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Punkt: Luxembourg & Dayan (ARP is ART) Brochure

We love this really interesting innovatively bound brochure for the Luxembourg & Dayan (ARP is ART) exhibition. We printed it full colour (CMYK) through-out on our new B2 press. The combination of ink on the different coloured recycled stocks has really come to life on the beautiful piece of design and print.
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Designed by Giles fromPunkt
Luxembourg & Dayan (ARP is ART)
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Posted by: scrubberdubdub, March 12th 2012 — Category: Miscellaneous — Share: delicious, Digg, Email

Leeds Print Festival 2012

Leeds Print Festival
Generation Press were thrilled to be asked to give a talk at the Leeds Print Festival at the Leeds Gallery on January the 29th. Having not given a public talk before this was quite an experience and one that we really learned from. Unsure about what people would like to hear and see, Anand and I (Paul) put together an exhaustive presentation on Generation Press and our work. We produced two posters for the event. A Generation Press Poster and also the Anthony Burrill poster!
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The talk was held on the Sunday so we decided on a road trip! On the Saturday Anand, myself and our good friend Micheal C Place of Build made the Journey North, all excited to see and experience the festival of print! When we arrived we headed for the Print Festival at The Leeds Gallery to see what was happening, lots of stalls selling prints, greeting cards and assortments, all made using many different print processes! There was a real buzz and a constant flow of people, it was obvious to see the festival had captured the hearts and minds of many people with a desire to learn, observe and be involved with print.
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On the Sunday we arrived to give the first of three talks, we delivered a rather in-depth history of four generations, our environmental thinking and the modern history of Generation Press. With retrospect there was too much spoken content and probably not enough visuals! Still, not knowing what people were expecting, we tried to cover all bases.
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The following two talks by the amazing Si Scott and the Infamous Anthony Burrill, were both brilliant for their very own reasons. Si Scott going through a very recent bereavement gave what I can only describe as an electrifyingly emotional presentation, the hairs were standing up on the back of my neck, we were all hanging on his every word! A well-deserved rousing ovation followed.
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Then ‘The Showman’ Anthony Burrill was on to give us a lesson on how to do a presentation. Sadly, the smoke machine and lasers were not available but the music pumped out. We were taken on a visual and informative tour of the history of the *showman and his work, one of the few Graphic artist whose work has transcended all walks of life. From his ‘Work Hard and Be Nice to People’ letterpress printed posters, through his advertising work and then his moving image collaborations to name but a few.
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The weekend ended in style with first beers in the North Bar (our Northern adopted home) with Si, Anthony, Michael, Rik, Anand and myself! Then on to a curry house and in true northern style very hot curries with Champagne!
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Sponsored by: GF Smith
Contributors:
*Anthony Burrill
Si Scott
Generation Press
Ably Supported by Build’s Michael C. Place
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Posted by: Scrub, January 31st 2012 — Category: Miscellaneous, Things we like — Share: delicious, Digg, Email

Carbon Neutral

To maintain our carbon Neutral status, every year we have an assessment which measures the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions we produce- directly or indirectly- from everything we print here at Generation Press. We have done good.

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In 2006 we emitted 67 tonnes of C02. In 2009 we reduced that to 63 tonnes, and further still to just 58 tonnes in 2010. This is a 8.3% improvement from last year to this and a total decrease of 14.4% since 2006.
And because nearly all of our waste is now recycled, we have gone from creating 3.2 to just 0.5 tonnes of waste per year since 2009- which is a massive improvement of 145%.
We are very pleased with that, and have just given ourselves a little pat on the back.
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Carbon Neutral 2010. Assessment results

Posted by: Eco Warrior, January 2nd 2012 — Category: Miscellaneous — Share: delicious, Digg, Email

Generation Press selected as one of the worlds most innovative businesses.

Making Dad and everyone at Generation Press very proud!
Wired Magazine

The giggle of embarrassment, do they really mean us, the swelling of pride.
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Generation Press were thrilled to find that they had been selected by the Wired Magazine as one of twenty companies seen as the World's most innovative businesses. Alongside the likes of McLaren F1 and Howies. Sounds great doesn't it!
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A few words from the editor:

"We weren't looking for firms making innovative products -- there are plenty of those in the pages of Wired every month. No, we wanted to discover innovative ways to work -- creative new approaches to motivating staff, or sourcing ideas for ad campaigns, or empowering teams to transform the service they offer customers. The 20 examples that made our final list, we hope, will inspire you to rethink your own approach to how you work. Because who can risk relying on the old rules".
David Rowan, (Editor) more here!
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What is particularly pleasing about this article is that it is about how we do business, rather than the work we have produced with the amazing designers we have been lucky enough to work with up until now. I believe this is about running an honest business, a very talented team, passion and relationships! Thats our innovation.
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Read more here: Wired Magazine article.

Posted by: Scrub, January 1st 2012 — Category: Miscellaneous, Things we like — Share: delicious, Digg, Email
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Build: Dove Bunting

Build aproached us to help with a fun and worthwhile project; with a set budget they needed to create a product that could sell in the Design Museum Shop!
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*Simple really, printing 4 colour process on recycled grey-boards, sprinkle a *bit of magic, and the kids have a wonderful product that should make loads of cash for their chosen charity. *Build
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Better described here by Nicola Place: Build
We are very proud to have been involved in this years Design Ventura schools competition, set & run by the Design Museum, London. The annual competition encourages schoolchildren to think about design in everyday life and the challenge is to design a product for sale in the Shop.
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This years winners were Haberdashers Askes Hatcham college in South London, who designed Dove Bunting, based on the Design Museum Shop bird.
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The bunting is on sale and can be brought from the Design Museum Shop & also online
. It costs £9.95, and all profits from sales will be donated to Greenpeace which is the winning schools chosen charity, so buy lots for friends and family!
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Build
Design Museum Shop
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Posted by: Scrub, September 2nd 2011 — Category: GP X Build, Miscellaneous
Tags: Die-Cutting, Litho-printing, Recycled Stock — Share: delicious, Digg, Email

LCA Student Business Cards

It was great to see four of the LCA//BA Graphic Design graduating students come to us for their very first business cards.
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Chloe, Ian, Liam & Ollie wanted some stunning looking cards in time to hand out at their final shows. Initially each of them had their own specifications, but with some discussion we helped all four come up with individual results whilst keeping the processes to a minimum. They each received a set of one colour, foil blocked (shinny black), one sided, business cards printed on Pristine white, Colorplan, 540gsm. We then gave each of them the option to have a special coloured edge, this added that super added value and individuality.
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Good luck guys!
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Chloe Galea
Ian Edward Prentice
Liam Hine
Ollie Saward

Posted by: Scrub, July 25th 2011 — Category: Miscellaneous, Print Process
Tags: Business Cards, Colour Edging — Share: delicious, Digg, Email

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