Erika's Cards

I first met Erika when she was working at Pentagram in John Rushworth's team back in the mid nineties (I know that's quite a long time ago now!). Even though Erika returned to Sweden with her young family we have still stayed in touch and she now lives and works in Stockholm.

Below are pictures of a fantastic range of cut out letter cards which is an idea that she had years ago and she has finally produced them - and I think they're great (...they aren't even on our paper and I still think they're great!)

e.rennel.bjorkman@telia.com

Rich Fairhead

I popped in to The Chase today and ended up having a chat and a cuppa (thanks Oli) with illustrator Rich Fairhead, so I took the photo opportunity to show you him and some of his work...

The alphabet and his robot illustrations are fantastic.

Check out his site at www.richfairhead.co.uk

Magpie have flown the nest...

Magpie are based in Perseverance Works in Shoreditch and have moved round the corner. Have a look at this short movie - it's FAB
http://www.magpie-studio.com/moving.php

Packaging First for Flaxprint

This article was in the latest issue of Grafik magazine.

It describes the design and production of the perfume packaging for a new fragrance called DAPHNE.

Design is by David Hitner and Guy Marshall at Small and it describes how they worked closely with production house Nirvana CPH to create a very unique packaging.

It is of particular interest because it utilises one of Fenner Paper's more unusual products called FLAXPRINT which is a litho printable bookcloth (yes it's a genuine white bookcloth that you can litho print onto!)

Check out the article for all the details.

http://www.studiosmall.com/
http://www.nirvanacph.com/

http://www.grafikmag.com/

Invitation

Now some people might have expected me to title this post using some crude pun (such as "Flocking Lovely Invite") but I know I am addressing a particularly sophisticated audience, so I'm sure that even my best Flocking jokes wouldn't raise a titter!

...anyway, this is a particularly beautiful wedding invitation produced on our Flockage Colours, in Bright Red 400gsm.

The inspiration for the colour of the invitation is from the colour of the hassocks (that's the name for the cushions that you kneel on in church) which are red in this particular church together with the "burlesque" themed entertainment at the reception. The Fleur de Leys device which is also used is another feature in the church.

Design is by Powell Allen

The invitations are A5 in size and foiled in one colour using Red Metallic Foil by Benwell Sebard

Incidentally it's probably worth noting that when I spoke to Chris Allen he made the point of telling me that it was a "cost effective" use of the material. Flockage is an expensive material, but because of the small quantity and the fact that only one process was being used on it (and waste is therefore minimal) a luxury, high impact impression was achieved for relatively low cost.

http://www.powellallen.com/
http://www.benwells.co.uk/

Sam Winston - Artist and Wordman!

I met Sam Winston last week to discuss a project. He's a very nice guy and very passionate about his materials and substrates, a bit like me! If you aren't familiar with his work ...take a look.
http://www.samwinston.com/
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1360225971/a-dictionary-story-art-bookhttp://dictionarystory.blogspot.com/

Arts Council - Annual Review 2009

In the early summer I started to put together dummies in various formats for Intro for the Arts Council annual review - and last week I received the finished article ...and very nice it is too!

Size is 215x270mm Portrait. It has a 4pp cover and a 50pp text.

and now for the paper plug! ...it is printed on our lovely OMNIA 200gsm and 120gsm with a 12pp gloss section on Millennium Real Art 130gsm.

Photography is all great, as you would expect given the various arts subjects covered, but as there are 49 photography credits, I've decided not to list them!

It's printed by Seacourt (based in Oxfordshire) using waterless offset

Lead designer at Intro on this project was Adrian Talbot

http://www.introwebsite.com/

http://www.seacourt.net/