Italia al Gusto is a cookbook for Italian Cuisine by Beatrix Schnell, in addition to sensual and vital recipes, the author's stories and experiences make us want to take a short trip to Italy🚘🦀. As with many other books from GU-Verlag, we were entrusted with the prepress of this book.
In 2022 GU had its 300th birthday. A chronicle consisting of three parts was published to mark the anniversary. As a long-standing partner for prepress, we were able to take on the design of the two printed parts.
The first volume shows the founding and development of the bookstore and publishing house and the eventful history of both branches of the business. Separation, reunification and the best-known representatives and most important publications up to the new beginning after 1945. The second volume is devoted to the period from 1950 to 2022 and shows the development into a brand publishing house. The third volume, which is only available in electronic form, offers an index of all works published by GU. In the chronicle of the publishing house, excitingly narrated, vividly documented and part of German book trade history.
The new Notebook magazine from the streaming platform MUBI is an impressive addition to their service, a publication that puts the love for movies in the spotlight. This issue is a trip around the world with a new collection of contributions, many of which focus on the subject of travel. Issue 2 appears with two different covers, each featuring a photo by Park Chan-wook. Just like the first issue, the following issues were printed in a climate-neutral and FSC-certified manner.
Gräfe und Unzer is one of the 30 largest German-language publishers and Europe's top-selling publisher of non-fiction books. In 2022 we had the pleasure to do the image processing and/or layout for more than 60 GU books.
We also handled this project from America together with our partner pointb solutions. Open visible thread-sewn spine, transparent book jacket. The cover was printed on Fedrigoni paper. For the contents and cover, we opted to use UV colors for intensive color reproduction on factory paper.
Mubi's magazine Notebook contains contributions from different artists, various contents on films and gives new and unexpected perspectives on several aspects of the film world. The magazine was printed carbon neutral on different FSC certified papers. Neon colors were applied using screen printing and the entire magazine was section sewn binded with a red thread in "swiss bound"style in order to make the binding visible.
Scanning, image processing, prepress, media-neutral image data processing in RGB workflow, layout development, 4C offset, 6 titles, 5 languages, total print run: 570.000
Prepress is what ensures a printed product possesses the finest quality. A flawless, faultless print file requires both precision and conscientiousness – the only way to create an impeccable print product!
The perfect picture has yet to fall from the heavens! Or, rather, from the printing press. This is why image editing – or retouching – is an essential part of prepress. We will standardise the imagery of your print product, make sure any imperfections are corrected according to your wishes and give your images the finishing touch – for the perfect print result!
The way in which images and text harmonize on a page depends primarily on the layout: our professionals know exactly how your slogan has to be positioned so as to catch the reader’s eye, where the photo can have greatest effect – and how the text will best support the composition. Content – and how it is arranged – is not a matter of chance!
Are you sure no mistakes have crept in? Do the colour nuances match the original, is the layout fault-free – and does the product in all its details achieve the desired effect? This is exactly what our quality laboratory will check when it inspects the print file for correctness. If everything is ready for press, we will send the file to you – because our customers always have the last word!
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