BRIEF 13: THE COLLECTED WRITINGS OF ROSY LEE EXTENDED//PRINTING PROBLEMS//OUGD603

brief 13 extended: printing problems
It was important to print this booklet on a stock that was going to allow the photographs to show up bright and clearly as the layer of fabric type texture from the tea bag was layered over the images making it harder to see the photograph as clearly.  This is why I chose the matt paper from the print room.  I was really happy with the way the images printed, however, the paper was too thick to fold and ensemble and just ended up looking creased and unclean.

I then had to reprint it on a thiner matt stock to allow the folds to be completed properly and without creasing the paper and leaving visible marks and finger prints.  I think when I reprint this again before submission I will make the opacity on the teabag layer higher as the photographs have come out very clear and I think the whole publication would benefit with having the images looking slightly more faded in the teabag.

front cover: For the front cover I wanted to have a clean cream/white textured stock that would really compliment the serif typeface.  For the cover I have decided against having a teabag image, I think the plain cover with just the title 'Tea in Paris' will be more effective.

I wanted to add a small bookmark that depicted the most appropriate part of the T.S. Eliot quote, also covering the 'tea in' title so it just reads Paris.

I tried laying out the quote using both typefaces that were used throughout the 'Rosy Lee' booklet, after printing both I decided to go with the italicised print with the heading about 'drinking tea' which I thought was really fitting, in a separate typeface.