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Client

Self-promotion


Quantity Produced

200


Production Cost

$1,350


Production Time

2.5 Weeks

Dimensions (Width × Height × Depth)

6 in × 4.25 in


Page Count


Paper Stock

French Paper, Speckletone, Madero Beach, 140 lb Cover


Number of Colors

5 Spot (two shades of light green, orange, teal, dark gray)

Varnishes

Clear/silvery gloss


Binding


Typography

Candy Script by Alejandro Paul
Variable by Matt Desmond

This piece is available for purchase for $20.11 + Shipping
Enter Discount Code "FPO11" for 11% off

In a sequel to last year’s “10 Resolutions for 2010” postcards, Andy Babb is now offering, you guessed it, “11 Resolutions for 2011.” (If humanity makes it to 2024, that’s a lot of resolutions to come up with and illustrate). The premise of the cards remains the same: a topic in front and two possible resolutions in the back, one “Hi-Res” which would be the ideal resolution, and one “Lo-Res” the cynical, most likely resolution. Delivered via charmingly crude illustrations, this year’s postcards are more ambitiously produced with five spot colors and a shimmery gloss. Andy explains further:

This postcard set—a follow-up to a project called 10 Resolutions for 2010 that I did last year—is a self-promotional piece and a pilot to determine if the concept is commercially viable. Each of the postcards has a different topic for a New Year’s resolution as its theme. Playing off the ‘resolution’ homonym, each card’s back has two takes on the given topic: the first is an optimistic outlook on what’s achievable in the new year (the ‘Hi-Res’ resolution), while the second is decidedly more cynical (the ‘Lo-Res’ resolution).

Changes in design approach (illustrations for imagery, more colors) yielded a final product that is somewhat stylistically dissimilar from the 2010 set. The design element I decided will be a common thread as I continue this series in future years is the use of an Alejandro Paul typeface for the main typeset of the resolution topics.

Having worked with Grand Palace silkscreen on a number of my past projects, the production process went smoothly and I was thrilled with the end product. The only production-related hiccup I experienced was a product of poor space planning on my part: in laying out the cards on the 19” × 25” sheets on which they were printed, I positioned the belly band in such a way that needlessly added 5 minutes to the time involved in trimming out each set. That amount of time added up quickly, especially since I did all the trimming by hand!

Work likes this makes our FPO Hi-Res resolution easy to keep: show kick ass work.

If you are purchasing, make sure to enter discount code “FPO11” for 11% off.

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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

December 16, 2010

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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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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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