The agency wanted to add value, improve quality and increase pagination but stick to the same budget. Park suggested a mixture of coated and uncoated to increase impact and embossing the cover to give a tactile look and feel while being more cost-effective than purchasing pre-textured paper. This is not a one-off. Park worked its wonders with better reproduction and binding for Wrap, a magazine on illustration and culture, and once again the plaudits came in. Judges agreed: “Inspirational entry and proof that magazines are very much alive and kicking.”
Park Communications
www.parkcom.co.uk 020 7055 6500
Highly commended
Pureprint Group
www.pureprint.com 01825 768811
Magazines are changing. More companies are publishing single specialist titles, pushing boundaries on materials and processes. Take AA Files No 68, the iconic magazine for architects with a run of 4,000. It was as much the black covers and super-sleek foil blocking as the clean lines of architecture on the perfect pages that impressed architects and prompted one judge to comment: “An almost perfect portfolio that really blew me away.”
Finalists
- Artisan Press
- Park Communications
- Pureprint Group
- Taylor Bloxham
- The Westdale Press
Category sponsored by Denmaur
