This was my submission to the typo-gateaux competition lots of colour and sugary goodness. I chose the letter 'E' because of all the e-numbers that's probably in the cake...yum...and yes 'E' is for Emma of course.
Optical Disc
2008
Printed white on A1 240gsm holographic mirri. Edition of 50 posters. The design celebrates 50 years of the optical disc whilst paying homage to Gottlieb Soland's 1957 grammo-grafik poster.
Printed by K2 screen
A not-for-profit exploration into the colours that shape our Christmas. Frustrated at the plethora of Christmas reds, whites and greens those pesky designers at Raw Design Studio are exploring what colours people really associate with their Christmas.
These sachets of crunchy/smooth peanut butter are going to be included within my DIY pack so you have the choice of either kind.
These really are amazing as there all hand drawn, I especially think the top image works really well and is quite ironic as the type portrays 'glamour' yet it is written on to toilet roll?!?!?
These business cards are a great example of how well letterpress business cards can reflect you or your company. The luxurious quality of the paper combined with great design and the unique look of letterpress printing will make your business card and you stand out from everyone else.
A lot of what Bermuda print are in leaflet/booklet form on various uncoated and coated stocks. Some of what they do is on a large scale in the form of posters, some can be seen in the background of the photos of the printers below.
Yeyy finally got to do letterpress!!!Always wanted to know how this process worked and now I had the chance.
A BOOK OUTLINING THE PHILOSOPHY AND WORKING METHODS OF PRINTING COMPANY TEAM, AS WELL AS DEMONSTRATING THE USE OF INKS, FOILS AND FINISHES IN MULTIPLE PRINTING COMBINATION'S.
Flatbed Cylinder Press: The type or plate is locked in a chase which is then mounted on the flatbed of the press. Grippers on a rotating impression cylinder pick up a sheet of paper and as the cylinder revolves, the paper is pulled around it. The inked flatbed containing the letterpress plate then moves under the impression cylinder. The squeeze between the impression cylinder and the flatbed creates the printed impression on the paper. When the impression is complete, the flatbed returns to its original position and is inked for the next impression.The letterpress process is referred to as a "relief" process because the printed image is produced from a plate in which the image area is slightly raised above the non-image surface of the plate. It is a direct printing method in that the inked plate applies the image directly to the substrate. Letterpress is one of the oldest printing processes and was the most widely used process until the middle of the 20th century when advances in other printing processes made it obsolete. Flexography, which is an updated version of letterpress, is now the dominate relief printing process.
The letterpress process utilizes an ink that is thick in consistency and is well suited for relief printing. A set of rollers deposits the ink on the raised image area of the type or plate, but ink is not deposited on the non-image areas. For this reason, letterpress plates do not require any dampening in order to keep the non-image areas free of ink. This makes the process a simple one and allows for consistent results, but the process still cannot match the quality of more sophisticated print processes.
Gravure is a high quality printing process capable of producing printed images which have a continuous tone effect similar to a photograph. The gravure process utilizes a metal printing cylinder onto which the image is etched.Gravure is used for many packaging applications, magazines, and pressure sensitive labels. Gravure is the preferred method of producing magazines and catalogs that have large circulations. An example of a high volume, high quality publication that utilizes rotogravure is the "National Geographic" magazine.
There are also many specialty items that are created with rotogravure including gift wrap, wallpaper, plastic laminates, printed upholstery, imitation wood grain finishes, and vinyl flooring. Many of the specialty items are printed on very wide presses. Some of them, such as those that print patterns on floor coverings, are up to 150 inches wide.
A gravure sheet-fed process is used for smaller runs for such items as limited edition prints and other artwork, photographic books, high denomination postage stamps, stock certificates, and some advertising pieces.
A relief printing process using rubber or plastic plates on a web-fed press and solvent liquid inks. Mainly used for packaging and for some newspapers.
Flexography is a printing process which utilizes a flexible relief plate that can be adhered to a printing cylinder. It is basically an updated version of letterpress. It much more versatile than letterpress in that it can be used for printing on almost any type of media including plastic, metallic films, cellophane, and paper. It is widely used for printing on the non-porous stocks required for various types of food packaging. It is also well suited for printing large areas of solid color.
A print process where the image and non image areas are on the same surface plane of the plate. As water and grease don't mix, the surface of the plate is treated to attract ink and repel water.Advantages of offset printing compared to other printing methods include:
Screen printing has been used for centuries and although there have been many improvements with the technology, the process still consists of forcing ink through a stencil covered fabric or wire mesh which has been mounted in a sturdy frame. The ink goes through only the open areas of the stencil and is deposited onto a printing surface positioned below the frame. Screen printing is very versatile and it is often the only printing process capable of handling certain applications.
The equipment costs for screen printing are lower than other printing processes, but the rate of production is usually slower. Manual screen printing can be accomplished with only a few simple items: a sturdy frame, screen fabric, stencils, squeegees, and ink. Automatic press equipment is available which greatly speeds up the process, but it is no match for the output delivered by press equipment used for other print processes.
Screen printing can be performed on almost any type of material including paper, glass, fabric, plastic, wood, and metal. Products as varied as signs, posters, circuit boards, mugs, clothing, and soft drink bottles can be printed using the process. Screen printing is very useful when an image needs to be wrapped around an object or when images need to be printed onto oddly shaped manufactured objects.
An identity and stationary for a night run by modular.Designs by Simon Bent.
This is a Blanka designed replica of the Mark Farrow-designed Haçienda 15th birthday poster, which is printed in three spot colours and a reflective ink.“We designed this poster to celebrate the 15th birthday of the Haçienda.” Farrow explains, “We had no idea at the time that it would be the club’s last. The code 51 15 25 05 97 (FAC 51 is 15 on 25 05 97) was printed in a reflective ink onto a grey background which rendered it almost invisible in daylight. The poster only came to life at night under the glare of car headlights. Our reasoning being that the message was only important to people who were out after dark.”
