Visit by Gourmet Cook Jens Peter Kolbeck

31-01-2018 (by courtesy of Jens Peter Kolbeck)
Jens Peter Kolbeck, award-winning Gourmet Cook and former Chief Cook for the Danish Queen, is visiting together with his wife Jonna (to the right) and designer Rikke Buthler from Rais&Buthler. Jens Peter Kolbeck is going to review the production of his new book about his life and his experiences as a cook, traveling throughout the world for 55 years.

A tour of the DTP-Department, here with Kristin Franken …

… and in the Scanning Department, where Mads Kjær explains how printed books are digitalised …

… and in the kitchen, where Jens Peter Kolbeck explains the most important part of kitchen work : That the organically produced raw materials used by Narayana’s Kitchen provide the best basis for a good result.

Printing Start-Up on the Magazine ‘Contrarian’

30-01-2018 (by courtesy of Contrarian)
Casper Laursen and editor Klaes Vangsgaard during the printing of the magazine ‘Contrarian | Issue One | Aspects’.

The printing process is initialised.

Klaes Vangsgaard presents a newly printed cover sheet.

Visit by Maja Lisa Engelhardt

25-01-2018 (by courtesy of Maja Lisa Engelhardt)
The Artist Maja Lisa Engelhardt signs her Art Print ‘The Sixth Day’.

Close-up of a handseared print.

Visit by the Publisher Gyldendal

25-01-2018 (by courtesy of Gyldendal)
Gyldendal is visiting to organise the production of a comprehensive book about fungi – here a glimpse from the Prepress Department, where Narayana’s staff demonstrate various solutions for language versioning. From the left the Author, Mushroom Expert and Designer Jens H. Petersen, Editor Kasper Gade and Senior Editor Axel Kielland.

Kasper Gade, Jens H. Petersen, Poul Lauritsen and Axel Kielland discuss the image processing, while the Artist Maja Lisa Engelhardt listens with interest.

Printing Start-Up with Peter Brandes

25-01-2018 (by courtesy of Peter Brandes)
The Artist Peter Brandes approves a printed sheet for ‘Nordlyskatedralen Alta’ (‘Northern Light Cathedral Alta’). The book is published by Galerie Moderne Silkeborg to celebrate the 5th Anniversary of the Cathedral's Inauguration in February 2013. The famous church is situated in Finnmark, Norway; see more at nordlyskatedral.autoweb.no.

A newly printed cover sheet for ‘Nordlyskatedralen Alta’.

Printing Start-Up with ARoS

24-01-2018 (by courtesy of ARoS)
Director of Learning and Interpretation Marianne Grymer Bargeman and designer Troels Faber monitor the printing of ‘ARoS Public’ together with project manager Poul Lauritsen and the printers Morten Lindberg and Lars Thyssen.

Printing Start-up with Dingwort Verlag, Hamburg

23-01-2018 (by courtesy of Dingwort Verlag)
Patrick Dasse approves the printed sheets for ‘Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo – Porsche 1952-1967’, while Printing Foreman Jeppe Madsen folds the sheets.

Close-up of a printed sheet.

A newly printed sheet.

Angelika Köhnen og Katarzyna Dajos fold the blueprints before Patrick Dasse checks them.

Glimpse from Narayana’s Kitchen

22-01-2018
Pastry chef Andreas Janssen prepares dessert in narayana’s kitchen.

Printing Start-Up with ARoS

20-01-2018 (by courtesy of ARoS)
Lise Pennington, Chief Curator at ARoS, and Designer Claus Due from Studio Claus Due approve the catalogue for the exhibition series ‘Intermezzo’.

Printing Start-Up with Bilgrav Publishing

19-01-2018 (by courtesy of Bilgrav Publishing)
Publisher Søren Bilgrav-Nielsen and Kristine Bilgrav-Nielsen at the printing start-up for ‘Frida Kahlo’, published by Bilgrav Publishing.

Printing Start-Up with the Publisher Aristo

18-01-2018 (by courtesy of Aristo Bogforlag)
Publisher Jens Bertelsen and project manager Poul Lauritsen check the jacket for the book ‘Svenn Eske Kristensen – velfærdsarkitekten’ (Svenn Eske Kristensen – The Welfare Architect).

Printing Start-Up on the Exhibition Catalogue ‘Alphonse Mucha’

17-01-2018 (by courtesy of ARKEN Museum of Modern Art)
Designer Kasper Riisholt and Curator Camilla Jalving from ARKEN Museum of Modern Art compare the matchprints with the final print. The catalogue is published in connection with the exhibition ‘Alphonse Mucha’, which presents paintings, posters, advertisements, photographs etc. by the Czech-born Art Nouveau artist. The exhibition opens on 3 February.

Printing Start-Up with LA GRAPHIC DESIGN

17-01-2018 (by courtesy of LA Graphic Design)
The Art Directors Anne Strandfelt and Lizet Hee Olesen approve the printed sheets for ‘Important Magazine – Enlightenment’.

Visit by the Publisher Gladiator

17-01-2018 (by courtesy of Gladiator)
From the left are seen Director Jakob Sandvad, Editor and Production Manager Sidsel Andersen, Narayana's Project Manager Hans-Georg von Schröder, and Editorial Assistant Anne-Sophie Mortensen.

Printing Start-Up for the Photobook ‘Schicksal, 2018’

15-01-2018 (by courtesy of JAAP)
Sune Skovsted, photographer Sacha Maric and Jess Andersen make a few final corrections before printing, here together with Johannes Pump. Sune Skovsted comes from Graphic Production Bureau GraphicUnit, and Jess Andersen from Graphic Designstudio Wrong Studio. The book is published by JAAP.

The printed sheets are checked, here together with printer Morten Lindberg.

Snapshot from prepress

13-01-2018
Cheerful co-worker at narayana press – from the left Johannes Pump, Finn Christensen and Sabine Schönbohm.

Printing Start-Up with the National Gallery of Denmark

12-01-2018 (by courtesy of Statens Museum for Kunst)
Chris Fischer and Rune Finseth from the National Gallery of Denmark compare matchprint and printed sheets for the exhibition catalogue ‘Art In The Making’. Chris Fischer is the head of the Museum's Research Center for Art, and Curator of the exhibition of the same name, which opens on 8 February.

Printing foreman Jeppe Madsen and printer Morten Lindberg assist in adjusting the colours.

Printer Preben Andersen hands out a newly printed sheet for approval.

A printing plate is studied on its way out of the Agfa Avalon CTP-machine, here together with project manager Poul Lauritsen

A Glimpse from Narayana’s Kitchen

09-01-2018
The kitchen team prepares a warm vegetarian meal for all employees, guests and residents every day. Here Jytte Thomsen is mixing the dressing for today’s salad.

Printing Start-up with Marco Pedrollo from Ironflag Studio

05-01-2018 (by courtesy of Ironflag Studio)
Marco Pedrollo and printer Preben Andersen check a printed sheet from the book ‘Yoko Ono – Golden Ladders’, published by Faurschou Foundation.

A used printing plate has just been ejected and replaced by a new one.

Marco Pedrollo and Johannes Pump check the labels for the book cartridges.

Preparations for Rapida No. 2

05-01-2018
The armouring for the next new KBA 8-color printing machine’s foundation is ready for concrete casting.

Maintenance of humidifiers

03-01-2018
Erik Thøgersen is maintaining the humidifiers.

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