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“Kimmy Schmidt” Tribute Book
Production Method
Silkscreen
Design
UnderConsideration
Kimmy Schmidt fan: Armin Vit
Printing
Printing: Industry Print Shop
Trimming, Scoring, Folding, Drilling: Austin MMP
Stickers: Jakprints
Fully titled “The Gosh-dang-it-mommy-fudging-ham-sandwich Reactions of Kimmy Schmidt” is the result of having loved Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’s debut season and Ellie Kemper’s role. It was her reactions to things that caught my attention so I decided to make a collection of them. I originally intended to do it as a poster because that’s what people do, right? But the reactions on their own didn’t make a lot of sense so they needed more editorial heft and that’s when I decided to do it as a limited edition book that didn’t cost an arm and a leg to produce while having a fun charm to it.
The whole thing is done in the limited color palette of yellow, pink, and purple — Kimmy’s signature colors! — and makes great use of Neenah’s Astrobright papers that have a superb brightness and vibrancy so I was able to print a single color on each color stock and it makes the book feel quite rich in production. “Signatures” were printed in a large sheet, then those were trimmed, scored, folded, and drilled, and then I collated them all, bound them with a pink shoelace, and prepped 100 packages.
You can buy one of the limited edition books here.
Client
Self
Quantity Produced
100
Production Cost
Paper: Gifted by Neenah
Printing: $706.33
Trimming, Scoring, Folding: $182.62
Shoelaces: $175.05
Gumballs: $61.16
Stickers: $97.13
Boxes: $167.93
Total: $1,390.22
Production Time
3 Weeks
Dimensions (Width × Height × Depth)
5 in × 6.5 in
Page Count
48
Paper Stock
Neenah / Astrobrights / 65 C / Sunburst Yellow + Fireball Fuschia + Planetary Purple
Number of Colors
3 spot (yellow, pink, and purple)
Varnishes
–
Binding
French-fold
Hot pink shoelace
Typography
Omnes
Project Description
A collection of the funniest, quirkiest, most heartfelt reactions by Kimmy Schmidt from the show's debut season made infinitely more memorable by her choice of words, construction of sentences, and outdated innocence. Each reaction is accompanied by the episode number and context in which it happened, its time stamp, and the type of emotion that fueled it.Production Lesson(s)
Even with silkscreen, light colors on dark stock is not 100%. The yellow on the purple stock required three passes with the squeegee and still wasn't as opaque as I would have liked.
Post Author
Armin Vit
Editor of FPO and co-founder of UnderConsideration LLC.
More: Online / On Twitter
Date Published
July 21, 2015
Filed Under
Books
Silkscreen
Tagged with
astrobrights
french fold
hand-assembled
neenah
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FPO (For Print Only), is a division of UnderConsideration, celebrating the reality that print is not dead by showcasing the most compelling printed projects.
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FPO is run with Six Apart’s MovableType
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UnderConsideration is a graphic design firm generating its own projects, initiatives, and content while taking on limited client work. Run by Bryony Gomez-Palacio and Armin Vit in Bloomington, IN. More…
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