RISO RISO RISO Such an obvious and surprising solution to our financial problem. We need it to be as cheap as possible. It is decided, we will now explore our resolution through experimental use of riso printing. It is the process of print that will drive our design decisions, moreso than client or subject matter that have been the main focus in past briefs. The reason for choosing this print process is thatwe will now have to come up with an appropriate resolution that also forces us to get creative with what initially seems to have limited printed outcomes. Our initial decision to work with riso printing was of a necessary financial one. So out of this we aim to solve the problem of communicating as effectively as possible through innovative use of riso printing.
It's time for a quote maybee? Yes. - I have it on excellent authority that 'Footprint - workers co operative' Leeds, are essentially the only choice for local economical riso printing.
'Inventario is not a magazine, Inventario is not a book. Inventario is a new editorial initiative, casting a free- thinking eye over the design- scene.'
One aspect I found particularly revealing was the chapter on 'Beat Biters', style takers. "Hip Hop isn't alone in borrowing from other musical genres and popular culture, but it does do it exceptionally well. No rap album is complete without a bunch of references to breakfast cereal, TV, fashionable drinks, music, cars, and couture designers, because it's a music that was born in the real world, and it continues to exist there, feeding off it constantly. The introduction of sampling to Hip Hop in the 1980s took the plunder to a step further, as producers dug in their parents' record crates for soul, funk and blues songs to rework. It was inevitable that copying style and cover artwork would follow." Sometimes a political stance, sometimes a satirical one. The reason it can be respected is because, much like the design process, there is always a reason behind everything done. Which makes it a worthy cause to adopt this approach. - or at least experiment with it.
Peter Bil'ak - as of late I have come to realise that he is extremely amazing.
Born in Czechoslovakia, lives in the Netherlands; worked at Studio Dumbar, before started a design studio in The Hague, Netherlands, where he works in the field of editorial, graphic and type design, combined with part time teaching at the Royal Academy of Arts in the Hague; in 1999 started Typotheque type foundry, in 2000 founded, edited and designed art & design journal DOT DOT DOT; in 2009 co-founded Indian Type Foundry, now writing for various design related magazines; and collaborating on creation of modern dance performances.
As a typographer, it is important for Bil'ak to effectively promote his own work. At the top right of the web page You are given an option to change the type set to different typefaces that Bil'ak himself has designed. The type on the whole page changes to the one the viewer has chosen- not forgetting the obvious like the change in leading and pointsize in relation to x-height. This is a truly beautiful interface, and a graphic designers self- promotion at its best. Well Bluddy done Peter!
