The Observable

I've written many posts on this blog which includes the phrase "...just the cover makes the difference!" and this is certainly an excellent example.

This is the publication by London gallery Rossi & Rossi for the show by artist Faiza Butt titled 'The Observable'.  Size of the catalogue is A5, portrait with a 4pp cover and 20pp text. Due to the tight restriction of the budget, the text is printed on a 'house silk' 150gsm, which works perfectly well but what makes this catalogue stand out, is the use of Colorset Flint 270gsm on the cover.

 The cover is simply printed in one colour, offset litho in silver (pantone 877) one side only, so a very economical print specification.

Print is also on the outside back cover.

 and the designer, Michael Windsor-Ungureanu was so impressed he wrote about how impressed the silver looked on the Colorset Flint....

Design is by Thread Design (Michael Windsor-Ungureanu). Printing is by Bowmans based in Leeds.

http://rossirossi.com/
http://www.threaddesign.co.uk/
http://www.bowmans77.co.uk/

Posted by Justin Hobson 13.10.2017

Our Clouded Hills

This is the literature produced for Rossi & Rossi for the contemporary art fair ART14 held in London earlier this year. Titled as "Our Clouded Hills" they presented an exhibition of paintings by three Tibetan artists: Gade, Tenzing Rigdol and Tsherin Sherpa. Their works incorporate traditional Tibetan and Buddhist symbolism and techniques to comment on issues faced by Tibet, its inhabitants, and the Tibetan Diaspora.

 

This simple but effective publication is A5, portrait and is 8pp gatefold format. It is printed on Astralux [1sided] 250gsm in Silver. Printed one colour, special, on the outside (on the grey) and CMYK on the inside. Astralux is a 'Cast coated' board and if you aren't sure what that is, you can read a previous post, where I've explained what cast coated papers are:

http://justinsamazingworldatfennerpaper.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/what-is-cast-coated-paper.html

Front Cover

Showing gatefold

The outside of the cover

Inside spread

Designer is Michael Windsor-Ungureanu of Thread Design. This is a great example of where a simple/different use of a material has been used to enhance the overall quality and feel of a piece of literature.

Print production is by Tower Printing, based in Peckham.

http://www.rossirossi.com/
www.threaddesign.co.uk

http://www.towerprinting.net/ 

Posted by Justin Hobson 11.06.2014