Magically, 2010 has started on a good note, showering us with some increase in wealth and also appropriate proactivity. We wanted to continue with the way our last cards were (due to the oft. recieved compliments ) and decided to have 4 different designs on the back of the card, with snippets from our work. The front side is common for both of us (we like conserving paper).

We are also lovers of screen printing, for reasons more than one. It adds texture. It smells amazing. It is also cheaper than offset when printed in low numbers (anything less than a 1000 pieces which is a lot for a small firm like ours). We would also like to argue that it is more environmentally friendly (we have an environment reporter trying to figure our the truth… updates soon).

But it entails certain low points as well. Like, we are bound by the number of colours we can use. It is recommended that each face not have more than 3-4 colours at the max. We cant print gradients or bitmap images. In case we want plenty of colours, then it is both complicated (for us and the printer) and risky (the printer is human after all).

So, as opposed to a single file one would need to send to their offset printer, this is what we had to provide to our screen printer.

© 2010 tiffinbox

The colours each of these 7 screens will be printed in is shown on their sides. And by the end of it all, we expect our card to look like the one on top.

There are 3 other designs, none of which are as complicated as this one. Those will not be posted online, and we wait for you to meet us if you really want to see them, and the end result of this

Cards are being printed on Karess Springo Sandgrain White paper (300 gsm).