Juno // Arctic Paper

Applying finest papers, preserving resources and conveying intelligent content: the Hamburg-based design agency JUNO shows with the current brochures for Arctic Paper how everything can easily be brought together.

For the first time a purely white publication is illustrated solely through filigree embossing in the “Whitebook”. Depending on the perspective, pictures of animals emerge on the Munken Print Cream uncoated paper, which with the vibrant play of light and shade become vivid symbols for the extinction of species. Sad, but beautiful, as well as thought-provoking: the outlines of the extinct Yangtse delphin that are hardly perceptible on paper. The “Whitebook” also shows the last Galapagos turtle or the rare species of the South China tiger in this way. The tiger image for the embossing die was graphed with 13,975 paths, then carved in brass by a milling drill with a radius of 0.03 millimetres and finally punched onto the paper using a pressure of 300 tons. The result: unsettlingly purist and radical printed material, which does without a single drop of colour.

The second brochure, “Fieldinspection”, printed on Munken Print White, also displays content as yet unseen. In it, twelve photographs of American experts are depicted documenting the damages that occurred through natural catastrophes in the USA, such as Hurricane Katrina. Normally these pictures would disappear in the files. For “Fieldinspection”, it was possible to make them open to the public for the first time.

JUNO was recently awarded with the DCC 10 in the category Advertising for its publication on the subject of “Climate Change”.

Marshall Rake

Another link that’s been sat criminally in my inbox for too long; Marshall Rake is a graphic designer with a fondness for typography. His work is just sublime. Marshall also runs the excellent online publication, Epilogue Magazine.

Arjowiggins / Curious Collection

Arjowiggins, the world’s leading manufacturer of creative eco-sustainable papers, today announces the rejuvenation of its innovative, high quality paper range Curious Collection. Building on the company’s world-famous technical know-how and in collaboration with top trend expert Studio Edelkoort, Arjowiggins has developed a new colour palette of 27 metallic and translucent papers.

John Crozier picks up the story for us, “The rejuvenation of the Curious Collection, our most creative range of papers, really sets the trends in colour and texture. In order to ensure that this range was leading the field Arjowiggins hired trend forecaster Li Edelkoort, named by Times magazine as one of the fashion industry’s 25 most influential specialists, to advise them on the colours and textures that were included. Gregoire Alexandre, a French fashion photographer was also enlisted to compose a set of photographs that would tell the story of the Curious Collection. The result was a series of images which tell the show of a girl exploring different paper worlds. The shots all use paper from the Curious Collection as a fundamental part of the set.”

‘Ten’ from Bunch

Bunch are very excited to announce their latest offering in the form of the Igepa stock book. The limited edition of 300 entitled ‘TEN’ after Milton Glaser’s essay ‘Ten Things I Have Learned’, presents a cross section of paper stocks available from the paper merchant with beautifully illustrated statements enveloping the pages.

Bunch took inspiration from Glaser’s essay to present his ten ‘things’ typographically and illustratively via a wide range of media. Toothpaste typography was used to communicate the noxious nature of some individuals. Whilst lettuce leaves, which deteriorated the further along you read were used to communicate the aging process. This was printed onto the fold out feature of the book, which is over a meter and a half in length.

Bunch’s thought behind referencing the essay was to enhance the experience of the book by sharing the great designer’s insights with other people in the industry. Whilst exploring the relationship between paper stock and the design which envelopes it. OmegaTheKid!Phoenix and Ivo Sousa came on board to illustrate, while Vanja Solin photographed various scenes for the book. The cotton covered, hardback books come in six colour variations with different coloured foil titles on each and was printed by Cerovski in Croatia.

Deep / The Ritz

The award winning London-based agency Deep have just designed this gorgeous looking brochure for The Ritz. The design of the 32 page brochure is led by grand, full-colour, photography of the luxurious interiors. These are interspersed by monotone reportage-style shots of The Ritz Club Casino staff working within their environments, which emphasises the unequalled service a client will receive.

Intermittent clear translucent sheets were used as section dividers to hold the copy whilst allowing show-through of the images beneath. These sheets were also printed in silver metallic on the reverse sides, with patterns created from the beautiful ornate details of the Club – wallpaper, furniture, and ceiling decorations.

Creative Director, Grant Bowden quotes “ To complement the design quality paper stocks and finishes were carefully selected, starting with an intricate floral deboss and foiled logo on the Curious Skin cover.”