brochure design and print

Aftershock London 18 Page Concertina Brochure

28 September 2011

Concertina brochures have been a trend for while. If you have beautiful photography and after full visual impact, then this is the way to go. Getting Technical Sam Luck’s blog post, How to set up a 6pp DL leaflet for print is a great reference to two methods of setting up a DL brochure/leaflet. The one [...]

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Margins, Borders and Bleed – size does matter!

7 June 2011

With any product that has been through a design process and manufactured, the end result is more than meets the eye. To make the execution successful the initiation need to be correct. Print Design Steps All printed products have a few steps to go through, from start to finish. In the first phase, after a [...]

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The link between Geese and Teamwork – worth a gander?

10 May 2011

Having spent over 15 years of my working life helping to grow PrintHouse Corporation into a leading business-to-business Design & Print company with a strong team ethic, several years as part of the successful, results-driven BNI Hammersmith network group, not forgetting the 20+ years playing for the same (admittedly slightly less successful) 5–a-side football team, [...]

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How many to print? Decisions, decisions…

8 March 2011

As part of my discussions relating to print projects there are a few questions that always crop up, one of which is “How many do you require?” Sometimes this may be totally fixed (working from a database to mail), but at other times it calls for a “guestimate” as to how many are likely to [...]

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Take the frustration out of text changes in large print projects

22 February 2011

Around this time of the year, with the end of the financial year around the corner, Printhouse Corporation print especially a lot of annual reports. The average annual report has a page count of forty to eighty pages.  That is quite a lot of text and information. Other projects, such company and promotional brochures and [...]

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Tabbed, Wire Bind A5 Conference Brochure

14 September 2010

The Legal Services Research Centre approached PrintHouse to design and print their conference brochure that was held this summer 2010 in Cambridge. They supplied all the text and images from Cambridge to choose from, to include in the conference brochure. The metal wire bind was an obvious choice. The advantages of wire binding is the [...]

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Annual Report Printing in London

12 August 2010

Annual reports may be a legal requirement for some companies but they are also a fantastic way to impress the shareholders too. A beautifully designed and printed annual report not only enhances a company’s brand but is an excellent means of advertising its accomplishments and future goals. Here at printhouse, we produce a number of [...]

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How important is high quality print – Part 2

27 November 2009

In my previous blog ‘How important is high quality printing’ I focused mainly on the printing aspect and how important paper stock is to your item, say an A4 brochure, as well as the impact of any additional finishes and the importance of colour consistency. Although these are all extremely important factors for quality brochure [...]

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How to design and print a great looking corporate brochure

27 April 2009

In these tough economic times, everyone knows that what you need is a great looking brochure, but how should you go about getting one produced? One option is to do it yourself, but the DIY option nearly always leads to a less than professional job and even if you think you can scrimp by and [...]

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