How PRINTlovers 95 is made

PRINTlovers 95
Design, materials and techniques for print applications

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The cover and back cover design is by Creostudios

Inner conflict, gender conflict, generational and ideological conflict, war: what do they have in common? They are clashes of encounters.
The clash arises from an encounter that degenerates but simultaneously gives us the awareness of being there, of not being alone, of taking part in the universe in a dualism that returns one when it returns encounter.
The encounter tests our intelligence, gives us freedom of choice and confronts us with a crossroads: grow, renew, be reborn or stop, regress, and die. We do not know how it will end, but we do know that life is one big cosmic dance.
The encounter that becomes a clash and returns to an encounter is our way of thinking about the future.

The source of inspiration for this creativity was a shot from the European Southern Observatory (ESO) showing the new galaxy NGC 7727, born from a cosmic collision that resembles a dance.

Creativity & Execution
Riccardo Ferro
Giulia La Ganga
Selene Rigatelli
Sara Scarano

Concept & Copy
Giovanna Guglielmi
Eladia Sillo

Printing
The printing of the back cover number 95 of PRINTlovers, on Sirio Ultra Black 280 g, was done by Grafica Metelliana on a Heidelberg XL 6-colour UV machine through a preliminary passage of white offset under the coloured elements to make the four-colour process sharp and brilliant. The sphere of light behind the central figures and the stars are embellished with a hot foil print made with Luxoro SB LIQUID SELECT foil, embossed with a micro-engraved plate.

Cover paper
Fedrigoni SIRIO WHITE/WHITE 280g
Natural paper with a high degree of whiteness, made from ECF pure virgin cellulose fibres.
Extremely versatile, Sirio White/White stands out for its velvety surface and excellent tenacity.

Second cover paper
Fedrigoni SIRIO ULTRA BLACK 280g
Sirio Ultra Black is the black paper par excellence with a unique shade, intense like no other.
Natural and tenacious, made of pure ECF cellulose, Sirio Ultra Black is mass-coloured with lightfast black pigments and without the use of Carbon Black.
Sirio White/White and Sirio Ultra Black are FSC® certified.

Hot colour and cliché
It is a beautiful metallic holographic that makes the sphere of light and the stars shine. The figures are thus highlighted, and the design becomes as bright and iridescent as a galaxy.
The hot stamping effect is SB LIQUID SELECT from the LIGHT LINE® holographic line.
The hot stamping is achieved with hinderer + mühlich clichés, and the stars have a detailed and precise micro-etching that gives a multi-faceted effect to the design, perceptible both to the eye and the touch.

23/12/2022