the competition is really hotting up now. We have a few of the wallcharts left, so if you would like one, you can email me Justin@fennerpaper.co.uk

 

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Posted by Justin Hobson 18.06.2019

Creative Print Launch

Today is World Environment Day. This event is the United Nations day for encouraging worldwide awareness and action to protect our environment. Since it began in 1974, the event has grown to become a global platform for public outreach that is widely celebrated in over 100 countries. Above all, World Environment Day is the "people's day" for doing something to take care of the Earth. That "something" can be local, national or global. It can be a solo action or involve a crowd.

What better day for us to launch the latest addition to our range of recycled and environmentally friendly papers...

 

Creative Print is our new range of 100% recycled, uncoated text and cover materials. 

The paper has an uncoated, natural surface and is produced on the "Rolls Royce" of papermaking machines - a twin wire machine which ensures even-sidedness which improves printability over other inferior products. The range is available in two shades, Diamond and Champagne and the weight range is 90, 120, 170, 210, 270 and 350gsm.

 

Creative Print is manufactured by Euler in Germany, which is part of the Koehler Paper Group. The range carries the "Blue Angel" certification. Introduced in 1978, the Blue Angel scheme is the oldest ecolabel in the world, and it covers some 10,000 products in some 80 product categories. After the introduction of Germany's Blue Angel in 1978 as the first worldwide environmental label, other European and non-European countries followed this example and introduced their own national and supra-regional environmental labels. The common goal of these labels is to inform consumers about environmentally friendly products thereby giving global support to product-related environmental protection - perfect for highlighting on World Environment Day!

 If you would like a swatch of this new range, just drop me an email Justin@fennerpaper.co.uk

 

Posted by Justin Hobson 05.06.2019

Women's World Cup 2019...

Following the success of the Typographic Wallchart that we produced for the last years World Cup, we have now produced a new wallchart for an even more important event - the Women's World Cup!

This A1 size typographic wallchart is very simply produced in just two colour offset litho and is printed on our new Creative Print, Diamond 90gsm from German paper manufacturer Euler and is made using 100% recycled fibres..

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To accompany the wallchart, we have produced a ready made "sweepstake kit" so that studios can easily run a sweepstake and get everyone involved - the sweepstake idea came about at the suggestion of our friends at Carter Studio - an excellent thought and our thanks to Joe and Phil.

Design of the wallchart and sweepstake kit is by David Coates, who also happens to be a member of the ISTD board (International Society of Typographic Designers) and my thanks to Dave for making it all happen - a perfect way to combine his love of type and football! Printing is by Typecast Colour in Paddock Wood.

We will be sending out some of these wallcharts in the post, but if you want to make absolutely sure you get a copy, you can email me Justin@fennerpaper.co.uk

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Posted by Justin Hobson 24.05.2019

Fenner Paper 2019 Diary

If you are a regular user of our papers, you should be receiving your new 2019 diary in the post next week. Here's a sneak preview...  

As in previous years, the diary is 230x162mm, portrait and retains the popular 'month to view' format. The cover board is printed offset litho in just one colour on our new Creative Print 210gsm, which is 100% Recycled.

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The 40pp text is simply printed in one colour, offset litho, on our lovely Offenbach Bible 60gsm, which has a superb opacity and a good writing surface making this an ideal paper for a diary or notebook.

 

               This year the cover has been created by the wonderful Mr Doodle. Regular readers of this blog may remember I met the 23 year old Mr Doodle (aka Sam Cox) at The Art of Ping Pong opening last year and was truly inspired by his work, so I asked if he would like to collaborate on our 2019 diary and he said yes!

Our thanks to Mr Doodle for creating such a wonderful cover. If you aren't familiar with his work, this video shows the incredible speed at which he works - stunning:

If you don't receive a diary from us, then firstly you need to become a Fenner Paper user and then just ask if you can have a diary ...it's easy!

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Posted by Justin Hobson 13.12.2018