Well Done everyone!

You were all fantastic Thursday night; and I hope you all enjoyed the event and the culmination of all your hard work. Well done everyone!

Wednesday and Thursday

It is the final push to get everything installed and ready to open tomorrow night, and I expect EVERYONE without exception to be in for these two days helping to get ready.
The Exhibition arrives today so the Link Gallery must be set out.
Tomorrow it is the Project Space to get ready for the night.
We are expecting a lot of people and need to be ready. You have all been doing a fantastic job - but there a couple of people who need to take more of a fair share of the jobs.
Meet you in the Link Gallery.

Final week!

We are in the last rush before Thursday!

See you all tomorrow morning in the Link Gallery between 9 - 9.15am

Next meeting - Tomorrow (Thursday 25th) in the Project Space

For Bec's group (Wayfinding); and Purna's group (Printed items).

Please meet at 4.30pm in the Project space with floor plans and examples of items to be printed on the night, to plan out the space.

Items to be printed on Launch night

Good to see the printed items for Launch Night coming together today.
Thanks to Amalie, Katie T and Laurel for their hard work in getting the words and designs agreed and finalised.

Where we are tonight - Tuesday 23rd September

Vanessa should have the 100 printed invites now.

Urjuan has the vinyl in hand for the windows and walls with a few amendments from me today.

Paul Haslam has agreed to speak for half an hour on Launch Night at 6.30pm.

I have sent the logo for Murray’s onto Urjuan to be added to the text to go on the wall vinyl in the Link Gallery.

• 30 vinyls will be digitally printed in CMYK by Murray’s on their Intaglio Press for the tables on the night. That will allow for mistakes as we assemble them. Murray’s will need a few days to turn round the print.
• I need the artwork tomorrow as a cmyk pdf.
•  We will need to score diagonally across the long edge from opposite corners so we stick one ‘triangle’ to the table with the ‘Working with Paper’ brand, and then have a description of the process stuck to thick colour plan to allow the other attached ‘triangle’ stand up.

I have asked for 150 sheets Cobalt Blue; 150 sheets Park Green; and 100 sheets Factory Yellow in 175gsm to cover the tables.

I have asked for 150 sheets Cobalt Blue and 150 sheets Park Green 700gsm in 630 x 960 sheet size for the hanging triangles.

The paper to be printed on is going to be a mixture of colours, make and weight. I have asked for:

• 3600 x A4 for 6 different designs (water based Screen printing; heat reactive Thermocromatic ink; and heat reactive Puff binding
• 1200 x A5 for 2 different designs (blind embossing; and Conductive ink pens including LED lights and batteries)
• 1800 x A6 for 3 different designs (Letterpress on the Adana; and Lasercut Lino printing)
• C4 envelopes for the 'goody bags’ -  400 x Cobalt Blue; 200 x Park Green; and 300 x Factory Yellow (amounts may be reduced).
• I have also asked about large piles of paper to put on the pallets.

Paper and envelopes will be with us hopefully by the end of the week.
We hope to get a box of Books, which would help explain the project to go on the magazine / book rack we had made for our Final Show we can tie them to as part of the exhibition.
Vanessa is chasing the films ‘Bright Red’ and ‘Making’ to put on a loop with our film.

The making day is Monday 29th, to test out the equipment and also start to make up some goody bags ready for the night.

The exhibition will arrive on Wednesday 1st October.

• I will some of you there, and I also need to organise caretakers and techs to help assemble it from 10.30am in the Link Gallery. Cases are heavy and will need their legs screwed on.
•  also need to organise them to help hang the triangles from the poles round the windows in the Link Gallery; and sofits in the Project Space.

Notes from the meeting Friday 19th

Meeting with Bec, Purna, Chloe, Charlotte, Katie Lord, Katie Thomasson, Amanda 19.9.14:

Next Meeting will be Monday 22^nd at 4.30pm in room 201 with:

·      Richard, Urjuan, Rose, Jamie, and Sallyanne
Bec, Chloe, Katie T, Amanda, Amalie, Jason, John, Purna, Katie L, Charlotte, Jake.
Geoff from Chromatec, possibly Vanessa from GF Smith

Richard Hylton would like:

1.    Signage installed by 26^th ready for Open Day on the 27^th

2.    E-flyer and Press Release for the Exhibition 25^th latest

3.    Floor plans and designs for the Link Gallery – 22^nd meeting

Items:

1.    Invites printed and finished. (Corners not turned now).

2.    T-Shirts for the night are screen printed (Charlotte & Katie L)

3.    Materials have started to arrive – batteries here.

4.    Jamie has Digital launch Night invite for distribution to Senior management

5.    Jamie making Canterbury and Farnham Course leaders aware their students invited.

6.    Floor plan developed and will be amended for Monday (Bec)

Need to do:

1.    Heat press the T-Shirts ready for the night (1^st years)

2.    Designs for the Project Table items finalised and printed (Chloe, Katie, Amanda, Purna)

3.    Charlotte and Katie L will do Quality control on Invites sorting 100 for Vanessa on Monday.

4.    Agree Yellow and Green signage split in Link Gallery. Yellow heads to Project Space and for 1 night only.

Sallyanne:

1.    Source the white paper to cover the tables. 1.5m x 75 cm x 20 tables

2.    Get projector tested for height; and sort 2 x tables for GFSmith materials

3.    Speak to Andy Dinnage re: hanging paper triangles in window areas. Where from? How?

4.    Speak to Caretakers about pallets at back of Foundation block to support paper off the floor.

5.    Send digital invite to our Industry list

6.    Speak to Vanessa about paper 21 sheets 540gsm 630 x 960 in both Cobalt Blue and Park Green for the windows.

7.    Speak to Rose about ordering the Foil block and foils to brand the ‘Goody Bags’.

8.    Speak to Rose about the speaker for the 2^nd.

On the night:

1.    Tables to come from Graphics studios on the day.

2.    Boxes of quality items under tables for Industry attendees.

3.    Pallets

Meeting for everyone Monday 22nd at 4.30pm in 201

This is an additional meeting I would like you all to attend with Richard Hylton, The Cultural Programme Curator, Surrey; to discuss the Exhibition and launch night. It is in room 201 at 4.30pm on Monday. I am hoping that Vanessa will be there as well.
Please can you confirm you will be there. Thanks.

NEXT MEETING:

Tomorrow - 2pm Friday 19th September in room 201
Please can everyone try and make this meeting to discuss progress and what needs to be done.
We have one week left!

Monday 15th update meeting

Where we are today:

• 100 x Invites left to screen print tomorrow with Letterpress printing starting on Wednesday with Liam in 205 Print room.
  (Bec; Salma, Jake).
• T-Shirts will be started tomorrow hopefully and finished Wednesday / Thursday.
  (Amanda, Charlotte, possibly Amalie).
• Filming of the printing will take place Tuesday / Wednesday.
  (Jason & John).
• Floor plans to be finished for Richard Hylton, including suggested colour walls.
  (Bec).
• 'Working with Paper' foil block to be commissioned.
  (Sallyanne with Urjuan).
• After disscussion with Urjuan the design of the front windows have changed to 'Working with Paper' in yellow vinyl (Murrays?) on the front of the windows with coloured card triangles spinning behind. Testing needs to be done.
  (Bec, Amanda, Chloe, Purna; & Sallyanne to confirm with Vanessa).
• This design will need to be replicated in the Project Space for the Launch Night.
• Card for the Triangles after testing.
  (Sallyanne to confirm with Vanessa).
• Artwork for the Vinyls for the tables using the same branding as the T-Shirts.
  (Purna's group & Sallyanne to confirm with Vanessa).
• Possible 'Sample table in the side link Gallery with New G F Smith Identity book on show.
  (Sallyanne to confirm with Vanessa).
• Monday 29th is a half day testing day of the equipment.
  (Bec to discuss with Urjuan and negotiate third year absences with Mike).
• Urjuan's design of the vinyl as pdf arrived today.
  (Sallyanne to send onto Bec for information).

NEXT MEETING:
2pm Friday 19th September in room 201
Please can everyone try and make this meeting to discuss progress and what needs to be done.
We have two weeks left!

Please let me know your availability for the 15th September and that week.

Please can everyone get back to me with their availability next week to do things.
It is Induction week so I will be working with our new students for much of the week.

Items outstanding at the moment

Items outstanding with ‘lead’ names responsible:

1. Floor plan for the Link Gallery and Project Spaces (Bec and Purna?)
2. Artwork for the T-Shirts to be screen printed (Charlotte & Purna?)
3. Screen printing T-Shirts (Amalie?)
4. Artwork for the Vinyls on the tables in the Project Space (Charlotte & Purna?)
5. Text for the walls (Vanessa and Alyson at GF Smith)
6. Intro text and Acknowledgments (Sallyanne)
7. Documentary Film of the work including interviews etc (Jason)
8. Foils for 'blocking' envelopes order (Urjuan)
9. Materials order for Launch Night (Sallyanne via Tim)
10. Artwork for Vinyl on walls text (Urjuan)
11. Artwork for letterpress plate (Rose)
12. Letterpress printing Invites (?)

Invites

Next Thursday 11th and Friday 12th September, a small group of students (Bec, Purna, Misha, Charlotte and possibly Katie Thomasson) will be screen printing the invites with Liz, ready for the text to be letterpress printed, once Rose has the plate made.

The paper is a beautiful duplexed sheet in Cobalt Blue and Park Green.

It is intended that most of the printed invites will be picked up on Launch Night for people to put into their personal 'Goody Bags'.

Jason has put the digital invite together, following the printed design, ready to send out to the guest list.

Speaker for Launch Night is:

Thanks to Rose we have confirmed Paul Hewitt, Managing Director from Generation Press http://generationpress.co.uk/ who have worked closely with GF Smith. They are a litho printers who have also recently invested in some letterpress kit, so would be particularly relevant from a ‘working with paper’ point of view.

Project Space - Launch night plan

I have had a series of very good meetings with many people today (thank you all) and currently we are working towards the following:

• 2 x Screen printing work stations (on one table)
• 2 x Theromcromatic ink (ink that will react to heat) work stations (on one table)
• 2 x Puff Binder (white ink that 'puffs up' with heat) work stations (on one table)
• 1 x Heat Press to work with Puff Binder
  (this will need a power socket near by)
• 1 x Conductive ink pens (with LED lights and batteries) table
• 1 x Letterpress with the Adana Press table
• 1 x Foil block printing to put title of Exhibition on the 'goody bags' table
  (this will need a power socket near by)
• 2 x Lino press workstations using lazercut lino  (one one table)
• 1 x Blind embossing table
• 2 x 'A' Frame 'washing lines' using pins and bull dog clips
• 2 x Display tables for 'Papersmith' and stationary

 11 tables in total, plus

1 x film 'Bright Red' made by 'Made Thought' will be showing.
1 x film documentary of the work the students have done to put this together.

The printed items need a theme for them to all 'work together' in the goody bag and students are identifying 'clever' typographic words to use. 

There will be 2 FPI graduates who have been working with Liz, helping on the night.
Urjuan, Laura and Mika will also be running work stations in addition to the curation team.
We will hopefully have 17 - 20 'runners' from the first year to help.

Tabletops will need to be covered in white paper and students are designing vinyl to be printed to go on top and help 'label' the tables.

T- Shirts with the same design will hopefully be printed to provide a clear identity for the students and staff involved in the exhibition.

The large title on display in the Link Gallery windows will be replicated in the Project Space as well for Launch night.

Notes from two meetings on 2.9.14

1^st with Students;

2^nd with Richard Hylton (Cultural Programme Curator, Surrey).  

    In attendance for meeting no 1:

Sallyanne, Rose (Graphics Course Leader), Katie Lord, Charlotte Rees,
Purna Rama, Chloe Ayard, Jason Harris, John Harris, Bec Halsey.

    Apologies:

Jake Petre.

    Aim of the meeting:

To update position of all collateral for the exhibition; and progress the printed + digital invite to print.

·      Bec will calculate the amount of yellow vinyl tape needed to use for the way finding. Blue tape has been experimented with in the Link Gallery already to test.

·      I will chase Vanessa to get the copy for each case.

·       We will need to confirm vinyl details of costs, colours etc with Richard

·      Making tables layout has been designed by the students to have colour and labels as the ‘table cloth’.

·      John Harris has moved groups from C to A, to help with the documentation etc with Jason.

·      Amalie is not working on this project now due to other commitments.
- CORRECTION - Amalie is still part of the team.

    In attendance for meeting no 2:

Sallyanne, Rose, Richard Hylton.

Aim of the meeting:

To update Richard on the progress.

·      Vinyl copy (Introduction text and acknowledgements) – Urjuan needs 2 weeks min. to design and set the copy in collaboration with students. Cromatec will cut and install the vinyl and we will need to identify the colours available. Richard will cover these costs. Deadline 12^th Sept.

·      Labels/cations per case – Sallyanne to chase Vanessa for copy and keep it to a min. These can be cut in vinyl.

·      Marketing contact is Andy Blaire (Head of Marketing), to arrange press cover.

·      Lanyards needed for students on Opening Night – Sallyanne to investigate.

·      Copy amended for the Invite – students given it to incorporate into the design.

·      Richard has a web site we can add the invite and making films to when ready.

·      Digital invite can be sent out by Richard, via Amy Owens.

·      Students (Group B & C) need to have the floor plan completed with clear indication of where the cabinets etc go. Identify lighting and painting.  Deadline 12^th Sept.

·      Richard would be very supportive of painted colour on walls as part of the design.

·      Students will need to test out the title in the windows to check weight of card needed and sizes etc.

Notes from the meeting 4th August

Meeting 4.8.14

    In attendance:

Sallyanne, Vanessa (GF Smith), Rose Graphics Course Leader), Katie Lord, Charlotte Rees, Purna Rama, Chloe Ayard

    Apologies:

Jake Petre; Bec Halsey; Laurel Hemming.

    Aim of the meeting:

To progress the work ready for September.

·      Bec kindly sent in work on the identity and the way-finding positions around the campus.

·      We need to know how many way-finding signs for the floor (vinyl and on waterproof paper). This was not clear from the layouts sent.

·      Would Bec or people from the group be able to come into College on the 19^th August to discuss with Rose?

·      Charlotte and Katie bought their work with them.

·      Digital Invite to be produced as quickly as possible to be sent out. This will follow the printed items in style, and colour of the paper.

·      It has now been confirmed to use ‘Cobalt Blue’ and ‘Park Green’ as the main colours for the identity by duplexing the paper for the printed invite and using the web site to download the colours to match for the digital. ‘Factory Yellow’ will be used for the way-finding signs as an accent colour. This will be printed by Murray’s Printers (thanks to Vanessa arranging this) on the vinyl’s using ink to match the colour.

·      Text for the invite will be written and confirmed by Sallyanne, Rose and Vanessa. And sent by Wednesday to Katie and Charlotte.

·      Designs will be sent to Sallyanne and Rose by the end of this week for approval.

·      Screen-printing of 600 invites will be 19^th – 21^st August with help from Liz Wilson and Rose.

·      Chloe and Purna will come in to help Katie and Charlotte to do this.

·      Vanessa will need 100 printed items to hand out in addition to the digital invite.

·      Tables were discussed and a design identified for ‘pop up signs’ in the Factory Yellow possibly, to hold the information about each making table.

o   2 x screen printing

o   1 x thermocromatic ink

o   1 x conductive ink

o   1 x hot foiling

o   1 x Adana Press

o   1 x ‘Goody bag’ (envelopes) table

o   2 x stacks of paper from the floor to use on the tables

o   1 x Puff binder?

·      ‘A’ Frames to hold the drying prints.

·       What will go across tables?

·      Which tables will be used? Tables from the studio? Check with Liz and Andy Dinnage.

Monday 11^th deadline:

Colours; Weights; Sheet sizes; Overs; Quantities; Delivery

to be sent to Vanessa.