4 Months

James Ramsey Design

Portland Firsts

 This map and poster from Paste in Place  announces Portland State University's lecture series for 2011-12. The map image and the lecture series information are organized on two distinctly colored layers. Both layers were overprinted to create a sense of depth and visual interest on top of keeping costing down.

CANTOUR

Waynelei Design produced this wayfinding system is designed to make a museum browsing experience more efficient.I would expect each colour to be a spot, although seeing as there is 6 main colours plus the text on the publication, the costing would be rather expensive. So the publication would be CMYK process but it could need to be pantone mathced to get the colour for wayfinding graphics around the museum and surrounding area.

Rail Network Mapping

Unsure of the designers, but these Network Rail passenger maps are exquisite examples of

design for print, and not only design for print but design that is serving an everyday purpose.

British Rail Passenger Network Map - 1968

This top example is most likely a 2 colour offset-litho process, using a halftone of the red
for the block areas, full red for the logo and track lines and black for the text. Process aside,
the typography, colour and strokes used throughout this map work on so many levels,
leaving me genuinely wanting to own a copy for my visual pleasure!

International Network Map - '79/80

Again unsre of the designer, but this time I believe it might have been a 3 colour process.
Using an extra blue to represent the surrounding water, the detail shot below examples
how crisp the print quality is and really gets my infographic head on.

There must have been a certain consideration towards the stock seing as it's to be constantly
folded in and out, wanting a heavy enough GSM to retain its stabilty but not so far it starts
to crack once folded.

I love the aged appearance of (once folded down) the front and back.