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The 2012 Brand New Awards Book
Production Method
Offset
Design
UnderConsideration
Printing
ZRH Print
For the third printed edition of the Brand New Awards we haven’t veered away from our simple formula and format. A stocky size, a bright-ass cover, and great design within. This year’s logo for the Awards didn’t lend itself to too much trickery so we just did a simple spot gloss UV varnish on the inner circle to give it a subtle change in texture. Inside, things are straightforward CMYK plus a PMS for all the green text, letting the winning work get all the attention.
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Client
Self
Quantity Produced
500
Production Cost
$4,750
Production Time
On press: 15 Days
In transit: 45 Days
Dimensions (Width × Height × Depth)
6.25 in. × 9 in. × 0.75 in.
Page Count
200 + Cover
Paper Stock
Cover: White Art Paper / Coated / 130 lb Cover
Text: White Art Paper / Uncoated / 100 lb Text
Number of Colors
Cover: 2 PMS
Text: CMYK + 1 PMS (Green)
Varnishes
Spot UV Gloss
Binding
Perfect-bound
Typography
Agilita by Jürgen Weltin for Linotype
Verdana Pro by Matthew Carter, David Berlow, David Jonathan for Font Bureau
Project Description
The Brand New Awards is a judged competition organized by UnderConsideration, celebrating the best identity work produced around the world during 2012. The BNAs reward the most successful collaborations between a client and their designer, design firm, brand consultancy, or internal creative team. A panel of five judges convened in Austin, TX on March 22, 2013 to collectively select the winning entries to be included in this printed book, published and distributed by UnderConsideration.Production Lesson(s)
Don't mess with CMYK formulas for black and white images if you are not going to be on press. On all four books we've done in these series I find that the black and white images of the judges and intro shots have always looked pale and wimpy, so for this one I decided to put in about 25% of C, M, and Y to boost up the contrast. Unfortunately, they got muddied and dark. So I got the opposite effect. Had I been on press I would have been able to dial down the C, M, and Y density to avoid it.
Post Author
Armin Vit
Editor of FPO and co-founder of UnderConsideration LLC.
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Date Published
August 29, 2013
Filed Under
Books
Offset
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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…
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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