Friday 22 April 2022
Today is Earth Day
Wednesday 20 April 2022
Olivia von Halle
Focusing on beautifully cut silk pyjamas in stunning exclusive prints, Olivia von Halle has quickly made a name for itself in the world of high-end nightwear. In 2013 the company was awarded the ‘Blue Butterfly Trust Mark’, which is given to brands and companies that have a positive impact on people and the planet.
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Although Omnia was never originally developed for digital, we now keep it as a stock item with "sapphire treatment". This treatment is often applied to more unusual papers and provides a "key" so that the inks (which are different to litho inks) work on the paper surface. The great thing is the job just doesn't look and feel like a digital job. Below is a detail shot showing the excellent fleshtone reproduction.
A nice touch is the use of the white wire for the saddle stitches
The self cover format means that it flows well with the pages turning nicely.
http://oliviavonhalle.com/
http://www.anewmark.com/
https://www.gavinmartin.co.uk/
Thursday 14 April 2022
Tree Free - Bamboo Paper
Monday 11 April 2022
ZRS Architekten
The finished size is 176x125mm folding out to 500x352mm.
The 'birds eye' image, below shows the concertina fold...
Visual Identity and design is by Dan Cottrell.
The reproduction on our Offenbach Bible 60gsm is exceptional. Printing is by Push.
https://zrs-berlin.de/
www.dcottrell.com
Monday 4 April 2022
Jobs from the past - Number 149
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 (although printed in 2015!)...
Dalziel and Pow - A Year in Review 2014
https://www.dalziel-pow.com/news/brand-new-company-book |
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I hope the images will do the talking...
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...and here we go for the plug about the paper! - As you can see from the images here, there is loads of colour and images with CMYK dark areas - lots of ink going down and it looks great on the Omnia, reproducing bright vibrant colours as well and the lighter more subtle tones as well, whilst retaining all that detail in those dark areas (in my opinion- but I would say that wouldn't I?)
Included within the 104pp page count are the first and last pages which have both been printed in the special pantone yellow which form 'end papers'.
An important feature that makes all the difference to this publication is the binding. It is a square backed limp bound book but the binding type that is used is called OTAbinding. This is a method of bookbinding that offers an elegant binding solution with advantages over conventional soft cover binding. One of the main advantages is that it lays flatter than a conventional section sewn book. It mimics the construction of a case bound book, so the spine of the text is free from the cover (see image below). It is this that results in the text and whole book laying flatter.
You can read more about it here: https://www.diamondprintservices.com/ota-binding/
The only visible difference between conventional binding and Otabound is the second crease (see above). Omnia 150gsm is very bulky paper, so the 104pp text gives the book a spine of 12mm.
...my thanks to Simon Bucktrout at Team Impression for kindly sending me over some file copies.
And some bang up to date news is that Anthony Dearlove has just joined Team Impression, to service clients from his London base - good luck and best wishes to Anthony.
www.dalziel-pow.co.uk
www.team-impression.com
Tuesday 29 March 2022
The 6th Wayzgoose at the St Bride Foundation
Here's a date for your diary...
Wayzgoose is a term (unfamiliar to many people) that used to refer to an annual holiday in a printworks and was often an away-day to the coast or some other sort of day out, more often than not, paid for by the firm.
However, in this instance the St Bride's Wayzgoose is a kind of letterpress 'bring and buy' sale. There are companies selling type, letterpress accessories, ink and lots of letterpress printed books and cards and the proceeds from the event go towards the St Bride Foundation. Why not come along... ? For interest, this is what it was like for the last Wayzgoose back in pre-covid 2019:
http://www.sbf.org.uk/
Friday 25 March 2022
Boycott Mondi to support Ukraine
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