Maghreb, Les Terrasses du Ciel

This is the exhibition catalogue of a show by photographer François-Xavier Haage. The exhibition titled "Maghreb, Les Terrasses du Ciel" (Maghreb, The Terraces of Heaven) was first shown on June 30, 1987 and shows photographs taken during trips to Algeria and Morocco between 1985 and 1987. The exhibition ran from April 30 to May 31, this year at Hang'Art in Paris.

The catalogue is a 28pp self cover publication printed on our lovely Offenbach Bible 60gsm. The size is 230x190mm, portrait and is saddle stitched. As you can see from the image above, the pages just flop and roll over beautifully.

Offenbach Bible 60gsm has a very high opacity for it's light weight, but the show through can be used as part of the design...

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The inside back spread (below) is the key as to where the images were taken

You probably won't be able to guess, or even believe, is that it's digitally printed! The job was printed and finished by digital print company Typecast Colour, based in Paddock Wood, Kent. It was printed on their Xerox digital press and the result is superb. For a limited run, printing digitally makes a project such as this viable - and on a a material like this, which many litho printers are scared of!...just look at the print result in the detail image below...

Designers Martí Peréz Palau and Carole Haage collaborated on the design of the catalogue.

https://lehangart.eatbu.com/ 
https://www.facebook.com/events/le-hangart/maghreb-les-terrasses-du-ciel/2254560204807289/
http://www.typecast.co.uk/

Posted by Justin Hobson 06.08..2019

Jobs from the past - Number 118

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.

Venture 3 - 2009

Venture Three is a branding agency based in London. This is a "newspaper style" piece of promotional literature, produced in 2009.

The problem looking at an image like this is that you miss the scale of it! The size is 575x400mm, which is HUGE! ...and which is why there is an image below with a 12 inch rule so you can get an idea of scale! 

 

So that makes each of the following spreads a whopping 575mm x 800mm, which is more than enough space to show spreads of their work.

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This is one of those projects that is hard to do justice to on this blog. The print image quality alone has left anyone that I have ever shown this job to, seriously impressed. It is a 24pp 'self cover' which has a deliciously floppy and tabloid newspaper feel. It is printed on our Redeem 100% Recycled 80gsm. Just look at the solid print coverage in the image below....

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Given that Redeem 100% recycled is at best, off white and 100% recycled and 80gsm, the reproduction on this paper is superb. Below shows the fleshtone detail from a Myspace ad (remember that?).  It is printed CMYK throughout. Printed offset litho by London based Push.

As well as being a self cover format it is also completely unbound, so it flows beautifully in the hand.

Needless to say art direction and design was done in-house at Venture Three. Print is by London based printers Push and is superlative.

https://www.venturethree.com/

http://www.push-print.com/

Posted by Justin Hobson 02.08.2019

Community Clothing 03

Patrick Grant photographed by Richard Tymon

Founded by British Fashion Designer Patrick Grant, Community Clothing is a social enterprise with a simple mission - to make excellent quality affordable clothes for men and women, to create great jobs for skilled workers and by doing this help to restore real pride in Britain’s textile communities. They do this by working with under utilised UK factories during their quiet periods. What a wonderful concept.

This is Community Clothing's lookbook and catalogue and it is an absolutely superb publication, wonderful art direction, photography and printing.

 

The size is 330x230mm, portrait and is a 32pp self cover which flops and rolls really nicely in the hand....

The publication is printed on our Shiro Echo, White 90gsm which is 100% Recycled and also carries the FSC Recycled classification.

Shiro Echo is available in two shades; there is a white shade (which is a natural/off white) with a newspapery looks and feel and a Bright White shade too.

Centre spread is a map showing the locations in the UK where the factories are located.

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 Solids look excellent

Below is a detail image which shows the excellent image quality - note the excellent fleshtone reproduction.

Very nicely finished too as you can see from the wire stitching

Credits for the Design and paper...

Design is by Moving Brands. Printing is by Principal Colour. A really superb piece of design and print.

https://communityclothing.co.uk/
https://www.movingbrands.com/
http://www.principalcolour.co.uk/

Posted by Justin Hobson 30.07.2019

Laings receipt wallets

Laings is a prestigious family-run jewellers with over 177 years’ experience in the industry. Established in 1840 they are now one of the largest independent jewellery businesses operating six stores across the UK. I wrote about the covers of the brochures here and these are the receipt wallets used throughout the stores.

The 4pp wallets are 148x105mm, portrait with a half height pocket on the inside back cover....

The wallets are digitally printed in white ink plus an all over digital varnish with the L monogram - the result is superb as the white is strong and the varnish subtle.

The receipt wallets are printed on one of our new Colorset shades - Colorset Deep Blue in 270gsm. Print is by Kestrel Press, as with Laings, Kestrel are also a family owned company based in Irvine in Scotland and founded over 40 years ago. My thanks to Graeme Ferguson at Kestrel for sending me these copies.

https://www.laingsuk.com/
http://www.kestrelpress.com/

Posted by Justin Hobson 25.07.2019

The Tube - new range

Many readers of this blog will know that we stock a range from Favini called The Tube. For those not familiar with this range, The Tube is engineered to give a gorgeous flawless matt effect. The smoothly tactile surface exudes luxury.

The range has just been revised and is available in nine shades and is available as a single or double-sided finish of paper and board.

The below swatch shows the new colour palette....

As well as the new shades, there is the new Hide finish which replicates the look and feel of real leather giving a luxurious touch and matt finish, in five shades. The below image shows the Hide finish.

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The Tube is suitable for most major printing techniques including screen printing and foil blocking and is perfect for adding value and luxury to premium print and packaging applications!

...if you'd like a new swatch, just email me justin@fennerpaper.co.uk

https://www.favini.com/

Posted by Justin Hobson 23.07.2019

Leinster Square

The core theme that runs throughout the design of the 13-19 Leinster Square development is a focus on the superb quality of finish, the stunning craftsmanship and design that makes the raw natural materials take on new meaning and added value. As a result, this publication really can't be described as a "property brochure" it is so much more...

Front cover image by Virginie Khateeb

Studio 91 embraced the simple idea of 'material and craft first’ and took prospective buyers on a journey from the marble quarries and old oak forests of Italy, to the bookmatched bathrooms and fine Versailles parquetry of the finished apartments.

The photography showing the sources of the materials is stunning....

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Size of the publication is 380x270mm, portrait and is section sewn with an 8mm spine. The cover is on a silk coated 350gsm with a soft touch lamination. The 68pp text is printed on our StarFine White 130gsm, an uncoated text paper which has printed beautifully, with the solids and the mono images looking brilliant. Additionally, there is a 12pp section printed on gloss coated paper showing detailed images of the materials. There are some superb interior images too...

...but the real gems are the images of the materials and their original environment.

Below image shows the raw materials - Brass and Marble printed on gloss coated.

This is an exquisitely produced book where the choice of paper does convey all the special materials that have gone into this very special development offers. Design is by Studio91 Design based in London. Sam Hextall is the Creative Director.

Print production is by Push based in London. The quality of reproduction on the uncoated StarFine is superb and the finishing is excellent.

 

https://bandaproperty.co.uk/

https://www.studio-ninetyone.com/

http://www.push-print.com/

Posted by Justin Hobson 18.07.2019

ISTD Student Awards 2019

Last Friday, I was invited to  the International Society of Typographic Designers (ISTD) Student awards, hosted by Pentagram at their wonderful studio in Notting Hill. Pentagram partner, Sascha Lobe, presented the certificates to the successful students and tutors.

It was a beautiful summer evening...

As with all ISTD events it was a very warm and friendly occasion with beer, wine and nibbles all laid on, for well over a hundred guests. The evening began with an introduction by Jonathan Doney, the Chair of ISTD (below) who gave a brief re-cap of the society's history, founded over 90 years ago by Vincent Steer. Jonathan reminded us that the Student awards programme has been running continuously for over 40 years, with programmes in six regions around the world.

This presentation evening is for the main student assessment scheme held in the UK and Ireland. Students from Universities and Institutions around the UK and Ireland answered a number of briefs written by the ISTD's Education team. This is an international education scheme and the assessments for other regions of the globe are on-going.

Pentagram partner, Sascha Lobe gave a brief talk (above) and presented all the certificates (printed on our StarFine) and also an excellent goody bag (sponsored by Cass Art). There were students from universities from all over the country including eight students from the National College of Art and Design in Dublin together with their tutor Jamie Murphy (The Salvage Press)

My thanks to the ISTD board for inviting me and as I have said many times on this blog before, it's very important to support organisations such as the ISTD and events such as this. A big thank you to all those members of the ISTD board and education committee who freely give their time for the benefit of others.

Thanks must also go to Pentagram and to Sascha Lobe. It is wonderful that a respected agency such as Pentagram freely gives their resources for such an event, it is inspirational for the students and is a great way for the partnership to give something back to education.

www.istd.org.uk
www.pentagram.co.uk

Posted by Justin Hobson 15.07.2019