Posted by Justin Hobson 26.08.2021
Thursday, 26 August 2021
Graphic Lines
Founded in 2015 by Mark Leeds and Duncan Johnson c-ll-ct-v-ly is a London based Design and Research studio working in all media and especially editorial and moving image. As a studio project. they publish these limited edition magazines, using unpublished, reordered, remade, refound or newly created artworks. They are a quick-fire collaboration between the studio and a range of creatives ...an easy consumed, visual hit.
Graphic Lines is Number 10 by Iain Follett. Iain is based in Leicester and is Design Director at design agency Six. In 2015 he started the @mintneverhinged feed on instagram to showcase his collection of Graphic Stamps. From the exposure of the Instagram feed he collaborated with Blair Thomson (@graphilately and Creative Director at Believe In) and Unit Editions on a book called Graphic Stamps showcasing the best from their collections.
Mint Never Hinged came off the back of years spent collecting design ephemera. Way before I set up @mintneverhinged I had painstakingly been collecting and researching stamp design in order to archive the forgotten and unknown designers behind them and to put out a publication of my own on the subject matter. However in 2015 we were approached by Unit Editions to publish a book on our collections and being big admirers of Unit Editions, Tony Brook and Adrian Shaughnessy we couldn’t resist. Even that book, as full as it is, merely scratches the surface of the collection as a whole. Iain Follett
Size is A5 (210x148mm) portrait, saddle stitched. It has a 4pp cover, cut short at 105mm width with a 16pp text and a 4pp insert which is full height but 75mm wide.
The text is not a straightforward 16pp, the centre spread is actually a 8pp, which is stitched in but folds up as you can see above and below...
The cover is printed on our Colorset Solar 120gsm in black only. Text is printed on Gardapat 13 Kiara 150gsm. For readers not familiar with GardaPat 13, it's a fully coated paper but it really does have a dead flat MATT surface. There are many papers on the market which profess to be matt - some which incorporate the word matt in the name, but aren't! Apart from the high quality matt surface, this paper has an extraordinarily high bulk - this 150gsm text with a thickness of 195mics. If you would like to read more about the bulk, you can read it here.
The insert sheet (above image) is printed on Offenbach Bible 80gsm.
All materials are digitally printed using an HP Indigo digital press and the results are superb, beautifully showing the artworks. As many readers will know, many materials have to be "Sapphire Treated" to work successfully on HP Indigo presses, however both the text (Gardapat 13) and insert (Offenbach Bible 80gsm) are both printed without sapphire treatment ..and it's superb!
Printing and finishing, including the lovely white wire used on the saddle stitches (above) is by WithPrint who are based outside Bristol in Rooksbridge.
Concept and Design is by Mark Leeds and Ellie Rose. Font used is Neue Haas Grotesk from Commercial Type
Monday, 23 August 2021
Mulberry Mongoose Cards
Mulberry Mongoose is a jewellery workshop, located on a well-trodden elephant path in the remote Zambian bush. Local craftswomen make all the jewellery by hand using natural materials from the South Luangwa valley. This simple 4pp piece of literature is used as an information leaflet promoting the jewellery and tours of the workshop to the tourists who stay at the local safari lodges in the local area. These simple cards and price tags are used in the shop adjacent to the workshop, where they sell directly to the tourists who stay at the local safari lodges in the local area.
The price tags are a teeny 60 x 20mm and have a little perforation, so that the price can be written on in pen but removed by the customer if it is being given as a gift - that is a really lovely touch.
Click on the image below and you'll see the detail...
Flora is produced with 30% post consumer de-inked waste, together with 60% of virgin FSC pulp 10% cotton fibres, which gives the paper a wonderful tactile feel.
The Mulberry Mongoose brand identity and design is by Matt Morgan. There is some other superb collateral they've produced, which I shall write about soon. Print is by Identity Print.
https://mulberrymongoose.com/
https://mattmorgan.io/
http://www.identityprint.co.uk
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The Mulberry Mongoose brand identity and design is by Matt Morgan. There is some other superb collateral they've produced, which I shall write about soon. Print is by Identity Print.
https://mulberrymongoose.com/
https://mattmorgan.io/
http://www.identityprint.co.uk
Posted by Justin Hobson 23.08.2021
Friday, 20 August 2021
JetCard Welcome Pack
JetCard by Air Partner is ranked as Europe's most flexible jet card programme. A seamless private jet membership programme with fixed hourly rates, guaranteed availability and global reach with as few as 24 hours notice. This is the exquisitely produced welcome pack provided to new members of this exclusive club - people who can legitimately be described as the 'jet-set'.
The welcome pack is a solid 'casebound' folder using our Flaxprint, Litho Printable bookcloth, which is digitally printed with a CMYK image and is also hot foil blocked in copper foil. Size is 230x350mm with a depth of 35mm.
When the folder is opened (see below pic) there is a book and an insert tray on the right hand side.
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It really is an amazing product. As far as I am aware this is the only genuine bookcloth (as opposed to paper) which is litho printable and also digitally printable (dry toner) offering such amazing versatility. Having the ability to print an image and solid colours on a casebound book on a genuine cloth, rather than a paper alternative, offers a huge range of possibilities.
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The excellent print and superb finishing and attention to detail is by Typecast Colour based in Paddock Wood, Kent. The below image shows the welcome pack in a custom white corrugated outer box for courier delivery...
https://jetcard.airpartner.com/
Tuesday, 17 August 2021
Alga Carta - updated range
It was in October 1995 that we were first appointed as the exclusive distributors for Alga Carta from the Favini paper mill in Italy. Favini pioneered the use of alternative fibres in the 1990's and Alga Carta was their flagship brand, which even got a mention on BBC Tomorrow's World on television here in the UK!
The range has now been refreshed and the mill have produced these lovely new swatches...
Alga Carta is manufactured partly using algae (seaweed) harvested from the fragile marine areas, combined with FSC certified fibres. Algae blooms in abundance in certain areas, clogging up the flow of water in lagoons and endangering the eco-balance of the area.
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As you can see from the image below, the paper has specks which are visible in the sheet and is actually micronized algae - which contains Chlorophyll. Unlike other papers with inclusions, these specks are less noticeable and doesn't affect images or interfere with type so much.
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It is available in two shades, White and Ivory. If you would like one of these lovely new swatches, please email me: justin@fennerpaper.co.uk
Posted by Justin Hobson 17.08.2021
Friday, 13 August 2021
Wood Sage & Sea Salt
Jo Malone is a London based company renowned for British bespoke fragrances for Women, Men and the Home. This is the superb promotional collateral for their Wood Sage & Sea Salt fragrance... 'Escape the everyday along the windswept shore. Waves breaking white, the air fresh with sea salt and spray. The mineral scent of rugged cliffs, mingling with earthy sage'
The finished size is 150mm square and is concertina folded out to a size of 900x150mm and you can see the birdseye image below:
The below image shows both sides laid out flat...
It is printed on our Kaizen 350gsm, which is a dead flat matt uncoated text and cover range with a surface treatment and the result is it prints amazingly but still doesn't feel like a coated paper.
Kaizen has a high whiteness and an excellent bulk. It isn't just CMYK that prints superbly. As you can see from the image below, solid flat colours reproduce superbly.
On a simple piece of collateral like this, the attention to detail makes all the difference. As you can see from the detail image below, it has been properly and beautifully creased. Perfectly square and perfectly executed...
Art direction and design is by the Jo Malone design team. Superb repro, print and finishing is by CPI Colour with Mark Pitman handling the project.
https://www.jomalone.co.uk/scents/woody/wood-sage-sea-salt
https://www.cpi-print.co.uk/
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https://www.jomalone.co.uk/scents/woody/wood-sage-sea-salt
https://www.cpi-print.co.uk/
Posted by Justin Hobson 13.08.2021
Tuesday, 10 August 2021
Repeat Repeat
Freelands Foundation was founded by Elisabeth Murdoch and is based in Camden, London. The Foundation’s mission is to support artists and cultural institutions, to broaden audiences for the visual arts and to enable all young people to engage actively with the creation and enjoyment of art.
The multidisciplinary group exhibition, Repeat Repeat, was curated by Freelands Foundation Creative Director Henry Ward. The show investigates ideas of daily practice and repeated routine while addressing questions relating to domesticity, parenting and occupation. It features internationally recognised artists alongside creative individuals who would not necessarily call themselves artists.
The saddle stitching is nice and neat and the job sits nice and flat.
The publication is designed by Utile. Creative Director is Nicholas Duggins and designer is William Lyall. Print is by Identity Print, based in Paddock Wood with Paul Martin handling the project.
You can read more about the exhibition here.
https://www.freelandsfoundation.co.uk/
https://utile.studio/
http://www.identityprint.co.uk/
You can read more about the exhibition here.
https://www.freelandsfoundation.co.uk/
https://utile.studio/
http://www.identityprint.co.uk/
Posted by Justin Hobson 10.07.2021
Thursday, 5 August 2021
New Yard Restaurant Menus
The New Yard Restaurant is situated in the historic stable yard at Trelowarren in Cornwall, a private estate that has been owned by the same family for over 600 years. The New Yard restaurant is run by Caroline and Jeffrey Robinson. Previously granted awards for their creativity and innovation, in 2021, the New Yard was awarded a Green Michelin Star, an award that recognises gastronomy as well as sustainable practices at the forefront of the industry.
...and these are their lovely menus:
Printed on our Crush Kiwi, which is made using 15% residues from the processing of Kiwi fruit plus 40% recycled post-industrial waste and the remainder is FSC certified virgin pulp.
They feel great in the hand and look beautiful on the tables.
Design is by Studio 1850 with illustrations by Joshua Vyvyan. Each menu is printed in-house everyday, as the ingredients allow! Thank you to the New Yard Restaurant for the images.
Posted by Justin Hobson 05.08.2021
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