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Conduit Folio No. 1
Production Method
Digital
Foil stamp
Design
Conduit Studio
Art Direction: John O'Neill
Designers: Kelly O'Hara and Ryan Mitchell
Printing
Brightformat
This portfolio book for Grand Rapids-based studio Conduit is a bold exploration of process, featuring three different paper stocks and a duplexed, foil stamped cover.
Dimensions (Width × Height × Depth)
7.25 × 9.5 × .25 in
Page Count
88
Paper Stock
Mohawk / Everyday Digital / White / 100 T
Mohawk / Via / Felt Light Grey / 100 C
Mohawk / Brighthue / Ultra Lemon / 80 T
Number of Colors
4 color plus 1 color foil stamp on cover
Varnishes
–
Binding
Perfect
Typography
Akzidenz Grotesk
Didot
Project Description
Upon reaching the thirteenth anniversary of our studio, we wanted to produce a printed promotional piece that would showcase the work we're most proud of. We went back and revisited each project individually, digging up process images, sketches, and multiple iterations in order to tell the story of each work rather than focusing on just the polished end products. We also included a section in the center of the book (marked by a change in stock) that takes a deep dive into the history, people, and location of the studio. We created a timeline of the studio that shows our growth over the years and a few entertaining anecdotes.Production Lesson(s)
Our production risk on this piece was the cover. We wanted to duplex the Brighthue Lemon to the Via Light Grey to get the color contrast on the inside front cover. We weren't sure how this would work with the perfect binding. Brightformat ended up duplexing the paper for the inside front cover, but avoiding the area that would be on the spine so the cover sits flat and doesn't bow. It worked exactly as we hoped.
Post Author
Jessica Mullen
Writer for UnderConsideration LLC.
More: Online / On Twitter
Date Published
May 7, 2015
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FPO (For Print Only), is a division of UnderConsideration, celebrating the reality that print is not dead by showcasing the most compelling printed projects.
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FPO is run with Six Apart’s MovableType
All comments, ideas and thoughts on FPO are property of their authors; reproduction without the author’s or FPO’s permission is strictly prohibited
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About UnderConsideration
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…
blogs we publish
Brand New / Displaying opinions and focusing solely on corporate and brand identity work.
Art of the Menu / Cataloguing the underrated creativity of menus from around the world.
Quipsologies / Chronicling the most curious, creative, and notable projects, stories, and events of the graphic design industry on a daily basis.
products we sell
Flaunt: Designing effective, compelling and memorable portfolios of creative work.
Brand New Conference videos / Individual, downloadable videos of every presentation since 2010.
Prints / A variety of posters, the majority from our AIforGA series.
Other / Various one-off products.
events we organize
Brand New Conference / A two-day event on corporate and brand identity with some of today's most active and influential practitioners from around the world.
Brand Nieuwe Conference / Ditto but in Amsterdam.
Austin Initiative for Graphic Awesomeness / A speaker series in Austin, TX, featuring some of the graphic design industry's most awesome people.
also
Favorite Things we've Made / In our capacity as graphic designers.
Projects we've Concluded / Long- and short-lived efforts.
UCllc News / Updates on what's going at the corporate level of UnderConsideration.
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