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BROWSE


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Client

Lost Type Co-Op


Quantity Produced

300


Production Cost

$2,700


Production Time

2 Weeks

Dimensions (Width × Height × Depth)

7 in × 9 in


Page Count

36


Paper Stock

Cover: Neenah Oxford Road, 80 lb Cover
Interior: Cougar Opaque, 60 lb Text


Number of Colors

2 Spot

Varnishes


Binding

Side stitched, with wrap around cover. 4 staples.


Typography

All from Lost Type:
Ribbon
On Ramp
Muncie
Mensch
Ministry
Airship
Deming

This piece is available for purchase for $30 with purchase of Ribbon

Ribbon, designed by Dan Gneiding, is a lovely and cautiously ornate typeface sold by Lost Type under their “pay what you want” model. Except that if you pay $30 or more you get one of the most fun and nicely crafted type specimens I have seen in a while. Printed in two vibrant colors, Dan and his guest designers bring to life Ribbon in a way that makes you pay not just what you want but what Dan deserves.

There were a few cost saving devices which, when used in a unique way, ended up adding character and value to the book, not taking away.

Most notably is probably the binding. Side stitching with staples can end up looking like a last minute business meeting had out. Elongating the ‘spine’ and having a die-cut window wrap around the edge turned what could have looked like cheap binding into a more considered, deliberate solution. It also allowed for an orange bleed to be printed on each page hidden in the spine which creates the illusion of edging in the die-cut window.

The cover was left unprinted and hand embossed after the books were printed and bound. We used an custom plate in an extra long reach desk top embosser.

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Production Method

Offset

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Design

Dan Gneiding, Art Direction and Design

Guest Designers: Linda Eliasen
Mauricio Cremer
Chaun Osburn
Jim Leszczynski
Olivia Verdugo
Elysse Ricci
Andy Rementer
Namik Schwarz
Lachlan Heywood
Riley Cran
Ryan Katrina

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Printing

Printing: Kalnin Graphics
Embossing: Dan Gneiding with a desk top embosser
Embosser: Stamp Connection

This post was published in the original layout of FPO so all images are smaller. Project descriptions as well as production lessons are quoted in the main content area.

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Armin

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Armin Vit

Editor of FPO and co-founder of UnderConsideration LLC.

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Date Published

February 1, 2012

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