Paper Bags and Office Supplies

Hardcore band, Unbroken, for this 7" record, used a variety of positive strips from a 35mm film of photos of them playing a gig. Each edition had a different series of positives (the same appears on the front and back of the record). Also, a non-fiction science book on insects has been dissected and the images are glued to the covers, which adds to the limited edition appeal of the record.

Lords and Cotiseum opted for a minimal approach to this split 7". The sheet is half an A4 sheet cut diagonally and corner to corner. This was then folded back on itself along the hypotenuse of the triangle. This creates an interesting visual when folded to fit inside a plastic sleeve.

A very simple stamp on white sleeve with brown inner sleeve is used for this compilation CD from Blood Link records. It is good for mass production, but is not very visually appealing.

Collage looks really good but makes mass production near impossible if the release is supposed to be in series.

The use of "spot colour" in collage form is interesting. Especially when the colour appears on the plastic sleeve rather than the CD case itself. The paper sleeve is photocopied and then hand coloured and the plastic sleeve design is photocoiped on yellow paper.

Screen printed on A4 pulpboard, which is then folded and stapled to house a 7" in a paper sleeve.

Hand Job

Adrian Johnson

Andy Beach

Anthony Sheret

Dan Black

Demo Design

Geoff McFetridge

Kayrock Screenprinting

Mint Design

Robin Cameron

Sparky Hardisty

Stefan Marx

Todd St John

Kevin Bradley - Yee Haw Industries

THE POWER OF PAPER (745.2)

I LIKE PAPER STOCKS. these business cards are sweet as my nuts.

Corporate branding developed from the idea of trying to develop corporate branding! its all designed and printed to look hand drawn, complete with "call for a good time" style match box business cards and individually scribbled red pen for effect. ah lav eet.

Concertina books are cool. that's all there is to it. This one has embossed covers and weird dada style typography. its actually a christmas card. pretty cool. Except the eye in my. thats just shit.

Things to do in leeds!

aww its a little A6 book/zine giving you things to do in leeds! shame it has that fucking starburst on it.

i like the cover stock, it looks recycled and has a good hearty texture to it. woof.

centrefold has a map with a key! what more could you ask for??

Philippa Rice - 100 Things To do

Black monoprint only. High quality copying tho! I really like the concept, cos i get bored a lot. I will keep this handy from now on.

There's a lot of layout experimenting in this. Quaint line illustrations that do look a little rushed in places, but thats half the charm.

Kristyna Bacynski - A Four Panel Affair

Aww, its iddy biddy and cheap.

Cute little illustrations in a four panel layout in a variety of colour schemes giving each one differentiation.

straight up cut out and fold up arrangement. looks cool when unfolded as well tho!

Curtis and Terrorist - Modern Monstrosity Comics

The Curtis and Terrorist page on the Modern Monstrosity Comics website.

Hamd drawn front cover of issue 1. Looks like sharpy and highlighter on reformed cardboard, Rock and roll.

More hand drawn text on the inside cover.

6 panel A4 fold up zine stapled inside. CMYK print on glossy paper.

Issue 2 cover! Comes in a variety of stock colours. I love the front flap!

Aww look at how scared of terrorists he is.

Same arrangement inside as issue 1, 6 panel A4 sheet folded up and stapled in. Works really well.

Woodcuts by Masereel

I love these woodcuts. they're from a book called "the city" and work as a social commentary of city life in the mid 1920's.

• The first motorcars and the first awareness of pollution in city atmospheres

• proletarian icons are also used, which suggests early sovietism

• The wealth divide and homelessness

• fear created by occurances such as murder

• Mundaneness of a working class and possibly soviet lifestyle.

The style of the illustrations themselves is of great appeal to me. the monotone stamp effect is something i've been interested in for a while but never really experimented with.

Monoprinting this week?