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BROWSE


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Client

Megan Milks


Quantity Produced

50


Production Cost

$150


Production Time

2 weeks

Dimensions (Width × Height × Depth)

5.5 in × 8.5 in


Page Count

64


Paper Stock


Number of Colors

Varnishes


Binding

Stapling and hot glue


Typography

Arcadepix by Reekee and Slab Tall X by Manfred Klein

 

For the last decade Bill Ripley has been dreaming with starting a record label and printing press named Another New Calligraphy. With his wife Robyn Detterline by his side, the groundwork was set up for the creation, documentation and sharing of music and literature alongside handmade art and social consciousness. That is one tall order this couple has fully embraced:

A major element of Another New Calligraphy is honoring the tradition of tangible art objects that is sadly being forgotten by so many, tactile quality is a very important aspect of choosing materials for the releases. Everything but the CDs themselves is printed, cut, scored, folded, and glued by usn. There always seems to be a pile of something to do in our house, and we would hate to have it any other way.

Interspersed through the next five or so posts we will be covering three of their launching projects, starting by the book Kill Marguerite, by Megan Milks, which tells the story of a tormented young girl and her bullies surrealistically set within the confines and contrivances of a classic video game:

The author was eager to reflect the nostalgic aspect of the story in the book design, so I faked an 8-bit version of its characters, using an old photograph of my wife’s childhood friends as references. In addition to treating the title as some sort of vintage NES logo, I created internal illustrations and level screens, developing a way to break up sections of the story as though the reader was actually playing a game instead of reading a book.

Everything was printed using your everyday inkjet and laser printers we all deal with on a daily basis and hand bound with staples and hot glue.

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Production Method

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Design

Bill Ripley

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Printing

Bill Ripley
Production assistance: Robyn Detterline

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.

Post Author

Bryony

Author Picture

Bryony Gomez-Palacio

Editor of FPO and co-founder of UnderConsideration LLC.

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Date Published

October 2, 2009

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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…


blogs we publish

Brand New / Displaying opinions and focusing solely on corporate and brand identity work.

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.

products we sell

Flaunt: Designing effective, compelling and memorable portfolios of creative work.

Brand New Conference videos / Individual, downloadable videos of every presentation since 2010.

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.

also

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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