DESIGN PRACTICE: Studio Workshop Task 1

Studio Task 1 - Design for print

PART 1 - Within your summer brief groups debate ' what is design for print'

Physical products
Books magazines
Packaging
Leaflet
Business cards.
Layout
Promoting
Distribution
Inform
Advertise
Consider scale
Billboards
Image & type
Medium
consider quanitiy
What is it for ? purpose audience?
Resolution , consider stock
Font size legibility & Readability

PRINT CATEGORIES

COLOUR

FORMAT

PRODUCTION

PROCESSES

FINISHING

STOCK

PART 2 - Identify as a group different processes of ' design for print'

Screen printing
Letter press
CYMK - ink - consider changes from on screen.
Foiling
Spot Varnish
Digital Printing
Image Typography
Image / Stock
Engraving
monoprint
lino cut
thermography (raised printing)
letter press
embossing
spot varnish
intaglio
woodblock
digital print
laser cutting
reprographics
3D printing
Iron on - heat transfers

Our group definition : A range of process and considerations leads to a physical product.

- A rang of processes and considerations within design which aid towards the production of a final product.

After discussing further in the group we realised that design for print is actually the things you would do for anything your printing - the process eg.

scale, size
type
image
format
bleed
cymk - colour
legibilty and readability
& STOCK

WHAT PROCESSES WOULD I LIKE TO TRY & WHY ?

This year i would like to try screen printing , i tried it last year but not for a full brief. I think i need my work to have more variety so screen printing would be good to try.

I would like to try embossing some of my work i think this particular process would be perfect for product and packaging.

I would like to try spot varnish this year i think it gives a really nice high end finish to a piece of work and it would be interesting to try.

I seen a lot of people foiling last year and i would like to try that as well.

I think its important to print onto different stocks to give your work more of a variety.

I tried letter press last year only in a workshop but i loved it and i also thing that would be ideal for product and packaging.

WHAT IS DESIGN FOR PRINT -

For each category pick two examples that a relevant for design for print -

COLOUR

One colour print - This piece of design has been screen printed with only blue ink.

Multiple colour screen print - This piece of design has been screen printed using multiple colours on to white card.

FORMAT

Poster - Posters and leaflets are both examples of format of design.

Leaflet -

PRODUCTION

screen printing - production

PROCESSES

Embossing , press , debossing , foiling , letter press & spot varnish are all examples of processes.

Embossing-

Debossing-

Press -

FINISHING

I used examples of spot varnish and foiling for finishing because they leave a high end finish and are processes that you do after you have finished printing.

spot varnish-