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| Image courtesy of Osborne Ross |
http://www.osborneross.com/work/stamps/animail/index.html
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| Image courtesy of Osborne Ross |
http://www.royalmail.com/animailstamps
Posted by Justin Hobson 09.08.2016
Showing posts with label Osborne Ross. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Osborne Ross. Show all posts
Tuesday, 9 August 2016
Animail
Although not actually about a Fenner Paper product, I thought this was such a noteworthy project, that I must write about it....
Animail is a set of six animal stamps designed for the Royal Mail to appeal to children and adults alike. The creatures' hands, feet or tails are designed
to fold around the edge of envelopes, giving them the appearance of holding on to
the post.
The instructions about how to fold them over the edge of the envelope is on the reverse of the stamp pack, pictured in the image below
The project commissioned by the Royal Mail was designed by our friends at Osborne Ross, a design studio based in West London. Design partners are Deborah Osborne and Andrew Ross You can read more about the project here:
http://www.osborneross.com/work/stamps/animail/index.html
Postcards are also available to buy from post offices (which I did!). You see, design can be fun!
...and you maybe one of the lucky ones who receives some samples from us with an added bit of fun! As you can see, we've been monkeying about with these in our post room! (actually, I think that should be Orangutaning around)
http://osborneross.com/
http://www.royalmail.com/animailstamps
http://www.osborneross.com/work/stamps/animail/index.html
http://www.royalmail.com/animailstamps
Monday, 3 June 2013
Jobs from the past - Number 44
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 work from years gone by and here's one from 2006.
Borderline Annual Report 2006
Borderline is a small, independent charity that has been helping homeless Scots in London for over 20 years by understanding their particular problems and needs. They offer resettlement options in Scotland and London, referrals to specialist agencies and advice on welfare benefits.
This is their annual report, which by definition, needs to contain certain financial information but is used also as a vital piece of communication with their benefactors and donors.
Design company OSBORNE ROSS designed the annual report and here's some information from a press release written at the time:
Andrew Ross, Creative Director, said "using the theme of 'Looking back, looking forward', clients were asked to write down what had happened to them in the past year and to describe what the future holds, now they have the charity's help"
These notes were combined with photography by Nick Turner, providing a powerful and immediate explanation of the charity's work.
The publication is 210x210mm, square, saddle stitched and is a self-cover (for those of you not familiar with this term, it means that the cover and text are on the same weight of paper). It was printed in CMYK on Neptune Unique FSC 170gsm which is a high white, smooth, uncoated text and cover paper. It was printed offset litho by Magnet Harlequin (www.bva.org.uk)
Borderline Annual Report 2006
Borderline is a small, independent charity that has been helping homeless Scots in London for over 20 years by understanding their particular problems and needs. They offer resettlement options in Scotland and London, referrals to specialist agencies and advice on welfare benefits.
This is their annual report, which by definition, needs to contain certain financial information but is used also as a vital piece of communication with their benefactors and donors.
Andrew Ross, Creative Director, said "using the theme of 'Looking back, looking forward', clients were asked to write down what had happened to them in the past year and to describe what the future holds, now they have the charity's help"
These notes were combined with photography by Nick Turner, providing a powerful and immediate explanation of the charity's work.
This report won the award for the best annual report in the 2007 Third Sector Excellence Awards. This award programme is organized by publisher Haymarket, to recognize organizations working in the charity and public sector. http://www.thirdsectorexcellenceawards.com/
...and here's the page showing it as the winning category of the third sector awards:
Art direction and design is by Osborne Ross. Photography by Nick Turner.
Posted by Justin Hobson 03.05.2013
Tuesday, 4 December 2012
Jobs from the past - Number 38
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 work from years gone by and here's one from 2004.
Annual Review 2003
Campaign to Protect Rural England
This modest, yet exceptionally beautifully produced, piece of literature is deliberately "newsy" in look and format. It's A3, portrait in size and is a 24pp self cover on our Redeem 100% Recycled 70gsm to give it that large, floppy, newsprinty look and feel. It is saddle stitched with two wires.
With a foreward by the then president, Sir Max Hastings, this is a hard hitting policy document - not just to contain some pretty pictures of the countryside (I remember being told that when I was being briefed on the job by Andrew) but to get across the CPRE objectives and to be used for lobbying. It also neede to be produced on recycled paper.
Art direction and design is by Andrew Ross at Osborne Ross. Big format with lots of space and dramatic photography gives this job a beatifully crafted feel.
It was printed by a west London printer called Fernedge who have sadly since gone bankrupt and disappeared.
Posted by Justin Hobson 04.12.2012
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