Task 1: Within your summer project groups debate this question "what is design for print" and share your answers.
- Physical Products
- Books
- Magazines
- Newspapers
- Packaging
- Leaflets
- Scale: billboards -
- Quantity
- Layout
- Composition
- Format
- Purpose: promotion - distribution - inform - advertise
- Stock
- Consideration
- Mediums: t.shirts - material
- Audience
- Purpose
- Resolution
Task 2: Within your summer project groups try to identify the processes of design for print.
- The process informs the design
- Screen print / can produce metallic's ect.
- Letter press
- Foiling
- Spot varnish
- Digital printing
- CMYK - 4 colour process in ink / only produce certain colours
- Image
- Typography
- Illustration
- Vinyl cut
- Engraving
- Monoprint
- Wood block
- Thermography - raised printing
- Lazer cutting
- Reprographics
- 3D printing
- Heat transfers
- Spectral printing
From all our findings we then had to summarise what design for print was in a succinct statement for an unknowing audience.
Group definition: A range of processes and considerations that ultimatley lead to a physical product.
We then discussed this as a class and found that this was quite vague and that it can be hard sum up what design for print is. There are so many variations in regards to the practice from printing onto fabric, wood and different applications and process that go along with print.
I found this task really interesting in expanding what I personally knew about design for print, because there is so much out there that I hadn't heard of before.
We then broke the design for print practice into categories and had to find examples of them.
Task 3: Think about processes you want to learn as a designer - post to blog and for each of the categories above find 2 examples that are relevant to design for print
Format
Format for print is the size, scale or object in which a design is printed onto, there are many different formats that can be exploited in design for print, however I chose to analyse some of the most common.
Poster:
Colour for print can be applied in a multitude of ways, I selected a design that uses metallic's possibly through the use of screen printing.
Metalics
Production
The production for print is the either the build up or application of printing skills to a product. I decided to analyse screen printing as this is a method I enjoy and also 3D printing as it is something I haven't come across before.
Screen printing:
3D printing:
Processes
A processes is a method which is carried out during or after a printing, I decided to look at laser cut and wood cut as these are not the average processes you would link to design for print.
Wood cut:
Lazer Cut:
Finishing
Finishing is a printing method that is applied after a design is printed. Finishes can make a design look more upscale or bespoke depending on how it is designed. I decided to look at foiling and embossing as these are processes I really want to try and explore further.
Foiling
Embossing
Stock
Stock is paper which a design is printed onto, I decided to look at some branded items to see the spectrum of stocks they experimented with. Looking at the first image there is a lot of ways print can be applied to an item. I also look at coloured stocks as I think these make a visually interesting design for print.
Varied:
Coloured Card:
Another interesting thing to think about is when design for print is produced, you can't change it, it's no longer dynamic and can't be updated or retracted!
I found this session really beneficial in me expanding my knowledge on what design for print is about and what exists out there. There a things that you never really consider like, production methods and prating processes aside form digital. This has made me want to find out more and experiment further on what design for print is.
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