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A special feature on “processes added to the paper itself” such as die cutting, laser cutting, embossing, deboss, and blank stamping! “Design Drawer 52” will be released in June with a box of over 20 types of paper processing and actual samples
Graphic-sha will release the book “Design Drawer 52” in June 2024. ……
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How to effectively print/process the design you came up with. “Design Drawer” provides an easy-to-understand introduction to technical information on printing, paper, processing, etc. that is essential for such designers.
This issue, which is the 52nd issue, is [Encyclopedia of Printing and Paper Processing – Paper Processing Edition]! !
This is a special feature on what kind of paper processing can be done using methods other than “adding patterns and letters to paper” such as printing and foil stamping.
Creating something, such as folding, die-cutting, laser-cutting, embossing, debossing, blank-stamping, interleaving, pasting paper together, and cutting to make jigsaw puzzles and pasting paper around colored paper. We will introduce you to the processing that can be applied to paper and the processing that uses paper, including special processing. In addition, there is an interview with Junko Tsuda, who participated in Graphic Trial 2024, and graphic designer Iria Oshima, and a series by art director Naoki Sato invites Fumikazu Ohara as a guest and explains why he became a designer in a non-traditional way. I’ll explain how to do it.
The actual sample box included in the appendix contains over 20 types of paper processing samples! There are plenty of special articles and series that you can enjoy while reading this magazine.
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Paper processing/techniques
From basic explanations such as “what can you do” and “tips on how to use” the processing that can be applied to paper such as die-cutting, embossing, interleaving, and folding, to high-brow processing that combines paper processing, we will introduce photos. We will provide a thorough introduction with a wide range of information.
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Thomson processing involves making a cutting die called a Thomson, setting the die in an automatic or semi-automatic cutting machine, and cutting out the shapes one by one. Read here to learn everything about Thomson processing!
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It is a ponsu cutter that is made by manually placing a cookie-like cutter on paper and cutting it out.
This is how the cover of “Design Drawer 52” was created.
Leave all your plate making to Yoshimori’s special polarized paper “Nostalgia -Melancholy-“! Using a hybrid engraving + corrosion plate made by Tsujikawa, it was embossed with foil stamping master Cosmotech. After that, the cover was cut out in detail at Tohoku Shigyosha using Tsujikawa’s corrosive blade!
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The colors look so different depending on how the light hits them! Intricate and intricate embossment of constellations on sparkling paper. This issue is even more precisely cut out. Let’s take a closer look at the secret of how a cover that combines multiple paper processes was created!
Full of real samples!
“Paper Processing/Real Sample BOX” containing more than 20 types of paper processing samples introduced in this special feature + Graphic Trial 2024 actual work binding included! Please take a look at it along with the article.
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The series and special articles are also worth reading!
◎The popular series “Mojimoji Detectives” is a character of Fuji TV (Part 2) The Mojimoji Detective Team is a group in which Detective Aiai and his assistant Neko-kun thoroughly investigate characters they see on the street. The subject of this survey was the nationally popular program “Waratte Iitomo!” ‘ written characters. There are also many attractive corner titles.
◎ “Naoki Sato asks, how do we get to that entrance?” ” The second guest is Fumikazu Ohara, art director Naoki Sato, and we will be visiting someone who took a different path to becoming a designer. This time’s guest is art director Fumikazu Ohara, who had a
mentor-student relationship with Mr. Sato.
Book information
Book title: Design Drawer 52 Edited by: Graphic-sha Editorial Department Release date: June 2024 Specifications: B5 size, paperback, total 160 pages List price: 2,750 yen (10% tax included) ISBN: 9784-7661-3916-7 Amazon https://www
.amazon.co.jp/dp/476613916X/Rakuten Books
https://books.rakuten.co.jp/rb/17866819/
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