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'GP is 10' is now off and running and the first lucky recipients are starting to receive their copies of our GP10 mailer!
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Packaged in a specially designed/constructed mailing box (with our own Colorplan Barry™ duplexed to the inner). Inside is a wallet holding ten items featuring contributions from Build, Sanna Annukka, Timothy Saccenti & John O'Reilly
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This is a gift from us to our customers who have supported us over the last ten years. We are very proud to have worked with Build, Sanna, Timothy & John on this project. This is also a testament to everyone here that has put the time and effort in to making all the pieces as good as they are.
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This would not have been possible without the huge contribution of the creative's involved, so a very big thank you to them!
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Most important at this time is all the people that make up Generation Press. Every detail on this has seen everyone contribute and it is their skill and craftmanship that has made this what it is - A massive thank you to all at GP.
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Keep an eye on our twitter feed (@GenerationPress) for a chance to win 'GP is 10' items.
Yet more to come! Four limited edition posters that we think are really quite special, one from each of our contributors...more info soon!

'Testcard–1'
-'Dendrochronology'.
-'Symbiosis'.
-'Manifesto'.
-'Statement – All Designers Are W**nkers*'.
-'Paste' the first in an ongoing series of 'Not For Commercial Use' projects by Generation Press & Build, For You.
*All printers are t*ssers.

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Wow look at this for a line up, proud to have graced our presses with this beauty, this was a labour of love, great imagery, great products and a great design.
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We were afforded the time with this project to do things in the right order! working with the designer Michael (from Build) from the very beginning.
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This allowed us to plan each element including getting the sections with the scores on the inserts working out so when all the sheets came together in the slip case, both scored edges were equal.
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Another attention to detail was getting the wrap around slip case just right so the depth of the capacities were wide enough to hold the inserts but not to wide to let them fall out.
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One of my favourite aspects on this is the use of the litho printed white on the recycled grey board along side the foil blocking & debossing, a great example of using alternative materials and turning them into something special!
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Commonwealth
Featuring photography by Timothy Saccenti
Photo-retouching DopePope
Designed by Build

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We are really chuffed with these icons.
Our icons were designed by Build.
If you use us to print your work and you choose the sustainable options for print, these
eco icons are available for you to use and place on your print.

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A sneek preview one by one. We use vegetable based inks for all print jobs, so this little icon will always feature.
-This icon can be added if you have chosen 100% recycled paper.
-This one is available if you chose FSC paper (along with the normal FSC logo).
The choices are endless eh?
-Recycled and compostable is for most print. It only includes environmentally friendly matt laminate, not the normal matt or gloss laminate, or coloured through card. Sorry that's what the rule book says.
-Ecotricity is our energy provider and our chosen energy tariff is generated from 100% renewable resources for all our jobs, so this lucky icon will be for every print.
-This icon is a permanent fixture too because we are also certified carbon neutral.
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So now you have met almost all of the icons.
All you have to do is ask, if you don't ask you don't get and then your missing out.
So please ask for your very own strip of icons that match your job and the choices you
have made with some little extra options if you want them.... ooooh.

ICLP plc
-Design Conspiracy
-Build
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Thermo-chromic Ink, this has been a real favourite over the years, always really effective and gets loads of great feed back, this really does engage the recipient. I think this is best left to your imagination, the only thing to add is the ink is very matt and we have learnt to always use a barrier over this ink, a laminate or a spot UV varnish! this will prevent any unsightly scuff marks.

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Simon Waterfall called me in to the Poke head quarters to tell me about the amazing D&AD Pencil exhibition he had put together! He wanted a programme of sorts which included a quote from nearly every president of D&AD from its inception, highlighting what their favourite work from their year of tenure was. It was brilliant and an opportunity I couldn’t miss, I asked if I could invite a designer to make it as good as it could possibly be? And it was a unanimous leap of joy when M.C.Place of Build fame agreed to get involved and the rest they say is history, a real combination of recycled stocks and a touch of Colorplan! Plus using our favourite Cyclus 100% offset for the text pages, this is a real compostable beauty.
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Client: Simon Waterfall (president D&AD)
Designer: Michael C Place - Build
Photography: Build