Receive the other day the captivating INSPIRE Magazine (#35) from Iggesung Paperboard, paper merchant and mill, manufacturer of Invercote and Incada paperboards. The cover features a cool printing process, cold foil. It achieves similar result than hot foil, but has the advantage to be applied in-line (like ) on the offset press. This offers greater [...]
Posted on: 28 July 2010, 22:44
Posted in: design inspiration, paper mill/merchant, print design, printing process/finishing Tags: cold foil, hot foil, Inggesung, offset, paper merchant, print design, printing process/finishing, techniques Leave a comment
I am a big fan of printing processes and experimenting with them, I’ve done research on their associated psychological response and I believe each process should be chosen in response to the brief. With the same concept, Underware, the design collective author of fabulous typefaces, managed to ‘manufacture’ blood offset ink. For the sampler of [...]
Posted on: 12 June 2010, 20:36
Posted in: design inspiration, printing process/finishing, typography Tags: blood ink, print design, printing process/finishing, techniques, type foundry, Underware Leave a comment
The other day through the post came a brilliant gift. The 2010 Everynow calendar by , a division of , all wrapped in a cool package with a clever locking system. This calendar features the Munken range of quality graphic uncoated paper (Lynx, Pure, Polar), all FSC+PEFC certified and produced at the Munkedal paper mill, [...]
Posted on: 18 April 2010, 22:28
Posted in: design inspiration, paper mill/merchant Tags: Artic Paper, calendar, diary, Everynow, FSC, Grow design, mailer, Munken, packaging, paper, paper merchant, paper mill, print design, printing process/finishing, techniques, texture Leave a comment
Having been dropped by paper stocks promotions (since it seems they are taking over the distributor ), I have been handed a promotional booklet for their digital paper range. A cool little book, designed by Blast, printed by the renowned Team and featuring artwork by John Ross, Eboy, Frost, Jeremy Tankard and other. A perfect [...]
Posted on: 20 February 2010, 20:32
Posted in: design inspiration, paper mill/merchant, paper profile, print design Tags: booklet, coloured paper, digital paper, FSC, paper, paper merchant, print design, printing process/finishing, texture Leave a comment
This is no fresh news but it has to be mentioned. You must have came across one of those Dorset cereals packing in your local store… if not go shopping now! They feature a beautiful design by bigfish, which actually won a dba award in 2007. The packages display vibrant colours, neat die cuts and [...]
Posted on: 6 February 2010, 17:52
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Flying back home for Christmas leaves you with a lot of spare time to wonder around duty free shops. My favourite section (food apart) would have to be the perfume aisle, it is a gold mine for design, paper and printing process/finishes inspiration. This sort of place and products (perfume packagings), will most definitely engage [...]
Posted on: 22 December 2009, 19:15
Posted in: Uncategorized, design inspiration, print design, printing process/finishing, research/study, specialty paper Tags: colour psychology, emotion, fragrance, hear, impragnation board, packaging, paper, print design, printing process/finishing, research/study, see, senses, smell, taste, touch Leave a comment
My local printer came across the other day handing me out a little flyer to promote a new printing process they installed at their factory. They call Enhance and it looks very similar to a UV varnish. This finishing process is an aqueous coating, in other words a water based varnish which can be applied [...]
Posted on: 13 December 2009, 16:58
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