Sunday, 10 April 2011

Modern Species

really nice website
sustainable Graphic design studio
multi disciplinary
style of design

SUSTAINABILITY :: A Changeis Amongstus

The Earth will be perfectly fine... it's the humans beings that we're not so sure about.

We believe that people and companies need to evolve and adapt to the changing conditions of society and the environment. In our time, people are demanding companies do their part to reduce the pollution that is crippling our land, air and water. This why we try to reduce our negative impact on the evironment through both our work and the way we live. It's about more than just using recycled paper (though that's good too). We at Modern Species work constantly to educate ourselves about the environmental impact of our business so that we help our clients without hurting the people they serve.

Saturday, 9 April 2011

Skype meeting

So we had a skype meeting:

Things I was going to fond out for the meeting

Printing costs:

How do they work with Graphic Design studio? Some kind of deal? contract?
Or do they ever just recommend to clients and get finders fees?
how does the costing work? per hour? per run?
Example of quotes, with different types of paper, different print jobs, different finish

eg. how much for 10000 leaflets, double sided, gloss fisnish etc.

how much extra for certain finishes
list of what they can produce

From the meeting we decided

consider needing a few printers as they mught be busy
business plan? each person fill a business plan for monday
see how much competitors are selling, compare with them
recommending printer to clients instead of dealing with it ourselves
press ad- local news paper
design magazine
google

Thursday, 7 April 2011

Press Ads : Yellow pages

Book:

eg. For the Leeds yellow pages for sep 2011

A semi Desplay ( this includes text and a company logo within a boxed area)

Large business Card size = £ 351 ( 12 lines, 36 character/line)

medium business card size = £ 264 ( 7 lines , 36 character/ line)

e.g. Display > Half colum Ad (110mm x49 mm) > black on yellow= £1007

Display > Half colum Ad (110mm x49 mm) > plus one colour yellow premium = £1007 + £307= £1314

Internet Rates:

Choosing the Right Printing Company

need to consider,

-the amount of prints that we need

-there are online printing companies but as Graphic designers we should probably work closely with a specific printing company. Need to have a relationship with them.

-colour capabilities

-what special finishes can they accommodate

-costs of digital and offset litho

-how do the printers work together

-proofing

-location?

-delivery

-how big can they print

-how 'anal' are they

Quotes from printers

Business Card:

Eg. full colour both sides 350 gsm paper , matt finish, matt lamination

for 5000 run, £217

Eg. Full colour to one side only, 350 gsm paper, gloss finish uncoated, not lamination

for 5000 run, £84.49.

Letter heads:

black and on one side only, 120 gsm paper, matt finish uncoated

for 10,000 run, £339.92

Compliment Slip:

full colour one side only, matt finish 120 gsm paper

for 1000, £86.73

for 10000, £129

Bruchures:

A5, 12 pages, full colour through out, 250 gsm silk art paper, semi gloss finish. Cover: full colour, glossy finish , 300 gsm.

Digital : for 500 run, £304

Document Folders:

folder for a4 inserts, full colour for outer and inner, glossy finish, 300 gsm, , glossy lamination, glued pockets with slots to hold business card.

for 1000 run, £769

Poster:

A3, full colour, matt finish, 250 gsm, matt lamination,

for 1000 run,£ 280

Team Impression

Litho

Colour balance, saturation, tones, resolution, ink coverage, densities, understanding of the relationship between ink and different substrates

Each press has its own supervisor and assistant supervisor, all highly experienced in press operation and quality control. The presses each have their own integrated computerised colour management systems and are linked directly to the reprographics department.

Plant list:

- Komori Lithrone S40
six colour B1
- Komori Lithrone L640IIC
six colour B1
- Komori Lithrone 28(ES)
six colour B2

Digital

short run booklets and brochures with digitally printed text and foiled or embossed covers, and of course, personalisation and data merging

Their Fuji Acuity large-format output device is flexible and versatile, capable of high-quality printing on virtually any substrate up to 48mm thick onto a huge 2.5m x 1.25m wide..

Posters, display boards, duratrans, large book covers, mock-ups... the list of applications is endless.

plant list:

- HP 7000 six colour press
- HP 5500 six colour press
- HP 5000 six colour press

Finishing

Foiling, embossing, die-cutting, folding, binding, varnishing, sealing,

a highly skilled and dedicated workforce, guillotining, folding, die-cutting, creasing, drilling, hand-stitching, perfect-binding and laminating.

The only thing they don't do in house is laser cutting

This is what they do...:

Folding:
- MBO B30/4/4/4 + stacker
- MBO T800 6/4/4
- Stahl TD 78/6/4/knife
unit + stacker
- UFO1 folding machine
- Longford CF100 card
folder creaser

Stitching:
- Muller 321 6 section
feeder and stacker
- Muller Bravo 6 section
feeder and cover folder
feeder with rapido stacker
- Hohner hand stitcher
- Pfaff side sewing
machine

Guillotine:
- Polar 115 EMC monitor
(x2)
- Polar 78E

Binding:
- Horizon BQ-460 perfect
binder
- Hand perfect binder to
310mm spine
- Rilecart F53-E wiro
binding punch
- Rilecart R500 wiro
binding machine

Lamination + UV:
- Autobond 76 TH
laminator
- Svecia B1 spot UV
machine
- Hang Drill - 4 holes max
- Minipack & Rochman
shrinkwrap units

Die-cutting:
- Crossland B1 Platen
- Heidelberg cylinder B2
- Heidelberg windmill A4

Foiling:
- Heidelberg windmill
foiler A3
- Heidelber

Presentation

The presentation department are specialist packaging manufacturers with a wealth of experience. Combining a wide range of materials and all the Team finishing facilities,

eg. presentation boxes, ring binders, folders, case bound books, CD packaging, wallets and pockets, slipcases, game boards, POS materials, swatches and hinged boxes.

- TUS K137CL guillotine
- CMC LPA case maker
- Rebord case maker
- Viking platen
- Crosland Remus bender
- Baier foil blocker
- Cassco foil blocker
- CMC MIRA riveter
- Citoborma 180 paper drill
- Swift gluing machine (18 to 36 inch)

Reprographics
Their Stingray File Transfer software can be downloaded to sit on your desktop, ready for you to click on and send your job.

Linked directly to the presses, they have a wealth of experience in retouching, scanning, file amends and colour proofing.

Compared to Duffields, I think these guys would probably be the more appropriate choice of printers for our company.

their wide range of special finishes would be able to support the kind of work we will be producing so it will be less likely for us to have to go to other printers. So we would be able to work with just one printer

Enterprise: comparing printers

From our group discussion, we decided that the two main printers we wanted to look at were Duffields and Team Impressions. I wanted to compare them, along with the others, which printer would be the most suitable for the type of work we would be producing . ( high end print , most likely with a wide range of special finishes. )

Duffields:

Litho and Digital

Digital:

The entry level investment is £300,000 so we take digital seriously with the very best kit in the world, HP Digital Technology.

Litho :

Heidelberg 10 Colour (5 x 5) Perfecting B2
(inclusive of every conceivable extra)

Komori B2 5 colour
(inclusive of every conceivable extra)

They also seem to be quite environmentally conscience.

Their core values are:

"Delivering the promise"
"An eye for detail, a passion for quality"
I am open to change and ideas from ASK, Always Seek Knowledge
I do not tolerate mediocrity, negative attitudes or poor workmanship
I have three common features amongst my work colleagues, alignment, ability, and respect
I contribute to make our quality so valuable to our customers that we become their preffered printers by default
I have bought into the vision of Martyn Duffield and contribute with enthusiasm and skill to enable me to join in the success

Where? Kirkstall, Leeds

From the website, you couldn't get that much information about exactly what kind of print they do. They have case studies on their but it would have probably been more useful to have a list of the kind of stuff they do