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Foil blocking, is the application of pigment or metallic foil to paper where a heated metal block is stamped onto the foil, making it adhere to the materials surface and leaving the design of the block on the paper.
We collaborated with Boyle Design Group to produce a Strategic Plan for the Institute of Banking. This large format Brochure featured commissioned photography and graphic illustrations that were printed with 2 Spot Colour inks as well as printing full colour process on Munken Polar Rough paper stock.
The Brochure featured a Silver Foil Blocked Cover, French Folds, tip ins and smaller booklets throughout that were singer sewn together with fluorescent orange thread.
We were delighted to have been awarded with Small Printer of the Year & Print Finishing of the year for 2019 for this Brochure at the Irish Print Awards.
Boyle Design Group
4 page cover : 490mm x 318mm printed 2 spot Colours 2 sides on 300gsm Munken Polar Rough
+ Gloss Silver Foiled
18 page Booklet 135mm x 200mm printed 2 cols on 120gsm Munken Polar Rough
4 page French Fold 490mm x 318mm printed 2 spot colours & CMYK 1 side on 120gsm Munken Polar Rough
10 page French Fold 490mm x 318mm printed 2 spot cols 1 side on 120gsm Munken Polar Rough
+ Singer sewn on Hinge with Orange thread
Boland’s Quay is an exciting addition to the city. Set in the heart of the Docklands, this icon of old industrial Dublin has been rejuvenated to reflect the new face of the city. For this print execution we used foil blocking throughout, with spot metallic inks and produced a custom made slipcase to mirror the building’s stunning architecture.
Image Now
68 page 245 x 346printed full col process & metallic Copper 8023 & Spot NAVY PMS 296 & Spot gloss varnish on Photography printed on 170gsm Arctic Volume
+5 internal pages copper 355 foiled
4pp Cover clear foiled & copper 355 foiled one side on 130gsm Sirio Dark Blue
+ Casebound: with Navy Ribbon and headbands and Sirio Dark Blue 130gsm End
papers
Slip Cases printed metallic Copper 8023 on 300gsm Folding Box Board
+ Clear Foiled
+ Die Cut
+ Glued
Winning us Print Finishing of the Year Award 2016, this yearbook showcased some of the best design in the country. A year-long programme, Irish Design 15 explored, promoted and celebrated the best of Irish design. To really show off the brilliant work inside, we worked with the design team to develop a technique to allow the book to be opened flat. Beautifully designed, it was bound with a sourced fluorescent orange thread and came in a case with a blue metallic foil. The logo was debossed into 2mm greyboard and mounted onto the covers.
ID 2015
304ppB5 printed 5 cols process & Pantone Orange Ink throughout on 115gsm cyclus (100% recycled)
End papers: 8ppB5 printed 1 col end papers front and on 170gsm cyclus (100% recycled)
Version 1 Cover Metallic Blue foiled, scored on 350gsm Colorplan Royal Blue
Version 2 Cover printed 1 col Pantone Blue on 300gsm Cairn Eco Kraft White, (100% recycled)
+ Threadsewn
+ Open bound with Fluorescent Orange thread
+ Metallic Blue Foil
+ Mounted Covers
+ Debossed
G-Mac Apparel is US Open Champion, Graeme McDowell’s clothing line. To reflect the brand’s ethos of superior craftsmanship, performance fabrics and a modern vintage style, we used a variety of techniques. For the look book, we used an Antique Navy Blue stock, with a debossed clear foil blocked logo on the cover. Inside, full colour photography was printed along with Pantone Spot Navy ink. The book was then thread sewn with a drawn on cover, mounted onto an outer cover.
Atomic
Text 52 Page 260x240mm printed Full colour
+ Pantone Blue on 170g Munken Lynx Uncoated.
Cover 4 Page 525x240mm printed Full colour
+ Spot Blue on 170g Munken Lynx Uncoated.
Outside Cover Clear Foiled and debossed in one run
one side on 300gsm Keaykolor Antique Navy Blue
+Scored on spine and Book to be glued into second cover.
+Thread sewn and drawn on cover
Head Strong is the National Centre for Youth Mental Health. We worked closely with their designer to create Heads Together, an interactive workbook for Post Primary teachers. To make the 200 page workbook user friendly, we used uncoated stock and lay flat binding to make it easy to write in. We also printed and fitted a dust cover onto each book, this doubled as a poster for teachers to use in the classroom.
Motif Design
200 page B5 printed full col throughout on 120gsm UPM Fine
4 Page Cover on Cairn Eco White mounted onto 2mm Greyboard Foil Block metallic blue
8 Page 160gsm Vanguard Yellow end papers
+ Open Bound
Dust Jacket: B2 Size Printed Full Colour Process one side on 120gsm UPM Fine
+ Scored
+ Fitted onto Books
Plus Print started out printing labels for Guinness bottles back in the 1980s and have been printing a range of promotional material for them since the 90s. Continuing this relationship today we work on a variety of print projects across Diageo’s brands.
Diageo Ireland
4 page A5 Cover printed Full colour on 300gsm Challenger Uncoated
32 page A5 printed Full colour on 170gsm Challenger Uncoated
+ Clear Foiled
+ Square Edge Bind
Environmentally conscious, Repak
believe strongly in sustainability.
Over the years we have been
supplying them with 100 per cent
recycled materials and a range of
techniques that bring them to life,
from spot colour to bespoke finishes,
die cutting and foil blocking.
CI Studio
48 page A4 printed full colour & pantone Green 7481 tthoughout on 120gsm Shiro Echo (100% Recycled)
4 page A4 cover 3 cols foiled 350gsm Colorplan Nomad Grey Rough (100% Recycled)
+ 3 colour foil - LUXOR 390 GREEN - LUXOR Alufin SILVER - LUXOR 362 black
+ Perfect Bound
Environmentally conscious, Repak believe strongly in sustainability. Over the years we have been supplying them with 100 per cent recycled materials and a range of techniques that bring them to life, from spot colour to bespoke finishes, die cutting and foil blocking.
New Graphic
20 page A4 exhibition catalogue and A5 invitation. Catalogue printed CMYK on 130gsm Media Silk with 4pp cover on 300gsm Media Silk, saddle stitched and gold foil-blocked. Invitation printed one colour black one side on 300gsm recycled grey strawboard, gold foil-blocked.