Friday, 28 June 2013

Search: A Heart-felt Congratulations


Search Consultancy: Card, 4pp fly, folded to 148x148mm, Colorplan 350gsm Adriatic, Hotfoil metallic dark blue

With 14 offices throughout Britain, an easy to use website, and over 2700 current listings, when seeking employment Search Consultancy is the place to go. Whether it's your first job, next job or best job, Search can help find the right one for you. As if helping you find work won't leave you pleased enough, Search have teamed up with Glasgow Press to create this bespoke card to congratulate candidates on their new job. It's a well done to them on a well done to you!
























Metallic dark blue foil onto Colorplan 350gsm Adriatic created this unique card, emblematic of the high-quality and special service that is a hallmark of the Search experience. Receiving one of these in the post would for sure make that new-job feeling all the sweeter.






Wednesday, 19 June 2013

Avanti Schools Trust

In need of information, advice, or help in setting up a Free school, or converting to an Academy? With expertise in, vision and strategy development, Governor training, policy development, and much more, Avanti Schools Trust may be just the place for you. In-house brand manager Matthew Whitlock's love of duplexed Colorplan, metallic foiling and letterpress printing made Glasgow Press a natural choice for the printing of a stylish new business card.
,
For help with education
Avanti ease your stress.
To make the right impression,
The best is Glasgow Press.




Wednesday, 12 June 2013

Thomas Wightman: Graphic Designer



Thomas Wightman, Cranes Lettra Fluorescent White 600gsm, front: black ink, heavy impression; back: blind debossed





Graduating this month from Edinburgh Napier University, graphic designer Thomas Wightman has already gained international experience and received industry recognition. Working with him to create a simple and tactile identity reflecting his current interests and graphic style was a pleasure. As he embarks on the next stage of his career, we say with our Japanese friends, ganbatte!

























Napier's fellow dubbed Thomas
Made good on our best printer's promise,
When your job needs done right
And you're seeking delight
We're Glasgow Press, we are autochthonous

        
                
                        
                                        

Thursday, 6 June 2013

Traditional Characters with a Twist


James McNaught, black ink onto Colorplan Triplex 810gsm (three sheets of 270gsm board, bonded together) of White Frost / Ebony / White Frost. 




A graphic designer is James McNaught 
As a student at uni, he's learned quite a lot.
His business cards were printed by us
Colorplan Triplex was his stuff.







                 
                 

                  Black ink, White Frost, front and back
A wordsearch puzzle for you to attack.
If you think his work is up to scratch,
With your job he might just match.





When it's business cards you're after, we're right here
We'll do a cracking job, we'll get you in gear.




















James, a self-described traditional character with a twist, sought to create a personal identity that expresses his interests (typography, print and considered design), without detracting viewers from what's important: the work. Here at Glasgow Press we think he's done a smashing job, and we were happy to help him achieve that ambition.

We like James's philosophy. When the work is important to you, we'll ensure the finish is exquisite.

 

Monday, 13 May 2013

Phoneme/Grapheme

Manchester Phoneme/Grapheme Correspondence, a design project by Felix Mooneeram, was awarded a Commendation by ISTD.
This very interesting study depicts a phoneme, or spoken sound, through a character, or symbol, known as a grapheme.
A set of letterpress printed cards contained within a neat wallet enclosure explores the vowel sounds, as spoken in the Manchester regional accent.
The A5 cards are on a Dutch Greyboard 1200micron and letterpress printed in black ink with a coppery overprint.
The wallet is a finer Dutch Greyboard at 750micron weight, letterpress printed in black and diecut, using a die which we hold in stock.
Excellent design and a fascinating study too. Would love to see a Glesga version!

Tuesday, 9 April 2013

Donostia

Donostia is a Basque Tapas Restaurant in Central London. Inspired by the town of Donostia in Northern Spain, you can enjoy wonderful gourmet food in a delightful setting. Donostia staff kindly tell us they chose Glasgow Press to print their fine business cards, so the quality would match the high standards of food and drink they offer.
This is an interesting combination of letterpress print and hotfoiling on tasty GF Smith Colorplan. The stock chosen is a duplex 540gsm of Ebony and Bright White. A buckram emboss is applied to the bright white side to add a fine texture. The cards are a mixture of print processes and include: white foil of restaurant logo and contact details to the ebony side and letterpress printed black ink of restaurant logo and address details to the white sides. A third permutation sees gold foil applied to both ebony and bright white sides of both logo and contacts. Very pleasing combinations which we were more than happy to accommodate.

Wednesday, 3 April 2013

Artist Tour Management

We printed a business card for Neil Anderson who is the long standing tour manager for Biffy Clyro.
The card is Colorplan 540gsm; a duplex of Ice White and Dark Grey. The card was letterpress printed black ink to both sides, and as a print and tumble, this means the text and logo is half on one colour and half on the other.
Biffy fans will recognise the branches as a detail from the recently released album, "Opposites".