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And here are the best print projects from July to December of 2015.

Also: Part 1: Jan – Jun

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12 — Fontsmith Silas Type Specimen

Type specimens are cool to begin but the multiiple sheet sizes and different stocks really helped sell Fontsmith’s Silas type family.

Production Method

Lithography

Design

Believe in

Printing

CPI Colour

Lead Image Fontsmith Silas Type Specimen ---

11 — “The Constitution of Moiré” Posters

Moiré patterns can be an unfortunate result of bad printing (or poor designing and file prepping) but when done on purpose and at large scale they are trippy and awesome.

Production Method

Silkscreen

Design

tind

Printing

tind

Lead Image “The Constitution of Moiré” Posters ---

10 — INCH × INCH Sponsor Button Pack

Great stock, simple 1-color letterpress, and a peppy design pack a punch in this special pack of 1-inch buttons.

Production Method

Letterpress

Design

INCH × INCH

Printing

Mama's Sauce

Lead Image INCH × INCH Sponsor Button Pack ---

9 — The McQuades Business Cards

Black-on-black debossing/embossing is always a welcome approach and, in this case, the effect pays off with an “M” logo that works symmetrically to look excellent on both sides of the paper.

Production Method

Emboss
Foil stamp

Design

The McQuades

Printing

Rohner Letterpress

Lead Image The McQuades Business Cards ---

8 — Fairy Tales Art Prints

The group of illustrators in this project all put the two colors hard at work to generate a third color in this great poster series.

Production Method

Silkscreen

Design

Familytree

Printing

Kangaroo Press

Lead Image Fairy Tales Art Prints ---

7 — Salões de Paris Book Cover

I love elaborate foil stamp pieces and this cover delivers on that while rocking a great layering effect by first printing white on the cover and the piling on the gold. Also, gold edging on the pages is hot.

Production Method

Hot stamp
Silkscreen

Design

Tereza Bettinardi

Printing

Stillgraf

Lead Image Salões de Paris Book Cover ---

6 — “Museum – A House for Learning” Book

Even hotter than the gold edging on the project above is fluo orange edging! This book literally radiates. The beautiful debossed pattern on the cover and great interiors make it the complete package.

Production Method

Emboss
Offset
Silkscreen

Design

Lead82

Printing

EPC Nyomda, Budaƶrs

Lead Image “Museum – A House for Learning” Book ---

5 — Star Wars × Ty Mattson Posters

With Star Wars mania in full swing, these 9 posters by Ty Mattson capture the wonder of the original trilogy and deliver it in stunning silkscreen prints that pay homage to mid-Century awesomeness.

Production Method

Silkscreen

Design

Ty Mattson

Printing

Vahalla Studios

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4 — German Army’s Taushiro Records and Packaging

Color science and cleverness come together in this 2-disc set that takes advantage of the cheap translucent plastic to work as a decoder ring of sorts.

Production Method

Hot stamp

Design

Sightlab Media Research

Printing

Pirate Press

Lead Image German Army’s <em>Taushiro</em> Records and Packaging ---

3 — KANICA Identity Materials

A simple, beautiful, and expertly produced stationery set finished off with hand-wrapped copper thread.

Production Method

Die-cut
Foil stamp

Design

Angelos Botsis

Printing

N/A

Lead Image KANICA Identity Materials ---

2 — The World’s Smallest Portfolio

Besides being awesome for its tiny-ness I love that Michael used to his advantage the graininess in small type when printing on an inkjet to create a unique texture. Plus: the binding is totes adorbs.

Production Method

Inkjet

Design

Michael William Lester

Printing

Michael William Lester

Lead Image The World’s Smallest Portfolio ---

1 — Initialising Christmas.exe Postcard

Of all the 24 projects selected as Best Of this year this is probably the least tricked out and most straightforward, which proves that sometimes it’s all about a strong idea executed well. Printed on a blue stock to mimic the jarring blue screen of MS-DOS, the monospace font is neatly laid out and printed in white foil stamp for a dash of Christmas spirit. It’s smart, simple, and flawless.

Production Method

Foil stamp

Design

Will McKenzie

Printing

Rob Sonnet

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December 28, 2015

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Art of the Menu / Cataloguing the underrated creativity of menus from around the world.

Quipsologies / Chronicling the most curious, creative, and notable projects, stories, and events of the graphic design industry on a daily basis.

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Prints / A variety of posters, the majority from our AIforGA series.

Other / Various one-off products.

events we organize

Brand New Conference / A two-day event on corporate and brand identity with some of today's most active and influential practitioners from around the world.

Brand Nieuwe Conference / Ditto but in Amsterdam.

Austin Initiative for Graphic Awesomeness / A speaker series in Austin, TX, featuring some of the graphic design industry's most awesome people.

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Favorite Things we've Made / In our capacity as graphic designers.

Projects we've Concluded / Long- and short-lived efforts.

UCllc News / Updates on what's going at the corporate level of UnderConsideration.


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