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More Trees, Please! Scout Books
Production Method
Offset
Design
Worthwhile Paper
Kristen Drozdowski, founder and designer
Printing
Scout Books
Scout books have been around for a while now, and are a favorite with designers. This limited edition featuring beautiful illustrations, a feel-good message, and über-tight registration pines for your attention.
Dimensions (Width × Height × Depth)
3.5 × 5 × in.
Page Count
32
Paper Stock
–
Number of Colors
3/1
Varnishes
–
Binding
Saddle-stitched with black staples
Typography
Gotham Book
Gotham Bold
Quatro
Hand lettering
Project Description
We collaborated with illustrator Kristen Drozdowski of Worthwhile Paper on this limited edition notebook, which kicks off a new tree planting initiative. We worked with the National Forest Foundation to plant one tree for each notebook that we made!Kristen created the illustration, and we worked together to choose the ink colors, interior page style, and staple colors. The notebooks were produced in our shop in Portland, OR, where we offset print everything in-house using vegetable-based inks and recycled materials. All our equipment runs on renewable energy. Kristen is committed to using sustainable practices and materials for her line as well, so the collaboration was a great fit!
You can learn more about this project and read some interview questions with Kristen here.
Production Lesson(s)
Working with rasterized images means no trapping, which meant we had to be extra careful when registering the different colors. Additionally, white ink is always a bit tricky on our chipboard stock, since offset ink is semitransparent. We really wanted it to pop here, so our press operator took extra care to clean the press and adjust the flow of ink so that we had maximum coverage.We also learned that clear communication, and working with a like-minded collaborator, makes the process very smooth and easy.
Post Author
Bryony Gomez-Palacio
Editor of FPO and co-founder of UnderConsideration LLC.
More: Online / On Twitter
Date Published
June 8, 2016
Filed Under
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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.
FPO uses Fonts.com to render Siseriff and Avenir Next.
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…
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products we sell
Flaunt: Designing effective, compelling and memorable portfolios of creative work.
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Prints / A variety of posters, the majority from our AIforGA series.
Other / Various one-off products.
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