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Monday 4th August at 2pm in Epsom.

Images from the GF Smith Heritage Exhibition

Text reads:
GFSmith/UCA 'Art on Paper'
For over 125 years GFSmith has consistently worked with the best graphic designers, photographers and artists. These collaborationshave resulted in a catalogue of truly groundbreaking and iconic promotional materials.
'Art on paper since 1885', is a retrospective of that body of work, and a rare chance to study this visual story of extraordinary design and marketing innovation.
The exhibition comprises of original printed pieces, displayed in 13 handcrafted oak cases and as framed works, by some of the greatest names in creative history, including Sir Peter Blake, Saul Bass, Peter Saville, Paul Rand, Milton Glaser and Rankin.
The GF Smith heritage show is a collection of paper promotions from c.1910 onwards. The show features the finest examples of paper industry marketing material from each decade of the company’s history since 1885.
The items in the exhibition reflect the fashions and aspirations of their time, as well as reflecting the progression of the design and print industries. A wealth of imagery, typography and print techniques highlight the versatility and desirability of the papers that carry them. This rare collection underlines the value of paper as a means of communication through the 20th century and up to the present day.
It takes the form of 13 freestanding museum style cases/tables, each 1500 x 750mm

Thanks to Vanessa for sending this over.

meeting with GF Smith reps 23.6.14

I met with Vanessa Osborne and Alyson Hurst on Monday 23rd to progress the plans for the exhibition. Here are some of the notes from that meeting:

Put opening times for the exhibition on the invite
Have 4 or 5 iMacs with the Colourplan site open in the Project Space for GF Smith staff to talk about 

• Do we want any with UCA on them? 

Students to wear lanyards with their passes to be easily identified on PV night? 
1st years help of the night? Designated to different areas for a specific time then others come to take over so all only 'work' for 30 mins each

UCA costs  4 hours 6 til 10pm to allow time to clear up. 
Caretakers x 2 
GTA x 3 (Urjuan, Laura, Mika)
Sessional x 1 (Rose)
Tech x 4 (Liz, Vebeka, Adam?, Matt for the Lazercutter?)
Payment for speaker of the night?
Drink for 1000 people

GF Smith costs
Staff to attend on the night £5,000 (to cover numbers and flights)
4,000 sheets 135gsm varied Colourplan A2 paper cut to A3 size to use for 'making' tables £1,724 

• (students to chose 5 Colourplan colours for the night) 

A6 x 350gsm paper for physical letterpress 'invites' to be picked up on the night £277
1,000 x A3 175gsm Colourplan envelopes £2,502
Total so far: £9,503

Additional GFSmith unknown costs are:
Supply, Transportation and installation of the exhibition 
Murry's Printers are being asked to sponsor the Wayfinding and other signage print on waterproof paper for credit on the collateral. (Paper can be recycled as Plastic 7)

• Items to be SRA3 max size and printed CMYK

Additional items for UCA:
Posters for the cabinet images are 1 off for each of 13 cabinets and to be screen printed with Liz

• Text - use Futura typeface (closest to GF Smith bespoke font)
• It will be written by a copywriter and work on 500 words max per poster
• GFSmith logo 
• Students can have any colour of Colourplan they want and can print colour on colour. Choose colours from website ASAP 

Industry talk of the night:

• Made Thought and Studio Gill can't do it. 
• Me to contact Will Hudson at Its Nice That to see if he will do it. 
• Try Billy Kiosoglou from Brighten the Corners next 
• (Matt Willey just named Designer of the Year by Creative Review and has said he will do a talk/ workshop providing it was in the beginning of the month as he is in USA for last two weeks each month. He could be 3rd choice if needed but we have or get in his diary ASAP)

Vanessa will meet with students and me either on or off site Monday 4th August. Me to arrange

Goody bags
A3 envelope in mix of Colourplan colours is the bag and printed items collected inside
Have range of items printed to ready before event opens for people who don't want to do their own

• Any UCA collateral to go in?

GF Smith Show reels
1 x envelope making from GFS
1 x 'Bright Red' film from Made Thought - see web site



UCA Show reels
Documentary film of students working on the production process


GF Smith Display tables
1 x Papersmith from GFS
1 x Stationary OR Exhibition Posters folded by students from A2 to fit into A3 envelope.