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Robert Longo: Charcoal
Production Method
Offset
Design
stapelberg&fritz
Printing
Offsetdruckerei Karl Grammlich GmbH
For this extensive examination of Robert Longo’s photorealistic charcoal drawings—complete with essays on the artist’s recurring themes—the printer used a tri-tone process to achieve the superlative color depth the artwork commands. The tome is finished off with a half-cloth, chipboard cover, which gives a sense the book will reveal a connection to the process behind the artist’s impeccably finished pieces.
Dimensions (Width × Height × Depth)
10.16 × 11.93 × 1.3 in
Page Count
252
Paper Stock
Munken Lynx  / 170 g/qm
Number of Colors
Two blacks + Light grey
Varnishes
Semi-matte
Binding
Half-cloth
Thread-stitching
Typography
News Gothic Demi
News Gothic Demi Italic
Pica 10 Pitch BT Roman
Bureau Grotesque ThreeSeven
Project Description
The enormous, photorealistic charcoal drawings by American artist Robert Longo (*1953 in Brooklyn, New York) show the beauty and horror of the present day and age. This large-format, elaborately designed book, printed on natural paper using a tritone process, bound in half cloth and distributed in four different cover designs, has been created in close collaboration with the artist and affords a comprehensive overview of his charcoal drawings from the past decade. The book was awarded by "The Most Beautiful German Books Prize." It also received a certificate of honor by "The Best Book Design from all over the World."Production Lesson(s)
While producing this book we learned how to reach the optimal colour depth without losing all the little details of the photorealistic charcoal drawings. For this we made a lot of test printings in many different paper grades using the tritone process.
Post Author
Duncan Robertson
Former intern at UnderConsideration LLC.
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Date Published
September 4, 2013
Filed Under
Books
Offset
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half-cloth
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