Orozco Garden

The South London Gallery’s permanent Orozco Garden first opened in 2016 and was created over two years by leading international artist Gabriel Orozco, with support by 6a Architects and horticulturalists at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew. This publication celebrates the project five years later, exploring the narrative of how this unique space came to life.

The 128pp casebound book is 215 × 280mm. A variety of materials have been used throughout the book in reference to the colours and textures found in the garden. The text is printed on a combination of uncoated and coated paper (I don't know which ones) and two differing shades of recycled grey paper for the front and back covers like the York stone bricks...

There is a section printed on Crush Kiwi 120gsm including a gatefold, chosen in sympathy with the foliage in the garden.

Crush is made partly using the residue from the industrial processing of crushed citrus fruit, coffee, nuts, olives, kiwi, corn, lavender cherries and grapes, these agro-industrial "end of life" products replacing up to 15% of conventional tree pulp. This is combined with 40% recycled fibres (post consumer waste) and the remainder is FSC virgin pulp and the product is FSC certified. The range is produced using green energy and is carbon balanced at the mill gate (we can also supply the paper in the UK, certified as carbon balanced).

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Looks and feels beautiful and a wonderful example of where choosing the right materials that work with the subject makes a good job an exceptional one.

Design is by Wolfe Hall and printing is by Graphius.

https://www.southlondongallery.org/

https://www.wolfehall.com/

https://graphius.com/en/

Posted by Justin Hobson 14.06.2022

New Yard Restaurant Menus

The New Yard Restaurant is situated in the historic stable yard at Trelowarren in Cornwall, a private estate that has been owned by the same family for over 600 years. The New Yard restaurant is run by Caroline and Jeffrey Robinson. Previously granted awards for their creativity and innovation, in 2021, the New Yard was awarded a Green Michelin Star, an award that recognises gastronomy as well as sustainable practices at the forefront of the industry.

...and these are their lovely menus:

Printed on our Crush Kiwi, which is made using 15% residues from the processing of Kiwi fruit plus 40% recycled post-industrial waste and the remainder is FSC certified virgin pulp.

They feel great in the hand and look beautiful on the tables.

Design is by Studio 1850 with illustrations by Joshua Vyvyan. Each menu is printed in-house everyday, as the ingredients allow! Thank you to the New Yard Restaurant for the images.

https://www.newyardrestaurant.co.uk/

https://studio1850.com/

Posted by Justin Hobson 05.08.2021

Lemon Tree Business Cards

LemonTree are a cleaning company based in the South East ...and they are a cleaning company with an environmental ethos. Only businesses with the highest standards of social and environmental performance are eligible for a B Corps certificate and LemonTree is on the path to B Corp full Certification, which certifies companies worldwide, because of the positive impact on customers, workers, community and the environment. This is their lovely Business Card...

The size is 55 x 85mm and it is printed on our Crush Kiwi made by Favini in Italy. Crush is made partly using the residue from the industrial processing of crushed citrus fruit, coffee, nuts, olives, kiwi, corn, lavender cherries and grapes, these agro-industrial "end of life" products replacing up to 15% of conventional tree pulp. This is combined with 40% recycled fibres (post consumer waste) and the remainder is FSC virgin pulp and the product is FSC certified. The range is produced using green energy and is carbon balanced at the mill gate (we can also supply the paper in the UK, certified as carbon balanced).  

The card is digitally printed by MTA on their HP Indigo press. It has been printed with a white layer first with the yellow printing on top which makes the colors, especially the vivid yellow really pop!

As you can see from the image below, the Crush Kiwi has inclusions in the paper which are visible. The paper was chosen because of it's environmental pedigree and that the shade of pale green really worked with the identity.

The card is printed on Crush Kiwi 250gsm, which has then been duplexed to make 500gsm.

Design is by Imagist, a brand consultancy based in London and the design is by Rose Cornish.

https://www.lemontreeservices.co.uk/

https://www.imagistlondon.com/

https://www.mtadigital.co.uk/

Posted by Justin Hobson 06.05.2021

This is not a hotel

This is the catalogue for the recent show (Nov - Jan 17) at the Yoshii Gallery in Madison Avenue, New York.“This is not a hotel.” is a solo exhibition of new works by Irish artist Guggi who is now regarded as one of the most accomplished and recognized painters in Ireland. This fully illustrated catalogue also features an essay by Irish film director Jim Sheridan.

The size of the catalogue is 205mm square. It has a 4pp cover plus 56pp of text. It has an 8pp "book-jacket" which wraps around the cover pages and the binding is three hole sewing.

The 8pp "jacket" is printed on Crush, Almond 120gsm and the first and last 8pp are on Crush Kiwi 120gsm. Below is the essay by Jim Sheridan:

If you aren't familiar with Crush, it is one of our ranges made by FAVINI in Italy and is made using 15% residues from the industrial processing of agricultural processing. As a result, the paper does have inclusions and a "rustic" feel, which you might just be able to see from the image detail below:

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All images in the 40pp section showing the work of the artist are printed on a matt coated 115gsm paper. Printed CMYK offset litho throughout.

The catalogue comes in a contrasting, capacity envelope, also made using Crush Kiwi but this time in 250gsm.

...there are a couple of really wonderful details to point out. Firstly is the "Disc & String" closure on the capacity envelope, with black thread:

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...and the three hole sewn binding in a natural colour thread.

You can read more about the exhibition here:
http://yoshiigallery.com/exhibition/guggi-this-is-not-a-hotel

Design of the catalogue is by Joshua Shaddock. Print and the wonderful and detailed finishing is by Push in London.

http://yoshiigallery.com/
http://www.guggi.com/
http://www.push-print.com/

Posted by Justin Hobson 20.02.2017