Emily Ward Branding; Rugby printer.

I already have an idea of a few printers that I've spoken to Emily about for her business cards but I asked the Geek Table if they knew of any others just incase I missed someone good! Claudia and Baljeet have both used Rugby printer and are impressed with the results. Claudia very kindly lent me her sample pack so I could take a few photos of the sorts of things the printers are able to do. They seem to have a lot of options in terms of business cards so this is really good and various different stock options are available too. I've heard they have good prices so that's another bonus. I know Emily is quite keen to have them done at Moo after showing her what they offer and my view on the quality of their prints but it's always good to have back up options and this may also come in handy in the future. 

Emily Ward branding; illustrative typeface.

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Robert Missen - designer based in Kent. 

Due to the fact we are looking at the idea of using Emily's own hand writing for her design I felt this piece of work was quite relevent because if she decided to go down a different route, should consider making her own unique typeface inspired by her practice so that it still has relevence to her work like the signature does but is something completely different. This particular typeface is really interesting because although the letters aren't whole, the style chosen by the designer means they can still be read easily. 

Print visit to Pressision.

A few of us went to visit a local printers called Pressision in order to referesh our knowledge of print but also see what they have been working on recently. It was a good opportunity to build another contact that we will more than likely need in the future. This visit was really useful because it seems like so long ago since the print module and it's good to keep these things constantly ticking over. It was also great to see what all the different machines did and the fact traditional methods are still being utilised. Everyone at the printers made us feel really welcome and were full of print knowledge that is sure to come in handy. I really enjoyed looking round and the print they produce is really impressive. This visit will inform many of my briefs because a lot of my work is print based design so it's something which I will always need to consider. 

I took a video of the printer cleaning and loading the sheets for the next print job to show how this works and what it looks like. The cool tune the printer plays was just a bonus.