Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Jacey Braband's Google Book and Mai Hoa Salon Identity

Award for the thickest book we've ever bound goes to Jacey Braband's "Meaning of Life/Google Book." It is nearly 2 inches thick and makes extensive use of half-gatefold dividers, several paper stocks and a metallic silver cover. Check out this impressive tome!



Jacey also gets points for innovation with her Mai Hoa Salon identity system. She utilized the Konica c650 to double print different parts of her design to create the appearance of a gloss spot-varnish. This is a good example of experimentation with process and materials and of exploiting what seems like a limiting technology (laser printing) to achieve sophisticated looking results.