Final Designs. Design for Print. OUGD504.

As part of my final design I wanted to try as many processes as possible to expand my knowledge of printing and also making my final piece more interesting and tactile for the reader. 
I decided to try embossing using a copper plate as this is something I have never tried before, and I also think that it would work well on the stock that I want to use for my front cover.
The process of making the copper plate is a long one, but I think that it will be worth the time and effort  to create a really interesting front cover for my folder.

The photo etching process uses photo sensitive film to impart an image on the copper plate, that is then etched away using a chemical process. This ends up creating a really deep etch that is perfect for embossing. 

Blind embossing (without ink) looks really good on the grey board that I amusing for my final cover. However, it is not very noticeable from far away and so I would like to try embossing using ink so that the title can be read from further away to give the front cover more impact. 

I am really happy with the results of the embossing using ink, although to use the fluorescent ink I had to screen print this first into the great board, and so I found it quite difficult to line up the embossing plate with the ink. 

For the other inside title pages I wanted to try some more processes, and so for the stock page I used laser cutting, as this way I can use different stocks behind for examples of different stocks. 

for the colour and format pages I used screen printing to create the title pages. The colour page I used multiple colours to demonstrate the title, and for the format page I used a metallic ink in bronze to go with the colour scheme of the whole publication. 

For the layouts of my pages I wanted to include something design wise that would create more interest in the page and break up the white space. This is where I decided to use lines in a different colour. 

Final Piece

Overall I am happy with my final piece. I love how the embossing on the front looks and the title pages and layouts of the pages all look really good. The only think that I would have done better is the lining up of all of the pages. I found this very difficult and with time restrictions it was impossible for me to do each page individually. However, I don't think that this takes away from the impact of my publication and think that it works really well for my concept and my audience.