OUGD504: 02/10/13 - Studio Task

by Roxxie Blackham on Wednesday 2 October 2013

Within your summer project groups, debate the following question:

What is design for print?

  • You have to consider the printing process before designing
  • Consideration of format and layout
  • Easy way to mass produce your design
  • Examples of design for print: books, posters, zines, leaflets, postcards, stationery, billboards, packaging
  • Processes of design for print: screen print, laser print, 3D, ink jet, lino, foiling, collagraph, lithograph, potato, etching, stamps, letterpress, textile, embossing, laser cut
  • A design that intends to be physical

Can you sum up the answer to the question in one sentence?

A design that intends to communicate a message in a physical format with image and/or text through the process of printing.

In a way, it is impossible to define as printing processes and the designs themselves are so broad. There is no right or wrong answer.

 6 categories to look into:
  1. Format
  2. Colour
  3. Production
  4. Processes
  5. Finishing
  6. Stock
For each of the 6 categories, find 2 relevant examples e.g. RGB and CMYK could be 2 examples for colour. Try not to only find on the internet, use own examples too!

 1. Format
poster

zine

 2. Colour
CMYK

RGB

3. Production
Paper Cut

Book Binding

4. Processes
Screen Print

Collagraph Print (own work)

5. Finishes
Spot Varnish

Gold Foiling (own work)

 6. Stock
Tracing paper (own work)

Plastic/Glass

List as many design processes as you can for design for print:
foiling, spot varnish, screen printing, embossing, etching, laser printing, 3D printing, ink jet, lino printing, collagraph printing, lithograph, potato printing, stamps, letterpress, textile printing, woodblock printing, heat press, transfer printing, flexography, digital print, vinyl cut, mono printing, gilding, risograph

What 3 printing processes do you, as a designer, want to explore this year?
1. Letterpress
2. Screen Printing
3. Etching

When you're designing for print, it's finite information and can never change. Whereas when designing for website, you can always change that information. You cannot ever retract information that has been printed.

Bring in 5 physical examples of print next Tuesday. Keep them varied.

 My Objects:

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