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Neenah Paper CLASSIC® Rebrand
Production Method
Offset
Design
Design Army
Printing
Fey Printing, Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Design Army continues to deliver with creative and stunning photography. Photography that needed to be developed at the same time they were creating the paper colors and textures that would be part of the revisited paper line by Neenah. A cumbersome challenge they surpassed in creativity and quality.
Project Description
When rebranding something classic, you have to think with a different mindset. For something to be considered classic, it must have the ability to withstand the test of time — like Renaissance art, or even a 1960s classic Eames Chair. Design Army had the opportunity to partner with Neenah to rebrand its CLASSIC® Papers portfolio. Our work involved a complete rebrand, including developing the new colors and textures, the samples and promotional materials. The result of the collaboration is the most comprehensive, single-grade refresh Neenah has ever undertaken. The modern palette of colors and textures are bold, fresh, and classically timeless.Production Lesson(s)
The biggest challenge of this project was that we had to design the materials before the new colors and textures were actually made. That's scary! It requires a lot of imagination and a leap of faith — especially when the art direction for all of the photography was derived from the paper colors! We spent a lot of time working with the team at Fey Printing to mix exact custom inks to match paper colors Cobalt and Imperial Red.The most important lesson we learned, which really applies to every print project we do, is that the better your print partners (and the smarter the production team on the client side, in this case Neenah) the better the finished result. We were so lucky: everyone had the same goal on the printing, which was to demonstrate the basics and show new tricks. We were able to experiment and take the time to perfect everything in order to get exactly the look we wanted. When you are remaking a classic, you can't settle for anything less than the best.
Post Author
Bryony Gomez-Palacio
Editor of FPO and co-founder of UnderConsideration LLC.
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Date Published
April 13, 2017
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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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