Phoneme/Grapheme

Manchester Phoneme/Grapheme Correspondence, a design project by Felix Mooneeram, was awarded a Commendation by ISTD.
This very interesting study depicts a phoneme, or spoken sound, through a character, or symbol, known as a grapheme.
A set of letterpress printed cards contained within a neat wallet enclosure explores the vowel sounds, as spoken in the Manchester regional accent.
The A5 cards are on a Dutch Greyboard 1200micron and letterpress printed in black ink with a coppery overprint.
The wallet is a finer Dutch Greyboard at 750micron weight, letterpress printed in black and diecut, using a die which we hold in stock.
Excellent design and a fascinating study too. Would love to see a Glesga version!

Donostia

Donostia is a Basque Tapas Restaurant in Central London. Inspired by the town of Donostia in Northern Spain, you can enjoy wonderful gourmet food in a delightful setting. Donostia staff kindly tell us they chose Glasgow Press to print their fine business cards, so the quality would match the high standards of food and drink they offer.

This is an interesting combination of letterpress print and hotfoiling on tasty GF Smith Colorplan. The stock chosen is a duplex 540gsm of Ebony and Bright White. A buckram emboss is applied to the bright white side to add a fine texture. The cards are a mixture of print processes and include: white foil of restaurant logo and contact details to the ebony side and letterpress printed black ink of restaurant logo and address details to the white sides. A third permutation sees gold foil applied to both ebony and bright white sides of both logo and contacts. Very pleasing combinations which we were more than happy to accommodate.

Artist Tour Management

We printed a business card for Neil Anderson who is the long standing tour manager for Biffy Clyro.
The card is Colorplan 540gsm; a duplex of Ice White and Dark Grey. The card was letterpress printed black ink to both sides, and as a print and tumble, this means the text and logo is half on one colour and half on the other.

Biffy fans will recognise the branches as a detail from the recently released album, "Opposites".

Boxed

We oftentimes make boxes to encase interesting items, such as perfume, bracelets and rings, printed cards, photographs. Here's a little study of a box we created to hold our own Impressive Print musical quiz cards.

The box's dimensions are those of the old, beloved cassette case. The board is a duplex Colorplan 540gsm of pink and blue. The outside is letterpress printed in red and blue and on the reverse, we applied a clear foil of a cassette tape. Next, we diecut the box, shape and creases and slit for closing tab. Neat.

Evocha

Evocha is a British fashion brand working with the finest manufacturers to create simple, elegant essentials of the highest quality, and sold on-line only for significantly less than current market prices.

We letterpress printed swing tags for Evocha in a sleek grey ink onto Colorplan 540gsm Pristine White by GF Smith. The result is labelling conveying the high quality of product and service with which Evocha is associated.

International Property

The International Property Awards celebrate the highest levels of achievement in all sectors of the property and real estate industry and is a world-renowned mark of excellence.
This standard of quality is reflected in the company's business card.
We letterpress printed the crest and text in black ink and applied a blind deboss thereafter.
The stock is Saunders Waterford, 425gsm; a traditionally made watercolour paper.
It's lovely to work with and gives very pleasing results, allowing a deeply defined impression. Oftentimes specified for wedding stationery, Saunders Waterford, as can be seen, also turns out a very fine business card.

Saunders Waterford on press, letterpress printed black ink (above)

And with blind impression (below)

Pedestrian Verse

Frightened Rabbit released their album Pedestrian Verse this week and we've been loving the music as well as admiring our own handiwork on the cover.
Scott visited our printworks last year to have a chat about foiling the design onto a casebound book. We carried out the work and sent it off, preserving the foil to use as a Christmas decoration. Pictured above is the mag die and foil skeleton.
Pictured below is our own "That's Impressive" featuring lyrics from FR's "Winter of Mixed Drinks".
Scott kindly signed a copy - and it can be yours. To win you have to:
1. Follow us on twitter 2. Retweet the link 3. Like us on FB 4. Write to us hellbox@glasgowpress.com and tell us what your favourite mixed drink is this winter.
A lot to ask, but it's a good prize, eh? Comp closes Monday 11th Feb at 3pm