Monday 12 February 2024
New award winning innovation in paper
As regular readers of this blog know, I always try and write objectively about the industry rather than just always about our products. This piece of news from the world of sanitary paper caught my eye and I thought I should let you know about it...
Up to now, recycled toilet paper has been made from graphic waste paper. This not only needs to be laboriously cleaned before being reused but because less paper is being used in general (because of digitisation) it is becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. German manufacturer WEPA is making the most of the fact that, alongside this, online shopping is generating more and more waste paper from packaging, and has developed the first sanitary paper made from recycled cardboard packaging and corrugated cardboard - what a brilliant idea!
This innovation was awarded not only the Blue Angel mark (Fenner Paper holds Blue Angel certification which I have written about this before HERE) but also the German Ecodesign Award for sanitary paper innovation – presented by German Minister for the Environment Steffi Lemke.
Satino PureSoft was honoured with the German Ecodesign Award. This highest national award for ecological design is presented annually by the Federal Ministry for the Environment and the Federal Environment Agency in cooperation with the International Design Center Berlin. Congratulations to WEPA for winning the award and by best practice, using the world's resources wisely. Thank you.
You can read more about the award here:
Posted by Justin Hobson 12.02.2024
Monday 5 February 2024
Jobs from the past - Number 171
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 - this project is from ten years ago.
Big Book Parade 2013
This is the invitation to the showcase of new books from Harper Collins. Billed as 'The Big Book Parade', the function was held at the Crimson Bar at The Soho Hotel in May 2013.
The size of the invitation is 145 x 975mm which concertinas down to 145 x 195mm. It uses our Modigliani Candido 260gsm, which has a "feltmark" texture similar to that of a watercolour paper which gives it exactly the right feel working with the beautiful illustrations of Brett Ryder (Heart Agency) commissioned to reflect the wide and diverse range of titles 'on parade' at the event.
Design and art direction is by Zoë Bather.
The invitations are printed offset litho in four colour process, machine creased and hand folded. Print was handled by Alan Mountain at Forward Print (sales@forward-print.com)
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Design and art direction is by Zoë Bather.
The invitations are printed offset litho in four colour process, machine creased and hand folded. Print was handled by Alan Mountain at Forward Print (sales@forward-print.com)
https://harpercollins.co.uk/
https://www.zoebather.co.uk/
https://www.heartagency.com/
Posted by Justin Hobson 05.02.2024
Thursday 18 January 2024
CC3
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.
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.
Solids look excellent
Below is a detail image which shows the excellent image quality - note the excellent fleshtone reproduction.
https://communityclothing.co.uk/
https://www.movingbrands.com/
https://www.principalcolour.co.uk/
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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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
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/
https://www.principalcolour.co.uk/
Posted by Justin Hobson 18.01.2024
Thursday 11 January 2024
Hotel de Russie - Rome
Located between two of Rome’s most picturesque piazzas, Piazza di Spagna and Piazza del Popolo, Hotel de Russie is one of the Eternal City’s most prestigious luxury hotels. An enduring favourite of artists and writers, stars and politicians, Hotel de Russie was dubbed “paradise on earth” by French poet Jean Cocteau in 1917. The hotel incorporates a stunning Mediterranean tiered Secret Garden, with rose bushes, orange trees and mature pine.
This the brochure for the hotel, which follows the new brand identity for Rocco Forte Hotels, created by Pentagram.
Size of the brochure is 266 x 204mm, portrait and is saddle stitched. The cover is an unusual format as there is an 8pp cover with 140mm wide flaps and there is an outer jacket, only 210mm high, also with 140mm flaps. It is the first time I've seen this combination and the effect is superb...
The materials used for the covers is our Dali range, which is a 'felt-marked' paper with a linear effect and a natural, tactile feel. If you click on the image below, you will be able to see the texture in the paper.
The cover is on Dali Nero 200gsm and is hot foil blocked in matt white and copper foil. The jacket is printed on Dali, Candido, 160gsm and is litho printed in CMYK on one side only.
The 16pp text is printed offset litho on our Marazion Ultra 135gsm, chosen because of it's dead matt flatness which would reproduce the interior images well without a glossiness which would detract from the classic look and feel of the hotel.
https://www.roccofortehotels.com/hotels-and-resorts/hotel-de-russie/
https://www.pentagram.com/
https://www.gavinmartincolournet.co.uk/
This the brochure for the hotel, which follows the new brand identity for Rocco Forte Hotels, created by Pentagram.
Size of the brochure is 266 x 204mm, portrait and is saddle stitched. The cover is an unusual format as there is an 8pp cover with 140mm wide flaps and there is an outer jacket, only 210mm high, also with 140mm flaps. It is the first time I've seen this combination and the effect is superb...
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The brochure has a beautiful, quality feel and flows in the hand superbly. The combination of photography, materials and quality print makes this a wonderful piece of print.
Design is by Pentagram. The excellent print, repro and finishing is by Gavin Martin Colournet, based in London.https://www.roccofortehotels.com/hotels-and-resorts/hotel-de-russie/
https://www.pentagram.com/
https://www.gavinmartincolournet.co.uk/
Posted by Justin Hobson 11.01.2024
Wednesday 3 January 2024
Jobs from the past - Number 170
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 - this project is from ten years ago.
The text is printed on our Redeem 100% Recycled 130gsm which is printed beautifully and does great justice to the wide and varied work of the students. Being a neutral white it gives the publication a 'booky' feel which works really well with the imagery.
The catalogue design team is Andy Lethbridge, Ellie Taylor, Ali Bird and Eric Downer and they have done a superb job. The academic team is Sarah Houghton, Andrew Denham, Mike Harkins, Dan McCabe, Estelle Taylor, Alex Tibus.
...and below you can see the striking result of how the different colour covers look, all stacked up at the New Designers show:
Catalogue production and coordination was handled by Sarah Houghton, Course Leader at the University of Portsmouth. Printing is by PPG Print in Portsmouth who have since gone bust.
https://www.port.ac.uk/
University of Portsmouth - Graduate publication 2014
This is the same year when I attended the New Designers exhibition, where I wrote about one of the students from Portsmouth University (Eric Downer) who was awarded the coveted "New Designer of the Year" title. This is the course showcase publication which was distributed at the show wwhich was printed on our paper.
Size is 225x160mm, portrait and is perfect bound. It has a 4pp cover with a 64pp text and has a superb quality and feel about it ...and there a really clever little twist as well!
The covers, which are all printed just one colour - magenta- have been printed on five different colours of our Colorset, 100% Recycled. This is a wonderful 'print design' solution as maximises the impact and the processes used. It looks and feel like you are getting so much more out of a project, but a no extra cost!
All that is required to make this effective, is a design that will work printed in one colour, that can be applied successfully on a range of colours ...and this does just that, beautifully.The text is printed on our Redeem 100% Recycled 130gsm which is printed beautifully and does great justice to the wide and varied work of the students. Being a neutral white it gives the publication a 'booky' feel which works really well with the imagery.
The catalogue design team is Andy Lethbridge, Ellie Taylor, Ali Bird and Eric Downer and they have done a superb job. The academic team is Sarah Houghton, Andrew Denham, Mike Harkins, Dan McCabe, Estelle Taylor, Alex Tibus.
...and below you can see the striking result of how the different colour covers look, all stacked up at the New Designers show:
Catalogue production and coordination was handled by Sarah Houghton, Course Leader at the University of Portsmouth. Printing is by PPG Print in Portsmouth who have since gone bust.
https://www.port.ac.uk/
Posted by Justin Hobson 03.01.2024
Thursday 21 December 2023
VIP Invitation
This is the beautifully produced invitation for the VIP preview of thePaddington Square development in west London held at the Chiltern Firehouse.
Size of the invitation is 215mm square and looks stunning.
The square on the front of the invitation is hot foil blocked in Rainbow SHLR from Foilco and the type printed in "Just Black 700" which is one of Foilco’s most popular pigment foils and has a Gloss finish.
The invitation is printed on SUMO, which is our a heavyweight, thick board manufactured by FAVINI in Italy. It is available in black and white and the consists of 1mm, 1.5mm, 2mm up to a whopping 3mm thick ...seriously chunky! Last year, the range was extended to include a small range of colours - five new shades all available in 1mm thick.This invitation is produced on Sumo, White 2mm thick, which is really substantial and the result is absolutely dead FLAT - unlike the risky business with duplexing boards together which can result in a warped finish...The hot foil stamping looks superb, sinking into the thick board and giving a wonderful, tactile, quality. Design is by property marketing specialists Wordsearch. Designer on the project is Ana Iugulescu and the artworker is Alex Shannon. Printing is by Trident Printing in London.
Wednesday 13 December 2023
Made by Shannon
Here is a lovely selection of cards from Made by Shannon...
This greeting card publishers is run by a lovely lady called Shannon and they are based in Surrey. The below card is printed on our CRUSH Grape 250gsmClick on images to enlarge |
The A6 cards are printed and hot foil blocked in-house, where they have letterpress and a 1980's hot foil blocker which is used on cards and envelopes. However, they also sometimes just hand apply gold leaf as you can in the small embellishment below.The above SIXTEEN TODAY card is printed on our Colorset Storm 270gsm. The beautifully hot foiled envelopes are made using Colorset Storm 120gsm....which also have a superb embossing on the flap:At this time of year, personalised Christmas cards are in great demand and below is an example printed on our CRUSH Kiwi 250gsm.
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Posted by Justin Hobson 13.12.2023
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