Lishmans of Ilkley

I was approached by a Butcher in Ilkley to hand print some of these bags for him. It was a pretty good learning curve as I had to sort out all the artwork as well, the people that gave me the job didn't really have a clue what screen printing was so that was why I had to sort out the five year olds art work.

In the end I was pleased with my prints, I did 100 of the bags and it is just nice not to get just a design job once in a while, it was fun just to screen print this many things. They were all sold on the website as well.

Magama Books

This is a massive deal. Magma Books is an amazing book shop, they stock all photography, art and graphic design books and magazines. They also sell kind of up-market zines. Paul showed them a zine I made for him and they are interested in stocking it sale or return. We will print a load more and take one in to them as they are pretty much certain they will have them. They have stores in Manchester, Clerkenwell and Covent Garden. Massive exposure.

Kaugummi Books

We have had some talks with a small publishing and sales house in France. They produce amazing books and zines and have said they will stock one of Pauls. This is obviously amazing exposure for him but is also amazing for Workshop as I have noted that Workshop have created the book in the back. It would be cool to send it down to be published and sold.

Paul Phung

After completing the book for Paul Phung within my FMP me and Paul are now starting to look for printers that will print a large format zine on recycled stock, he has a number of zine fairs including one in London, Barcelona and New York, all of which the book has been invited too.

This could be a good opportunity for Paul, myself and Workshop.

Millinery Final

This is the final flier after a small amount of amending. The project as a whole showed me how to work fast for a client, I have worked fast before but never for anyone else, and these guys needed it in four days, so I delivered it in two.

Millinery

I got this small job from the marketing team at college. It is just a quick half a day thing for the Millinery course at college. It needed to appeal to the older audience, so I just went with a few ideas, large photograph and simple.

Quotes for Yearbook

We tried a printer that Qubik Joe recommended. They were good and got back to us straight away but they were also quite expensive, not as expensive as the like of Team or Evolution, but never the less they are expensive. Joe also said that the book might end up cheaper if we dont use a spot colour but a full four colour process. This actually increased the prices if the quotes.

We went to a printers called Jade Press in Leeds. Whilst spending my month at SBT Design, they recommended them and used them for the majority of their jobs. As we were not going for any special effects we felt this was the best printers to go with. We also got two quotes and again, the two colour process was cheaper. We also got a quote for the fliers. 

Interacting with printers has been a really kind of useful skill to learn and is something that I am glad I have had to undertake.