Lots of people send me nice stuff which uses interesting materials/finishing/processes (and hopefully some of our papers!). Sadly, I can't get to show these pieces of work to everyone ...so this is the best way to show others what people are up to. It's also my way of thanking those that I work with and take the time and trouble to send me lovely, interesting things.
justin@fennerpaper.co.uk
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.
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Picpus is printed quarterly and there have been 22 issues so far, this issue is a reprint of issue #1 with a special cover by Christian Flamm in a limited edition of 1000 copies only.
Below shows the broadsheet folded out...
...and the reverse side:
Picpus is printed on Redeem 100% Recycled 80gsm and is printed offset litho, CMYK one side and one colour (black) on the reverse. Design is by Alfonso Iacurci and is printed by Push Print based in London.
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.
Parka London Autumn Winter 2015
With 60 years of manufacturing heritage behind the business, in 2013 they launched their own label. PARKA LONDON is a tribute to Alfie Levers, the original founder and his vision. The brand is a celebration of the iconic, timeless military designs fused with contemporary modern styling and fabrics.
This is the AW15 collection lookbook. The cover is printed on the cover material from that other, Hull based, paper merchant! with an image printed on the text material and tipped onto a plate sunk cover. The size is A5 (210x148mm) portrait and is section sewn.
The It's a 36pp text self cover and is printed on our Marazion Ultra 115gsm which gives it that dead matt/flat look but with great reproduction as you can see from the images...
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The 36pp text rolls nicely and it opens quite flat which is testament to the fact that the weights chosen are correct.
The art direction is by Muse & Maker and the quality of the direction and photography (by Jon Corrigan) is matched by the exceptional printing by Push.
The core theme that runs throughout the design of the 13-19 Leinster Square development is a focus on the superb quality of finish, the stunning craftsmanship and design that makes the raw natural materials take on new meaning and added value. As a result, this publication really can't be described as a "property brochure" it is so much more...
Front cover image by Virginie Khateeb
Studio 91 embraced the simple idea of 'material and craft first’ and took prospective buyers on a journey from the marble quarries and old oak forests of Italy, to the bookmatched bathrooms and fine Versailles parquetry of the finished apartments.
The photography showing the sources of the materials is stunning....
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Size of the publication is 380x270mm, portrait and is section sewn with an 8mm spine. The cover is on a silk coated 350gsm with a soft touch lamination. The 68pp text is printed on our StarFine White 130gsm, an uncoated text paper which has printed beautifully, with the solids and the mono images looking brilliant. Additionally, there is a 12pp section printed on gloss coated paper showing detailed images of the materials. There are some superb interior images too...
...but the real gems are the images of the materials and their original environment.
Below image shows the raw materials - Brass and Marble printed on gloss coated.
This is an exquisitely produced book where the choice of paper does convey all the special materials that have gone into this very special development offers. Design is by Studio91 Design based in London. Sam Hextall is the Creative Director.
Print production is by Push based in London. The quality of reproduction on the uncoated StarFine is superb and the finishing is excellent.
This look-book shows new work and it is a particularly lovely piece of print. The 4pp cover is 325x235mm, portrait and is saddle stitched, however the text pages are a smaller size of 275x210mm, centred inside the cover.
The below image shows the way the text pages sit inside the cover....
It has to be said the size and proportion of the cover and text are just right, the pages just turn and fold well without being dwarfed by the large cover.
The cover is printed on our Omnia White 280gsm and the 16pp text on 150gsm, the results of which are superb. The look and feel of the whole publication is very uncoated and tactile but there is absolutely no loss of detail in the images as you can see in the detail image below...
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Inside back spread...
A lovely touch is the use of Copper wire for the saddle stitches, which matches the copper foil which is on the front cover...
You are probably assuming that this quality piece of print is printed offset litho, but you would be wrong. This job is printed on a new type of digital printing press, it is a Fujifilm Jet Press 720S. This new B2 size digital press is a commercial inkjet printer, which has been built to produce high-quality short run to medium run digital print. Push Print in London installed the press last year and as you can see from the result on this job, it is producing the high quality print that Push is renowned for.
You can read more about the new Fujifilm Jet Press 720S here or watch their video here...
Photography, design and production is by Simmon Winnall.
The first ever exhibition of works of art created by artists who have no “mind’s eye” casts new light on the creative brain.
Extreme Imagination: inside the mind’s eye features works by people who cannot visualise, alongside works by those who have particularly vivid mental imagery.
This
is the catalogue for ‘Extreme Imagination: inside the mind’s eye’, an art
exhibition produced by the Eye’s Mind research team at The University of Exeter
College of Medicine and Health, curated by Susan Aldworth and Matthew
MacKisack.
Extreme Imagination: inside the mind’s eye presents their artwork, inviting us to consider the impact of these phenomena on the creative process. How can someone make anything without being able to imagine what they want it to look like? Is there a distinctly hyperphantasic kind of art?
Aphantasia and its opposite teach us about human diversity: the easily-missed, potentially startling differences between individuals’ inner lives. The work of the participating artists – and designers, architects, and writers – demonstrates the diversity of means by which things come to be made, challenging long-held beliefs about what it means to be ‘creative’.
Find interviews with participating artists here.
The catalogue is divided in two halves in what I would describe as a 'double-ender' - the
catalogue can be read from either side – essays on the art, science and
philosophy of ‘extreme imagination’ one way; turn it over and you see
artist interviews preceding their work on the other.
Size of the publication is 190x115mm, portrait and is perfect bound. The 108pp text is printed on Chromolux 1 sided 120gsm from Zanders in Germany. Chromolux is a cast coated paper, which is gloss one side and uncoated reverse. This publication has been collated in such a way that the gloss coated is one side facing an uncoated side as you can see in the image below:
The uncoated side is matt and tactile as you can see below...
Gloss spread on left, uncoated on right...
reading the other way, uncoated on left, gloss spread on right...
The cover is printed on the black cover material from that other, Hull based, paper merchant! Below shows the very neat, perfect binding.
Extreme Imagination: inside the mind’s eye ran at the Tramway in Glasgow, from January to March and is now at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum in Exeter, until the 2nd of June.
Catalogue concept and design is by Valle Walkley. Print is by Push.
Begg & Co have been making beautiful scarves, wraps and stoles in Scotland since 1866. The small coastal town of Ayr has been at the heart of the brand for well over a century, when founder Alex Begg opened his first mill and began working with skilled local weavers. Begg’s original ethos is maintained thanks to the modern-day team of dedicated craftspeople, who continue to source the best quality yarns in order to create timeless, versatile products that are heavenly to touch and a delight to own.
This is the lookbook for last year's Home collection showing the range of throws, stoles and travel blankets. The finished size of the publication is 266x145mm and forms a 24pp broadsheet, folding out to 798x580mm.
The above image shows the front and back covers. The format is a "parallel gatefold" as you can see from the image below...
Front cover...
First spread...
folding out to the next spread....
The whole publication is all printed offset litho on our Offenbach Bible 60gsm ...and it looks and feels absolutely gorgeous - it flops and folds in a delightful way when handling the publication as I hope these images demonstrate. The below image shows the way it concertina's from top to bottom (vertical folds) before folding horizontally
Image showing the full sheet
...and the other side:
Creative direction and design is by Studio Small. Photography is by Josh Hight.
Printing is by Push and the reproduction on our Offenbach Bible 60gsm is truly excellent.
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...
Turner Prize - Invitation 2006
Each year the Turner Prize jury shortlist four artists for an outstanding exhibition.The prize was first awarded in 1984, founded by a group called the Patrons of New Art under the directorship of Alan Bowness. They formed to encourage wider interest in contemporary art and assist the Tate in acquiring new works. The Turner Prize is awarded to a British artist although ‘British’ can mean an artist working primarily in Britain or an artist born in Britain working globally and the prize focuses on their recent developments in British art rather than a lifetime's achievement.
This is the invitation to the award event - one of the hotest tickets in town for the art world. The award was being presented by Yoko Ono. The four nominated artists are Tomma Abts, Phil Collins, Mark Titchner and Rebecca Warren...
The invitation is a 6pp gatefold. The size is 230x140mm, portrait, folding out to 230x420mm. It is printed on our sturdy Omnia 320gsm.
During this period (2006/2007) all private view invitations produced for the Tate were produced on Omnia at the instigation of designer Melanie Mues. All the invitations featured an image of the work of the artist combined with a solid colour on the reverse - you can see many of the invitations on the link here. Omnia was chosen because it would reproduce the wide range of media superbly plus the solid would always look excellent. This invitation followed the style but as it was not possible to reproduce the work of four artists, the names are simply (and beautifully) hot foil blocked on the outside of the invitation, and this time the solid colour is a metallic amethyst ...and because metallic inks actually look metallic on Omnia, the result is superb.
The foiling is a multicolour, holographic foil, which I hope you can see from the image below, really does shimmer and change shade as it catches the light.
Birds eye view...
Detail of the holographic foil
...and that literally is it - simply printed offset Litho in one special metallic pantone shade, well creased, beautifully designed, superbly hot foil blocked and no images - what more can I say?
Designer is Melanie Mues. Production is by the graphic design department at the Tate. Print is by Push print in London.
Tall, lanky and with glasses is how most people whom I have met might describe me. Hopefully they'll also remember that I'm enthusiastic about what I do. I've been working in the paper industry for many years, so people seem to think that I know quite a bit (I would also point out that I've also forgotten a lot!). My occupation is actually a "Paper Merchant" (it says that on my Marriage Certificate!) and I am the Marketing Director at Fenner Paper. We specialise in finding the materials and paper solutions for graphic designers that are producing printed work. I also work closely with "creative" printers - although there are only a few of them anyway! (I shan't name names!). Fenner Paper is only a relatively small company although we handle some large projects and we have quite a high profile. So the business that we do is handled on a personal level - and hopefully that is demonstrated in this blog - read and enjoy!
My address is
Fenner Paper Company Ltd
15 Orchard Business Centre
Sanderson Way,
Tonbridge, Kent TN9 1QF
Tel: 01732 771100
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