Boycott Mondi to support Ukraine

I have written on this blog before about the fact that Mondi is still supporting the Russian economy by manufacturing paper in Russia.

Yesterday, I saw an article in the Evening Standard stating that Six in 10 Brits ready to boycott companies operating in Russia...

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This is according to research commissioned by Hanbury Strategy. Six in 10 Brits want firms to cease trading in Russia altogether.

Mondi is one of the largest paper and packaging companies in the world with manufacturing facilities and offices all around the world including facilities in Russia which employ 5,300 people. I have been calling for everyone in the print and design industry to put Mondi under pressure to suspend production in Russia. It is only by large corporates like Mondi (turnover £5.5 Billion!) exerting pressure such as this on the Russian Government that could make a difference. It will affect the Russian economy and also get more people in Russia talking about the situation.

Please email the CEO: andrew.king@mondigroup.com and state...

"as a global leader in paper and packaging we ask you to demonstrate real leadership and suspend production at your sites in Russia" Flood his email box - PLEASE Please use twitter, facebook, instagram and whatever social media you can to get the message across and get everyone you know to email him too.

Secondly you can boycott Mondi products. Stop buying, specifying or using any Mondi products until they suspend their activities in Russia. In printing/graphics you may be familiar with their brands Color Copy, Nautilus Recycled and Pergraphica. Color Copy is the largest brand used in offices and copy shops and seen everywhere.

https://www.mondigroup.com/en/

Posted by Justin Hobson 25.03.2022

PEACE – Anthony Burrill for War Child

The Private Press have collaborated with Anthony Burrill to produce a poster to raise funds for War Child UK. The first two print runs sold out, selling 250 so far meaning they have raised £12,500 for War Child.

Due to overwhelming demand they are now printing another 100 prints and they will be posted in the first week of April. 100% of sales of this print go directly to charity.

In the last week more than 1 million people have fled across the Ukrainian border with many more expected to come. War Child have been quick to respond – their teams are already on the ground working to understand the impact in children and get them vital aid and psychological care – fast. From 1 March – 31 May 2022, War Child are running their ‘Unlock a Generation’ appeal in which donations will be matched pound for pound by the UK Government. 

This means the purchase of a print right now could go twice as far. Your donation will help support the unfolding crisis in Ukraine, as well as places like Afghanistan, and match funding from the UK government will go towards Yemen, where millions of children are still in desperate need of protection from war and conflict. 

The print measures 50x70cm and is signed by Anthony in an open edition, and features black ink printed by hand onto Shiro Echo, White 250gsm a 100% recycled paper.

You can read more and buy the print HERE.

https://www.theprivatepress.org/shop/p/peace-anthony-burrill-warchild

Posted by Justin Hobson 23.03.2022

GardaPat 13 ...have you seen it?

Fenner Paper became the exclusive UK distributor of a coated paper range called GardaPat 13 back in 2018. Although new to us, it wasn't a new paper, it has been produced for many years (decades even!) and is the top rated paper for use in the production of high quality photographic books by the well known publishers in Switzerland, Germany and Italy.

 

The paper is manufactured by Cartiere del Garda, a paper mill on the shore of Lake Garda in northern Italy.

New Gardapat 13 swatch

So what makes GardaPat 13 different to other coated paper?

To make it easy, I've summarised it in three points here:

1. It is a genuine, dead flat matt finish.
2. The "13" means it has a 1.3 bulk, so it feels much, much thicker than other coated papers.
3. It comes in three shades, KLASSICA, KIARA and BIANKA

Simple as that, it's beautiful paper!

Gardapat BIANKA is the whitest shade in the range. The original KLASSICA has the warmest shade with KIARA having a more neutral white shade. Contrary to popular belief, studies show that using a higher white paper does not improve colour reproduction, so using a neutral white paper actually increases the colour gamut! Using a sophisticated and warm paper is pleasant for the eye to read and perfect for use both in literature for the arts and luxury brands. Both KLASSICA and KIARA are made without the use of Optical Brightening Agents (OBA’s)

The weight range is from 90gsm and goes up to 250gsm (Bianka only up to 150gsm). Now many of you reading this may be thinking 250gsm isn't heavy enough but you would be wrong! This 250gsm is 325microns thick. To put it into context a normal printers 'house silk' in 300gsm is only 280microns! ...therefore GardaPat 250gsm is as bulky as a 350gsm silk!

If you would like a swatch, drop me an email justin@fennerpaper.co.uk

 

https://www.lecta.com/en/cartiere-del-garda

Posted by Justin Hobson 18.03.2022

Michael Angove for Jo Malone

Jo Malone is a London based company renowned for British bespoke fragrances for Women, Men and the Home. Michael Angove who specialises in refined highly detailed chinoiserie wallpaper has created exquisite, bespoke designs for Jo Malone London inspired by Blackberry & Bay and Orange Blossom. This is the literature for this limited edition home collection.

The 8pp, self cover, booklet is 150mm square and is saddle stitched. Reflecting the tactile, natural subject matter, the paper chosen is Modigliani Candido 260gsm - it is a feltmarked paper with a texture reminiscent of a watercolour paper.  

The reproduction of these softly rendered images on the Modigliani is just right, while the inside back spread (below) reflects the style of the brand packaging in a signature cream box with black corners - packaging which defines quality and an understated style.

Art direction and design is by the Jo Malone design team. Print production is by CPI Colour.

https://www.jomalone.co.uk/

Posted by Justin Hobson 14.03.2022

PRS for Music

The  Performing Right Society, now PRS for Music, was founded in 1914 to collect fees for live performances of sheet music. They are now a society of around 11,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers, representing their rights and by licensing.

PRS for Music pays royalties to members when their work is performed, broadcast, streamed, downloaded, reproduced, played in public or used in film and TV.

This brochure has been produced to explain the organisation, the way it works and give examples with case studies.

The size of the publication is 160x225mm, landscape and is perfect bound. The 4pp cover is on Marazion Ultra 250gsm and the 38pp text is on 135gsm.

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Marazion Ultra was chosen mainly because of it's matt flatness. The vast majority of the text is dominated by the wonderful illustrations by Tane Williams and therefore to work in sympathy with illustrations, this wonderfully matt paper was chosen. This would reproduce the artworks well without a glossiness which can often detract from the images. Marazion Ultra is a simple but effective choice of materials.

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The 38pp text is printed offset litho on our Marazion Ultra 135gsm, which is a bulky sheet and gives the publication a spine of 4mm, although as you can see from the below image it flows really nicely.

Design is by Cai and Kyn, a studio based in Epsom in Surrey. The superb illustrations are by Tane Williams

Print and production is by Richline based in London with Darren Risley handling the production.

https://www.prsformusic.com/
http://www.caiandkyn.co.uk/
http://www.richline.co.uk/

Posted by Justin Hobson 08.03.2022

Ukraine - Make a difference NOW!

I'm sure most of us working in the graphic arts industry, whether a designer, printer or paperperson have wondered if there is anything positive that we can do to help with the Ukrainian-Russian war ...well now there is!

An article appeared in PrintWeek yesterday which highlights a global paper manufacturer who is still producing paper in Russia. The company is called Mondi and are one of the largest paper and packaging companies in the world with manufacturing facilities and offices all around the world including facilities in Russia which employ 5,300 people.

In my opinion we should all be putting Mondi under pressure to suspend production in Russia. It is only by large corporates like Mondi (turnover £5.5 Billion!) exerting pressure such as this on the  Russian Government that could make a difference. It will affect the Russian economy and also get more people in Russia talking about the situation.

I have been racking my brains as to any contribution that I can make to this struggle and here (thanks to PrintWeek) there is something that all of us in the graphic arts can do!

Firstly, please email the CEO and Chairman of the Mondi Group (who I believe are both based in their Surrey headquarters) 

CEO is: andrew.king@mondigroup.com 

Chairman is: philip.yea@mondigroup.com

Jenny Hampshire is the Company Secretary and is listed as the Governance contact: jenny.hampshire@mondigroup.com

https://www.mondigroup.com/en/

Please email these people - get everyone you know to email them asking them "as a global leader in paper and packaging we ask you to demonstrate real leadership and suspend production at your sites in Russia" Flood their email boxes - PLEASE

Please use twitter, facebook, instagram and whatever social media you can to get the message across.

Secondly you can boycott Mondi products. Stop buying, specifying or using any Mondi products until they suspend their activities in Russia. In printing/graphics you may be familiar with their brands Color Copy, Nautilus Recycled and Pergraphica. Color Copy is the largest brand used in offices and copy shops and seen everywhere.

If you are a printer - tell your paper merchant you won't be buying a Mondi product until they have suspended operations in Russia. If you are a designer or project manager, make sure you don't specify any of their products. If you are in packaging, make sure that packaging is not being supplied by Mondi. Antalis is one of the large Mondi distributors in the UK.

This is something we can all do which might just help a bit - it won't take much time to do ...and if you don't think you've got time, just imagine you've heard gunfire outside your window - that's what it's like for those poor people in Ukraine right now, so spend 5 minutes of your time and send some emails - it might just make a difference.

You can read the story in PrintWeek here: https://www.printweek.com/news/article/mondi-updates-on-ukraine-russia

Please note: I have nothing against Mondi. This is not personal. We have worked with Mondi in the past and they are a very nice company to work with - but they are in the situation where they can make a difference, so we must tell them!

UPDATE on 4th March - article in The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/c1855f14-9afd-11ec-8194-a993851c15ba?shareToken=84ac5bf545ddd88bda72c70ddc58cda3

Posted by Justin Hobson 03.03.2022

PS - for comparison, there is another global paper company called StoraEnso (interestingly some people consider Stora Enso to be the oldest limited liability company in the world having been incorporated in 1288!). Stora Enso is stopping all production and sales in Russia until further notice due to the ongoing invasion in Ukraine. Good for them! You can read more HERE

Jobs from the past - Number 148

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 and this one is from 2014...

Bristol Coffee Map 2014

The Bristol Coffee Map is a project instigated by Bristol based Studio Baum ...produced in celebration of coffee, Bristol and the art of print design.

The studio worked with a team of coffee aficionados over 9 months touring Bristol’s cafés and meeting the city’s talented baristas. The final result is this beautifully produced piece of tactile print.

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The size of the map is 350x487mm folding down to175x122mm. It is produced on CRUSH, Coffee 120gsm from FAVINI, made using up to 15% residues from agro-industrial processes, recycled fibres and FSC fibres. Read more about Crush here: https://justinsamazingworldatfennerpaper.blogspot.com/2020/04/crush-truly-sustainable-paper.html

The map itself is printed offset litho in silver with an overprint silk-screened in turquoise. The project is illustrated in by a local Bristol illustrator Naomi Wilkinson - illustrations are just superb.

Design and production is by Sam Baum at Studio Baum. You can read more about it here:

https://studiobaum.com/portfolio/bristol-coffee-map/

Print is by Zone Graphics, based in Paddock Wood in Kent.

 

https://studiobaum.com/
https://www.naomiwilkinson.co.uk/
http://www.zonegraphics.co.uk/

Posted by Justin Hobson 01.03.2022