Fedrigoni 365 2019
For this edition the book was made up of Fedrigoni’s white paper ranges and successfully compares and contrasts the subtle differences between the shades of whites available in the UK-held collection.
Sectors
Disciplines
Years
Each participant was asked to contribute a piece of work interpreting a date provided to them at random. Confines were established to challenge each designer’s creativity by restricting the book to one colour print, which forced their pieces to focus strictly on concept, shape and form. Through these parameters the Calendar has shaped into a beautiful visual story whose pace varies from page to page, and spread to spread.
Each design was printed to one of ten white sheets from Fedrigoni’s expansive collection of papers. The resulting book has a mille-feuille-like layering, from the blueish hues of X-Per Premium White to the warm tones of Materica Gesso and Old Mill Bianco. Each date has a spread of its own, giving the designs space to breathe, and the book itself an imposing size. The resulting white tome is part numeral muse, part source of historic facts and part thing of beauty.
Light touch finishing techniques, such as blind embossing and white foiling, were used on the cover.
Light touch finishing techniques, such as blind embossing and white foiling, were used on the cover.
As a contrast to the previous edition, the book was produced entirely on white paper.
The composition of the book showed the variety of shades of white paper.
Adding to the spectacle of the book, each creative was afforded a spread to display their design.
Launch party at the Protein Gallery, Shoreditch in December 2019.
