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Gucci – Puma – 19084

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Sergio Rossi - Puma Invitation and Envelope! Printed on and made from Plike, the rubbery feel stock from GF Smith - enough said :)
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Design: Gucci Group

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SCREEN PRINTING

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Thermo-chromic Ink! – Process

ICLP plc
-Design Conspiracy
-Build
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Thermo-chromic Ink, this has been a real favourite over the years, always really effective and gets loads of great feed back, this really does engage the recipient. I think this is best left to your imagination, the only thing to add is the ink is very matt and we have learnt to always use a barrier over this ink, a laminate or a spot UV varnish! this will prevent any unsightly scuff marks.

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Wallzo Posters

Here we go, two beautifully designed posters from the inimitable Wallzo.
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Manchester poster set: A unique dual-layer piece, featuring Kevin Cummins'; iconic photograph of Morrissey on the Rochdale Canal, printed on 170gsm PhoeniXmotion paired with a typographic layer printed in blue and white ink on GF Smith Transclear semi-opaque stock. Quote by Chris Lethbridge. Each set is signed and numbered by Kevin Cummins.
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Peg Board poster: Limited print featuring the Peg Board typeface. Blue and Pantone 877 silver on 170gsm PhoeniXmotion. Each edition is signed and numbered.
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Both now available at the Wallzo Shop
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We have twisted Wallzo's arm and we are giving away a signed Peg Board poster to one lucky winner; email blog@generationpress.co.uk to enter or RT a tweet with @wallzo @GenerationPress and this http://www.wallzo.com/#/shop in the tweet.
Post by 12th June

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GPis10 Posters

Sanna Annukka - Matryoshka Dolls
A1 (840mm x 594mm) Screen printed on Fabriano; one fluorescent plus three spot colours, magenta foil blocking.
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Build - Neon/Beryllium.
A1 (840mm x 594mm) Litho Print on 100% recycled Cyclus Offset; 12 spot colours plus one metallic colour.
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John O'Reilly - If The Ten Commandments Had Been Ten Questions.
A1 (840mm x 594mm) Litho Print on Zanders Zeta Micro; Two spot colours plus one fluorescent with silver foil blocking.
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Timothy Saccenti - Incursions.
A1 (840mm x 594mm) Litho Print on Gloss; Four colour process.
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In an auction to help the Red Cross Haiti Appeal, Generation Press Raised £1100 by selling Issue No.1 from each of the four posters, plus generous help from some of the unsuccessful bidders:)
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Celebrating ten years of print from the fourth generation! We like to see these posters as a thank you to the people and companies that have supported us over the last ten ten years and incentives to those in the forthcoming years. It's been a journey! Only possible thanks to the amazing team we have built over those years. We are immensely proud of our team. We look forward to the next ten years with the same enthusiasm, optimism and realism.
Bring 'em on™

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Contributors:
Build
Sanna Annukka
John O'Reilly
Timothy Saccenti
Photography: Paul Demuth

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William & Sons – Six Creative – 18796

William & Son
By Appointment to Her Majesty the Queen

We were delighted for William & Son when they won the Royal Crest. These unusual circumstances led to one of the happiest reprints for everyone. This stationery had to be reprinted to include the Royal Crest - adding the finishing touch to this rather royal set.
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Letterheads
Cranes Crest; Letterpress and embossed crest.
DL Envelope
Litho-print, die-cut and made up by hand.
Business Cards
Imperial Blue Buckram embossed Colorplan one side, with plain Pristine White Colorplan duplexed making 350gsm cards.
Letterpress, foil block, litho-print and duplexed.
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William & Son
By Appointment to Her Majesty the Queen
Goldsmiths and Silversmiths
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Design: Six Creative
Photography: Lol Keegan
Printing: Generation Press of Poynings

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Splendid – Crush –

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This elegant number is from the rock and roll guys at Crush, We love it! Part of a set that really is beautiful from a bespoke watermark on the letterhead to the fluorescent pink letterpress logo, it’s a real mix of old and new to create something different!
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GPis10 – Mailer

'GP is 10' is now off and running and the first lucky recipients are starting to receive their copies of our GP10 mailer!
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Packaged in a specially designed/constructed mailing box (with our own Colorplan Barry™ duplexed to the inner). Inside is a wallet holding ten items featuring contributions from Build,Sanna Annukka, Timothy Saccenti & John O'Reilly
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This is a gift from us to our customers who have supported us over the last ten years. We are very proud to have worked with Build, Sanna, Timothy & John on this project. This is also a testament to everyone here that has put the time and effort in to making all the pieces as good as they are.
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This would not have been possible without the huge contribution of the creative's involved, so a very big thank you to them!
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Most important at this time is all the people that make up Generation Press. Every detail on this has seen everyone contribute and it is their skill and craftmanship that has made this what it is - A massive thank you to all at GP.
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Keep an eye on our twitter feed (@GenerationPress) for a chance to win 'GP is 10' items.
Yet more to come! Four limited edition posters that we think are really quite special, one from each of our contributors...more info soon!

GP TALK

// GENERATION PRESS TALK

Went tot he generation press talk today, it was soo good. It really inspired me and showed me the complexity of exquisite printing. I was thoroughly looking forward to this talk, pretty much for the last 3 years! We also got given a certificate to show we were there, and i think this is a lovely idea because it makes you feel special for going. 

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Not For Commercial Use – Paste

'Testcard–1'
-'Dendrochronology'.
-'Symbiosis'.
-'Manifesto'.
-'Statement – All Designers Are W**nkers*'.
-'Paste' the first in an ongoing series of 'Not For Commercial Use' projects by Generation Press & Build, For You.
*All printers are t*ssers.

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Generation Letterpress

For years we have dreamt of bringing letterpress printing in house, especially as my Grandfather and Great Grandfather were both compositors. With the craft of printing being so popular we have, for some time now, been getting the right equipment and the ideal set up in place.
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At Generation Press printing is our livelihood, we have to view letterpress printing in the same way we do for litho or foil block printing, setting high standards to give our customers a letterpress solution.
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Letterpress is very close to our hearts, it is part of our heritage and that heritage is in manufacturing. We look forward to being challenged by you with yet another print process we can offer.
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