Kids With Puns #6

Kids With Puns is a printed publication which celebrates the humble pun. The magazine is a collaboration between illustrators, artists and designers and showcases a variety of wordplay related work. So if you love puns and visual puns in particular, you'll love this publication

Kids with Puns is the brainchild of designer Tom Dunn, who compiles and publishes the publication. It is published at irregular intervals - once he gets enough submissions!

Print is by Hato Press, who are based in East London and they have made a very tidy job of it. The size is A5 (210x148mm) portrait and is saddle stitched. It has a 4pp cover on our new Colorset Chilli 120gsm and 20pp text on StarFine White 115gsm.

The size is A5 (210x148mm) portrait and is saddle stitched. It is printed in just one colour on a Riso machine. If you don't know about Riso, or Risography, you can read about it on an earlier post I wrote here: http://justinsamazingworldatfennerpaper.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/what-is-riso-printing.html

...Thanks to Tom for sending me the file copies.

You can buy your copy here: http://www.kidswithpuns.com/
http://hatopress.net/

Posted by Justin Hobson 07.03.2017

Le Théâtre Graphique - Book Launch



This evening I went to the book launch of a new book published by Hato Press at the Whitechapel Gallery. The book is titled Le Théâtre Graphique and is by artist and designer Sarah Boris.

It was a beautiful evening and the Whitechapel gallery is a great place for a launch - an absolute jewel in East London's cultural landscape.

It was a busy evening and the books were flying off the shelves. Taking the form of a large flipbook, Le Théâtre Graphique is an exercise in form and colour, where the theatricality of a rising curtain is reimagined through the performative cycles of nature; night and day, sun and moon, the shifting tide...

Hato Press are a Riso printers and also a publisher. the book is printed Riso and the cover is hot foil blocked. It was a lovely evening and thanks Sarah Boris and Hato Press for inviting me.

http://sarahboris.com/
https://www.instagram.com/sarahboris_ldn/

https://shop.hatopress.net/collections/books/products/le-theatre-graphique

http://www.whitechapelgallery.org/

Posted by Justin Hobson 05.05.2016

You are invited to a book launch...

Next Thursday, a new book published by Hato Press is being launched at the Whitechapel Gallery. The book is titled Le Théâtre Graphique and is by Sarah Boris. The book takes the form of a large flipbook, Le Théâtre Graphique is an exercise in form and colour, where the theatricality of a rising curtain is reimagined through the performative cycles of nature; night and day, sun and moon, the shifting tide...

The book is printed on a Riso press and you can see it in production in the above pictures. Below is a detail image which shows the coarse screen that is typical of the Riso

There are accompanying prints, also by Sarah

You can read more about the author here:

If you would like to go to the launch on Thursday 5th May, you can get a ticket on this Eventbtrite link:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/graphic-theatre-book-launch-at-whitechapel-gallery-tickets-25019780838?utm-medium=discovery&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-source=cp&utm-term=listing

 

https://www.instagram.com/sarahboris_ldn/

http://hatopress.net/

http://www.whitechapelgallery.org/

Posted by Justin Hobson 28.04.2016

Kids With Puns #5

Kids With Puns is a printed publication which celebrates the humble pun. The magazine is a collaboration between illustrators, artists and designers and showcases a variety of wordplay related work. So if you love puns and visual puns in particular, you'll love this publication.

Click on images to enlarge

The size is A5 (210x148mm) portrait and is saddle stitched. It has a 4pp cover on our Colorset Pink Ice 120gsm and 20pp text on StarFine White 115gsm. It is printed in just one colour on a Riso machine. If you don't know about Riso, or Risography, you can read about it on an earlier post I wrote here:http://justinsamazingworldatfennerpaper.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/what-is-riso-printing.html

Kids with Puns is the brainchild of designer Tom Dunn, who compiles and publishes the publication. It is published at irregular intervals - once he gets enough submissions!

Print is by Hato Press, who are based in East London and they have made a very tidy job of it.

...Thanks to Tom for the file copies and for the card.

Contributors (all links) are here:
Punny Pixels, Leeann Walker, Kieron C, Tiana Tucker, Henry Brown, Masum Khan, Alyssa Duhe, Keegan Steele, Pâté,
Adam Avery You can buy your copy here: http://www.kidswithpuns.com/
http://hatopress.net/

Posted by Justin Hobson 06.10.2015

What is ...Riso Printing?

What is ...Number 9

Regular followers of this blog will know that in the middle of the month, I publish a "What is ....? post. The article covers various aspects of paper, printing and finishing in greater depth. However, many of these subjects are complex, so these posts are only intended to be a brief introduction to the topic.

What is ...Riso Printing?

Riso or Risograph printing is one of the earliest forms of 'electronic' printing (as opposed to digital). Neither a photocopier or a duplicator, Risography was launched in the mid 1980's and provided a cheap method of colour printing that was cheaper than photocopying for short to medium runs and cheaper than short run offset litho. It was particularly aimed at educational establishments and offices.

Riso EZ200 model

Picture showing the master around the drums

The technology is an evolution of the old 'spirit duplicators' which worked on a typed or drawn wax 'master' through which ink is forced through and onto the paper.

The Riso machine scans an original (or today a digital interface is used) and a 'master' or stencil, which is similar to and can be described as printing plate is produced - through a heat process. From then on the process is similar to a cylindrical screen printer! The master/stencil (plate) is wrapped around a drum (which contains the ink). The drum revolves and the ink is forced through the master, printing the ink directly onto the paper that is fed past it through each revolution, one colour per drum, at a time. Each drum is charged with ink and is a particular colour, of which there are about 20 colours currently available. Inks come from the manufacturer ready mixed and only standard colours are possible. It is possible to crudely register colours although 'process' colours and registering four colours isn't feasible.

To illustrate this post, here is a project which has been printed Riso and a great example of what can be achieved. Open Books is designed by Sophie Demay and Lola Halifa-Legrand. It's a sub A5 format, wiro bound with a variety of different text papers and printed is a blue, green and red.

Cover, above is printed blue, on Colorset Suede 270gsm.Below shows double page spread printed in green...

Below is an example of solid red (looks pretty good)

 Below is an example of solid blue (not so great!) ...but as all printers will say, if you're going to have a problem with any colour, it'll be blue!

Invitation, below, printed Riso in two colours, yellow and blue on white:

Open Books is Riso printed by Hato Press, also based in London.

So what else should you know about Riso printing?
Some of the machines are A4, oversize A4 or A3, so it depends on the size that the printer has. Riso printers only print on uncoated papers and ideally paper which has a slightly rougher, more 'open' surface. Riso machines don't like lightweight or heavyweight papers, so the acceptable weights tend to be from 100gsm up to 270gsm.

There are now quite a few independent Riso printing companies or studios around, some of whom have been established for a few years. It is an increasingly popular printing method for independent publishers and designers wishing to experiment with printing. It is considerably cheaper than offset litho printing and HP Indigo print, although the quality is unique and characterful, but won't be appreciated by everyone!

You can read more here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risograph
http://www.riso.co.uk/

This is a very good resource: http://stencil.wiki/atlas

...and here is a list of a few Riso printers that I know of:
www.hatopress.net
http://www.dittopress.co.uk/
http://victorypress.co.uk/

https://www.calverts.coop/portfolio/risograph/
http://bellevuepress.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.two-press.co.uk/
www.londonbookarts.org
...and now in Glasgow (Updated 2016): https://www.risottostudio.com/
...and another one in London (Updated Sept 2017) www.beforebreakfast.london
...and another one in London (Updated Sept 2018) https://jumbo-press.com/

Posted by Justin Hobson 16.09.2014

Studio Cookbook 2

This is the new Studio cookbook2, published by East London Riso printer, Hato Press. Studio cookbook1 was a collection of recipes aimed to inspire social lunches at the workplace and included recipes from åbäke, Alex Bettler, Mind Design, Sara De Bondt studio and many more.

Studio cookbook2 includes recipes from An endless supply, AND Publishing, Art Licks, Goodwin Hartshorn, The Gourmand, Manystuff, Meadham Kirchhoff, Sarah Gottlieb, Fraser Muggeridge studio, Bahbak Hashemi-Nezhad and Sophie Demay  to name but a few!

The book is 236x132mm, portrait. The covers and end papers are cut 20mm short at the head. There are 60pp of text and the binding is "spiral bound" in a dark red plastic spiral. Spiral binding is different from wiro binding. Spiral binding is formed from a continuous length of either plastic or metal and is a finishing method produced by a few specialist binders/finishers. It is an effective binding method which tends to hold things a bit tighter than a wiro.

The book is printed on a mixture of Coriandoli and Flora. The cover is on Coriandoli Blu 250gsm but the text is a mixture of deliberately mixed up shades from Flora and Coriandoli ranges which gives the book a beautifully unstructured feel which works fantastically with the Riso printing. The text is all printed in one colour, although that colour depends on the shade of paper and the recipe - it works really well.

The book is edited and designed by Ken Kirton and thanks to Ken for sending me a copy and a lovely note.

The cookbook costs £12 and although this post comes a bit late to make this a Christmas present, it is a great idea for any upcoming birthdays etc!

www.hatopress.net
http://kenkirton.com

Posted by Justin Hobson 28.12.2012

Studio Cookbook

Studio cookbook is a collection of recipes aimed to inspire social lunches at the workplace. The first edition is a collection from åbäke, Alex Bettler, Front yard company, Goodwin Hartshorn, Jerome Rigaud, Martino Gamper, Mind Design, Sara De Bondt studio and many more.

The book is 170x240mm, portrait with a 4pp cover and 32pp text. The cover and endpapers are cut 25mm short at the head. It uses "3 hole sewn" binding which is lovely.  It is printed on our range called Coriandoli which is our range which has multi-coloured "inclusions" (...in other words, bits!). The cover is on the lovely, bright, Coriandoli Solare, 250gsm and the text on Coriandoli Avorio, 130gsm.

The book has been printed and published by Hato Press, a specialist Riso printing and publishing house (if you want to know about Riso printing, have a look at:  http://hatopress.net/1/category/printing/ ).  It is designed by Ken Kirton Studio.

The book launch, or rather lunch, was held in July and gathered previous studios with new participants, to realise the form of the cookbook live at The Bökship!

...here are the pics of the event

Contributing chefs include:
Patrick Lacey (åbäke) in collaboration with Erika Wall
Jerome Rigaud (electronest)
Sarah Gottlieb (Household) and Dario Utreras
Holger Jacobs (Mind Design)
Sophie Demay (Department 21)
Holly Willats (Art Licks)
Patrick Coyle
PraxisPlay
Johanna and Elin (Studio Åh)
Matthieu Becker (Studio K)

www.hatopress.net/1/shop/studio-cookbook/
http://bokship.org/index.html
http://kenkirton.com

Posted by Justin Hobson 24.10.2012

Open Books 1

Yesterday evening I went to a private view at the Royal College of Art of an exhibition and book launch. The subject: To exhibit and to show the book

The aim of Open Books is to collect and highlight some initiatives which opens up minds and give cause for reflection.


“This is a book about exhibitions. The exhibitions are about books. They are also exhibitions about exhibitions of books. This unstable series of relations between form & content & between subject & object unfolds further in many of the books on show in the exhibition Open books. This book about books & about exhibitions about books results in endless repetition. It is a self-reflexive structure playing with infinity. That is why it remains open.”

The picture below shows the exhibition area (sans people!):

...and here is the actual publication, edited and produced by Sophie Demay and Charlotte Cheetham, designed by Sophie Demay and Lola Halifa -Legrand. The book is wiro-bound with a red wire and is 190x135mm, portrait. It is printed in 1 colour on a Risograph machine by Hato Press. The materials used are our Colorset Suede, Indigo 270gsm and a wide selection of our other text materials (the beauty of wiro means that you can use many different materials without being limited by producing in 4pp sections).

 

...and here we all are having a jolly time at the viewing!

The project was sponsored by Laurence King Publishing.

http://www.open-books.tumblr.com/
http://www.rca.ac.uk/
http://www.hatopress.net/
http://www.laurenceking.com/

Posted by Justin Hobson 24.02.2011