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Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Mind your own beeswax.
So here’s a project that was a blast to work on; start to finish. Often you get a project that has already been started and have to work with a bad name or bad design, and rarely do you get to build the whole kit and kaboodle, but not this time. Angel Bomb came up with the name of Worker B since these products are for us: the hard working peeps who work with our hands and occasionally need to give them a little relief. After the name was decided upon, next came the design and using an image of a bee was required by the client for obvious reasons. The design had to work across several different packages and we chose to use color to differentiate between the different products. The wanted the labels to emphasize the letterpress process they’d be printed with and so we used a honeycomb pattern that would give the products a nice tactile feel when you’re holding them. They also had to be not too girly, not too manly…just right. And I think we succeeded quite well, but check out the photos for yourself. They’re launching the products at the State Fair this year, so go hunt them down in the Agriculture/Horticulture Rotunda (section T 29 on the State Fair map) and treat your hands and body to something nice. The products are natural, local, and hand made. All in all, pretty damned sweet.
Tuesday, September 08, 2009
Jetty Identity System Printed
Ahhh, the benefits of of having a Heidelberg in your shop. Not only can you run thousands of impressions without having to hand-feed every single sheet of paper, but you can hold super tight registration as well. Exhibit A: Jetty Design’s new identity program designed at Angel Bomb and printed here as well. Note the nice deep impression, the way it pops off the page on every single piece be it business card, envelope or letterhead. When you get one of these in the mail, you’d better sit up and pay attention.
