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BROWSE
Client
Self-promotion
Quantity Produced
200
Production Cost
"Low. Only ink and paper as I printed the book myself."
Production Time
2 weeks
Dimensions (Width × Height × Depth)
130 mm × 135 mm × 8 mm (5.1 in × 5.3 in × 0.3 in)
Page Count
32
Paper Stock
Cyclus Offset, 200gsm, uncoated, recycled, by New Leaf
Number of Colors
5 spot
Varnishes
Gloss inks on some pages
Binding
Trimmed and saddle-stitched by hand
Typography
Andy Smith!
To showcase his illustration and lettering abilities, London based Andy Smith, created a funny booklet titled “The Blue Inks,” a band of mischievous droplets of blue that terrorize other inks and work at a factory. Silkscreened and saddle-stitched by Andy on cover weight paper, the booklet is adorably bulky and the paper has taken on a new kind of texture due to the heavy ink coverage. While the object itself is cool as blue, the story of the Blue Inks is quite clever too. Here’s only half of the story. For the other half you might need to hire Andy and get on his nice side to get one of the 200 copies.
The blue inks get up at 6 (7 in the winter)
They eat eggs & drink coffee
Kill the flies and saddle up the animals
The it’s down the mountain
And into the town
Supplies are bought, hair is cut, bandits are played
They beat up a couple of magentas and chase off some yellows
Then it’s in to the van and off to the factory
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This post was published in the original layout of FPO so all images are smaller. Project descriptions as well as production lessons are quoted in the main content area.
Post Author
Armin
Armin Vit
Editor of FPO and co-founder of UnderConsideration LLC.
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Date Published
October 15, 2009
Filed Under
Books
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UnderConsideration is a graphic design firm generating its own projects, initiatives, and content while taking on limited client work. Run by Bryony Gomez-Palacio and Armin Vit in Bloomington, IN. More…
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