Posted 20 June 2010
We printed this poster for the lovely Friends of Homerton Station.
FOHS are hoping to commission a series of posters by Hackney-based artists, designers and photographers so please get in touch if you’d like to know more.
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Posted 2 June 2010
From one piece of artwork Calverts produced these neat little notebooks.
An A2 size abstract pattern was printed in three spot colours on sheets of 320gsm Cairn Natural 100% recycled board left over from a previously printed job – no need to purchase and transport paper.
The imposition – method in which individual pages are placed on a larger printed sheet – was such that up to eight unique cover designs could be achieved from a single artwork (minimising waste on the sheet by keeping to a trimmed size of A6, which is appropriate for an A2 untrimmed sheet). *Designers need to know about imposition, because along with a basic understanding of printing press formats, they can use imposition knowhow to cut both the financial and the environmental costs of paper and print.
The inner pages of the notebook were a selection of recycled papers which had been sitting on the shelf. These were left unprinted and collated randomly throughout the notebook.
The plates used to print the notebook cover were produced on a processless CTP system dispensing with the need for chemical developer and water.
The inks used were vegetable oil based and biodegradable.
The printing process itself was powered by renewable energy, and by using recycled paper (made from post consumer waste which would otherwise have gone to landfill) 137kg of carbon was saved.
Get creative + print sustainably. Contact Calverts on 020 7739 1474
or email: info@calverts.coop
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Posted 13 May 2010
We have been working again with the artist Adam Dant and Fraser Muggeridge Studio to produce DANT ON DRINK, a 56 page soft back book exploring British attitudes to drinking.
It’s a beautiful piece of work, printed with a special ink mix on an interesting choice of papers - Munken Pure Rough, Satimat tip-ins, and a 270g Colourplan Scarlet Buckram finish cover, “plate sunk” for added effect.
Dant on Drink: Drawings about Drinking in Britain
7 May – 4 July 2010
The New Art Gallery Walsall
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Posted 30 March 2010
For your consideration: three new marks which Calverts developed for the UK’s co-op trade association and campaigning body.
The first Co-operatives Fortnight will run from 19th June to 3rd July 2010.
Commissioned by Secretary General Ed Mayo, our brief was to simplify, modernise and energise the image of the organisation. For ease of use and recognition, black replaces dark blue in the typographic element. It’s still based on Bliss Bold, but now in upper case throughout and without the old superscript ‘UK’. The other new element is a group of three ‘contrast birds’ in co-ordinated flight, symbolising mutual aid and energy in nature.
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