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Collisions #1
Production Method
Silkscreen
Design
The Unofficial Press
Aggie Toppins
Printing
Printed on site at the Chattanooga Public Library
The exploration by Aggie Toppins in the first issue of Collisions — printed on “found office paper using a photocopier and a scrappy screenprinting kit” — shows a wide range of experiments and playful layouts that resulted from granting her access to the Maker Space and all of its tools and materials at the Chattanooga Public Library. A cool way to better understand how some processes work as projects evolve and grow out of experience.
Client
Chattanooga Public Library, The 4th Floor
Quantity Produced
20
Production Cost
–
Production Time
4 weeks
Dimensions (Width × Height × Depth)
8 × 10 × in.
Page Count
16 + cover and 2 tip-ins
Paper Stock
Found office paper
Number of Colors
2
Varnishes
–
Binding
Hand-stitched
Typography
Univers
Project Description
Collisions is a new quarterly publication for the Chattanooga Public Library's 4th Floor maker space. In this first issue, "The Hand & Machine" designer Aggie Toppins created visual experiments using procedural processes with high- and low-tech machines. From interpreting a drawing with a vinyl cutter to scanning bitmaps of collages, Toppins used predetermined rules to guide making procedures that brought compositions made by hand in dialogue with machine-based interpretations.Production Lesson(s)
This project is an exciting use of print to house image-making experiments with technologies such as laser and vinyl cutters and 3D printers. It used to be cost-prohibitive for small press publishers to produce books with die-cuts and tip-ins, but maker spaces like the one at the Chattanooga Public Library make these processes accessible.
Post Author
Bryony Gomez-Palacio
Editor of FPO and co-founder of UnderConsideration LLC.
More: Online / On Twitter
Date Published
February 8, 2016
Filed Under
Silkscreen
Zine
Tagged with
experimental
office paper
publication
silkscreen
universe
zine
About
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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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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Prints / A variety of posters, the majority from our AIforGA series.
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Brand Nieuwe Conference / Ditto but in Amsterdam.
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