Jobs from the past - Number 26

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...

D&AD Membership Campaign

August 2006

Having introduced several new membership categories, D&AD appointed NB to produce a comprehensive promotional campaign. In NB's own words: "To appeal to the target audience – the creative industries – we opted for clarity and wit. Using objects commonly found in creative environments and items related to specific membership benefits, we created collage set pieces which were photographed by John Ross. Striking, cohesive and cost effective, the campaign launched with a fold out poster."

The A1 posters which folded down to A5 were printed on Offenbach Bible in 60gsm because at this weight (and if folded correctly - i.e. concertina and concertina, therefore allowing all air to escape) there are no "crows feet" appearing - if you're not familiar with that term, it's where a rather ugly crease appears crinkled from the centre of the fold, splaying out like the bird's foot.

Creative Directors on the project were Nick Finney Ben Stott and Alan Dye. Designer was Eng Su.

It was printed and finished by Pureprint (48,000 copies, as I recall). Pureprint were the print sposnor of D&AD at that time.

http://www.dandad.org/

http://www.nbstudio.co.uk/

http://www.benstott.com/

www.johnross.co.uk/

http://www.pureprint.com/

Posted by Justin Hobson 02.12.2011

Camberwell College of Arts - BA Hons Sculpture 2011

This is a piece of literature produced for the BA (Hons) Sculpture 2011 course at Camberwell College of Arts.  It is A5 (148x210mm) size and is saddle stitched. It has a lightweight cover which is cut 40mm short at the head, which opens up, like so...

4pp cover on Neptune Unique 120gsm, 20pp text on our recycled Brand X FSC 150gsm which has a warmer, natural, shade which contrasts well with the whiter, lightweight cover material. Cover is printed in one colour (black) both sides, text is CMYK throughout. Nice clean job and fairly economical to produce.

The project was designed by Joe Hales who was working in conjunction with Josie and Julia who are two students on the course. It was printed by Calverts Press in London.

...and thanks to Josie and Julia for their lovely note and for taking the time to send me some file copies.

http://showtime.arts.ac.uk/camberwell/2011/ba-hons-sculpture
http://josiecockram.com/
www.juliagray.co.uk
http://josephhales.co.uk/
www.print.coop

Posted by Justin Hobson 30.11.2011

Fish and Chip paper

Some readers of this blog may be old enough to remember when fish and chips were actually served in old newspaper (I do and I'm not that ancient, honest!).

Well, I was pleased to be able to help out on a lovely little touch at a wedding, where they served fish and chips at the evening reception. Two pages of the local newspaper from the day that the couple were both born was reproduced on our Redeem 100% Recycled 60gsm. As you can see from the pics, it all worked rather well!

...and here are the happy couple, Ben and Gemma:

The idea and production was by Phil Bold, designer at GBH, who is Gemma's brother! ...and he lovingly printed them all too.

www.gregorybonnerhale.com

Posted by Justin Hobson 29.11.2011

3D Printing - the future is coming!

I was recently contacted by a company offering a 3D printing service, which I thought I'd share.

I have heard a bit about 3D printing or "rapid prototyping" as it is sometimes called, but hadn't really looked into it in too much detail. This new technology has the ability to change the way we manufacture individual (custom) items and could literally be the pathway to us having the ability to make individual items in our own homes and offices - and has the potential to produce everything from machine parts to replacement teeth!

The company that sent me the information about their 3D printing service is positioned at the more "novelty" end of this new technology, although a very nice novelty it is...

Have a look ...maybe there's a Christmas present idea here! 

http://www.miniaturemoments.com 

for more info about 3D printing:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_printing

Posted by Justin Hobson 28.11.2011

French Connection

This is a few months old now but I've only just got some file copies - It's the publication to accompany the French Connection marketing campaign for the Summer - it was a big press campaign, so I'm sure that some of the images will be familiar. As you can see from the pics below, it is a beautiful piece. Art direction, photography and reproduction is superb.

It's a 40pp self cover. Size is 240x345mm, portrait  and it's printed on Marazion Ultra 90gsm. It is loose bound - no saddle stitches.
Art Direction, design and production is by French Connection. It just has a fantastic feel - it is difficult for me to say much more about it - just look at the images, they speak for the job...

It is a "double ended" publication - ie two front covers, one way works as Womens (above) the other way works as Mens (below)

Design is by Graeme Williams. Print is by Geoff Neal Litho. A lovely piece

www.frenchconnection.com

www.geoffneallitho.co.uk

Posted by Justin Hobson 24.11.2011

Mantis World 2011

This is a catalogue produced earlier in the year for ethical clothing company Mantis World.

For this catalogue, the desire was for a "tactile" cover material that had an uncoated feel but that wouldn't let down the brightness of the colours and to introduce a "magazine" section with interviews and news. The factory that makes these clothes is in the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa and they use 100% certified organic cotton and are a pioneer in ethical manufacturing, therefore using environmentally concious materials is important.

The eventual choice of materials combined the tactile Omnia as a cover but only in 200gsm (which is very bulky) with our lightweight Redeem 100% Recycled in 70gsm which has a newsprint look and feel for the "magazine" section. This was combined with some Hanno Art Gloss (FSC) for the basic text pages.

All the below spreads show imagery reproduced on Redeem 100% Recycled 70gsm - exceptionally vibrant result:

The job is 4pp cover with a 124pp text. Size is 165x220mm, portrait, perfect bound.

Print is by Quadracolour.

Design is by Astroman. Creative Director on the project was Doug Hurcombe. Designer on the project was Katerina Karamallaki and thank you for the lovely note...

http://www.mantisworld.com/

http://www.astro-man.com/

www.quadracolor.co.uk

Posted by Justin Hobson 22.11.2011 

New Press at Push

Regular readers of this blog will know that apart from some beautifully printed work demonstrated on this blog, there isn't very much good news in the printing industry. Many companies have simply gone bankrupt Midas Press, Good News Press, SV2, Moores, to name but a few, so positive news is hard to come by.

However last week, I popped in to London printer Push who are in the middle of installing a brand spanking new B1 Heidelberg Press (a CX102) ...and below are the pics of installation in action.

This represents an extremely big investment but demonstrates that if a company wants to continually improve quality and keep up with the latest technology, it must invest.

Good luck and good printing!

www.push-print.co.uk

www.uk.heidelberg.com

Posted by Justin Hobson 21.11.2011