Daiwa Foundation - Art Prize

The Daiwa Foundation is based in Japan House in London and was opened in 1994 as a centre for academic and cultural activities relating to Japan. This Anglo-Japanese Foundation holds an events programme which plays an important role in increasing the understanding of Japan in Britain, providing a forum for discussion and exchange and creates opportunities to foster new networks and collaborations.

The foundation also runs an Anglo-Japanese arts competition every three years, for which there is a prize awarded. Entries are open to British artists resident in the UK who have not previously had a solo exhibition in Japan. Last year the winner was Oliver Beer, who was shortlisted alongside Mikhail Karikis and Julie Brook.

This is the literature that accompanied the awarding of the prize at the private view last year. Size is 170x240mm. The 8pp cover is hot foil blocked in a metallic gold foil and uses ZETA Linen, Brilliant White 260gsm. 

The 16pp text is printed on our Omnia 150gsm, which works perfectly. The reason this paper was chosen is because the different artists are working in a wide range of different media and this paper works brilliantly, feeling tactile, whether reproducing illustration, photographic work or colour saturated solid colours.

Interspersed in the text pages are another 8pp of translucent pages - printed on T2000 110gsm, which is one of our 'tracing' type papers from Reflex Paper in Germany (the same mill that manufactures ZETA)

The image above and below show the T2000 overlaying the text pages...

The use of ZETA Linen on the cover is faultless, resulting in a consummate cover - the perfect solution for a publication featuring the work of three artists, The subtle Linen embossing works with the matchless hot foiling giving an immaculate result, which I hope you can see in the image below.

Design is by Matthew Stroud.
Print production is by Jigsaw Colour based in Bermondsey, London.
http://oliverbeer.wix.com/oliverbeer
http://www.dajf.org.uk/grants-awards-prizes/daiwa-foundation-art-prize
http://www.jigsawcolour.co.uk/

Posted by Justin Hobson 09.05.2016

Alexander Lewis - Resort 2015

This is a beautifully simply lookbook for London based fashion designer Alexander Lewis. Half American, half Brazilian, his education took him around the world, before working for Vogue and then began working on Savile Row, at Norton Sons and later E. Tautz. In London he learned about pattern-cutting, fit and how to turn a design into a beautifully crafted piece of clothing. After establishing his own design consultancy, he launched his own womenswear line in 2012.

This is the lookbook for his Resort 2015 collection. and as I said in my introduction, it is beautifully simple. Size is A5 (210x148mm) portrait and has a 4pp cover on our Colorset Nero 270gsm, which is simply hot foil blocked with matt white foil.

Detail of matt white foil

  

Image reproduction is paramount but it was also important that the publication also projected the tactility of the actual clothes, so a gloss or silk coated paper wasn't an option. The material chosen was our Omnia, which would beautifully reproduce the photography with the delicate weave, intricate patterns and subtle pastel colouring superbly - not forgetting the fleshtones ...and it looks brilliant!  The 52pp text is on Omnia White 150gsm, printed offset litho in CMYK throughout.

Click on images to enlarge

Omnia is a very bulky paper, so even though it is only 52pp, the Omnia 150gsm gives it a 5mm spine thickness. As with all quality publications, it is 'section sewn' and here is a close up showing the spine and end of the book with the sewn sections:

Art direction and design is by Alexander Lewis. Photography is by Thomas Lohr. Printing, foiling and finishing is by Jigsaw Colour, based in South London. Paul Martin dealt with repro and production.

http://www.alexanderlewis.eu/
http://thomaslohr.com/site/

www.jigsawcolour.co.uk

Posted by Justin Hobson 14.03.2016

Curious Iconic Craft

This is one of the most stunning projects produced last year on our paper. Read on and be amazed....!

For anyone interested in magazine design, Little White Lies and Huck would be two independent magazine titles that you'd be aware of and would probably collect. The agency The Church of London was founded on 5 January and Little White Lies first hit the shelves on 12 March 2005. After eight years, the founders Danny Miller, Rob Longworth, Paul Willoughby and Alex Capes stepped away from the agency and the titles. Danny Rob and Paul formed a new creative agency called Human After All.

Their leaving present to their fans was to produce a limited edition publication packed with insights into how the two titles have been put together, a fantastic resource for those interested in magazine design. The book is titled  Curious Iconic Craft.

They decided to fund the project by Kickstarter and you can see their entry on the link below - needless to say it was overfunded!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/humanafterall/curious-iconic-craft-designing-magazines-that-peop?ref=nav_search

The size of the publication is 245mm x 200mm portrait with 4pp outer cover, 2x2pp 'end papers' cover, tip ins and a 96pp text. The publication is what I would describe as a 'double-ender' - the cover and text read one way and then you turn it over and it reads the other way. The image below, shows the way the cover works:

The cover is printed on Omnia 320gsm, with a 'soft touch' film lamination and is hot foil blocked with a gloss black foil - looks and feels beautiful!

 

The reason for the book being produced like this is that one half the book is about Little White Lies and one half is about Huck.

 

The LWLies text section is 40pp and is printed offset litho in CMYK with a fluorescent pink pantone special. End paper (l/h side) is printed in pantone silver on  Zeta Linen Embossed,150gsm

The text pages are printed on Omnia White 150gsm and the result is simply stunning. Whether a photographic image, illustration or just solids, this paper really has performed - it is truly remarkable.

In the centre there are two 'tip ins' on Colorset Nero 170gsm section printed in silver PMS 877. Looks fantastic just printed in one colour silver and the line illustrations just work amazingly. Additionally there is a 16pp section printed in one colour on a light green 160gsm uncoated paper (Papago) for the 'learning section'. The whole publication is full of key insights and attention to detail, including: how to create a cover illustration, how to design a custom typeface, original sketches and behind-the-scenes work.

Birds eye view (click on image to enlarge)

The HUCK text section is also 40pp and is printed offset litho in CMYK with a fluorescent green pantone special. End paper (l/h side) is printed in pantone silver on  Zeta Linen Embossed,150gsm.

The publication is section sewn using black thread. Another lovely detail.

Curious Iconic Craft is published and designed by the studio by Human After All. Creative Directors are Danny Miller, Rob Longworth, Paul Willoughby. Production handled by Hannah El-Boghdady.

 

The book was printed and produced by Jigsaw Colour. The complexity of the publication with the endpapers, soft touch cover, with foil and "tip ins" made this a truly challenging project to deliver, but the print and finishing are both absolutely superb.

http://www.humanafterall.co.uk/
www.jigsawcolour.co.uk
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/humanafterall/curious-iconic-craft-designing-magazines-that-peop?ref=nav_search
http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/curious-iconic-craft-human-after-all

Posted by Justin Hobson 31.03.2015

Alexander Lewis - Resort 2014

This is a beautifully simply lookbook for London based fashion designer Alexander Lewis. Half American, half Brazilian, his education took him around the world, before working for Vogue and then began working on Savile Row, at Norton & Sons and later E. Tautz. It was in London he learned about pattern-cutting, fit and how to turn a design into a beautifully crafted piece of clothing. After establishing his own design consultancy, he launched his own womenswear line in 2012.

This is the lookbook for his Resort 2014 collection. and as I said in my introduction, it is beautifully simple. Size is A5 (210x148mm) portrait and has a 4pp cover on our Colorset Nero 270gsm, which is simply hot foil blocked with matt white foil.

Image reproduction is paramount but it was also important that the publication also projected the tactility of the actual clothes, so a gloss or silk coated paper wasn't an option. The material chosen was our Omnia, which would beautifully reproduce the photography with the delicate weave, intricate patterns and subtle pastel colouring superbly - not forgetting the fleshtones ...and it looks brilliant!  The 52pp text is on Omnia White 150gsm, printed offset litho in CMYK throughout.

Below is a close up of Look19, the dress appears to be made from a material with a shimmery look, almost pearlescent - Omnia has reproduced the image superbly.

Omnia is a very bulky paper, so even though it is only 52pp, the Omnia 150gsm gives it a 5mm spine thickness. As with all quality publications, it is 'section sewn' and here is a close up showing the spine and end of the book with the sewn sections:

Art direction and design is by Alexander Lewis. Photography is by Thomas Lohr.

Detail of matt white foil

Printing, foiling and finishing is by Jigsaw Colour, who are based in South London and is excellent.


http://www.alexanderlewis.eu/
http://thomaslohr.com/site/

www.jigsawcolour.co.uk

Posted by Justin Hobson 22.12.2014