28-02-2018 (by courtesy of Forlaget Linnea)
Søren Nielsen, the author Lotte Bjarke and their daughter Anne are looking through a folded sheet from the book ‘Slip haveglæden løs’ (Release the Garden Joy). Lotte Bjarke is also editor of the horticultural professional’s magazine ‘Gartner Tidende’ and has been providing pragmatic advice in Danish journals and in the garden blog 'Helt hen i haven' for 20 years.
Close-up of the newly printed sheets with photos by Lotte Bjarke and Søren Nielsen. The book will be released on March 24th.
28-02-2018
23-02-2018 (by courtesy of Forening for Boghaandværk)
The board of directors from the Danish ‘Union of Book Craft’ are on a visit. Here are seen vice chairman Rikke Hansen, Poul Lauritsen, researcher at The Royal Library Thomas Hvid Kromann, cashier Steen Bille Larsen, union member Jens Vellev, chairman Svend Larsen, chairman for the ‘Committee of the best books of the year’ Christian Kaaber, and union member Søren Hørdum. The Union of Book Craft was founded in 1888, and has as its aim to spread the knowledge about and create interest for the production of the book, as well as to improve the quality of books regarding their function, execution and aesthetics.
The tour through the press also includes the new Agfa Avalon CTP machines for making the printing plates …
... and the new 8-color perfector printing machine Rapida 106 from Koenig & Bauer.
23-02-2018
Johannes Pump and Nils Visholm Thomsen with a production of folded and stapled sheets of paper ready for cutting.
20-02-2018 (by courtesy of Gads Forlag)
Editorial Director Henrik Sebro from Gad Publishers and Project Manager Poul Lauritsen on their way to printing start-up of the book ‘Damen i midten’ (The lady in the Center) which will be published on 11th April in connection with the 150th anniversary of the Danish department store ‘Magasin’.
The printed sheets are evaluated by Henrik Sebro and Poul Lauritsen together with Printer Tom Pedersen, while Printer Lars Thyssen is checking the scan for the next printing sheet.
The screen above the viewing table shows the front and back side of the print sheet, and the sheet turn-over inside the machine. Below are seen the color values.
15-02-2018 (by courtesy of Gads Forlag)
Production Manager Bo Borum from Gads Forlag is visiting to monitor the printing of the cover for the book ‘Damen i midten’ (The Lady in the Center) about fashion, women and Danish History as seen through the windows of a department store, which will be published on April 11th in celebration of Magasin's 150th anniversary. The cover will be printed with LED UV inks (opaque white and CMYK) on a solid-color paper with gold surface. The outcome was uncertain since this is not possible with ordinary oil-based inks, which are not entirely opaque. Here Bo Borum studies one of the test prints together with Press Manager Erik Tarp and Printer Tom Pedersen.
But first, a plan must be made. Here Project Manager Poul Lauritsen and Printer Tom Pedersen evaluate the textured paper called 'Sharade Lustra Antique Gold'.
Color separations are essential. Here, Graphic Designer Johannes Pump checks together with Bo Borum that partial varnish is in register and that there is no white color under black, only under the other colors.
The first sheets are on their way.
The test print was successful after printing 3 times with UV opaque white, twice with CMYK, and once with varnish. The UV LED printing technology makes the colors retain their intensity, while the sheets are dry the moment they leave the machine.
16-02-2018
All eight printing units are now in place ...
... and now for the cables – lots of them.
Here you can see the cable routing by the delivery.
15-02-2018 (by courtesy of Danmarks Vindmølleforening)
Printer Lars Thyssen removes a sheet from the book ‘Da Danmark fik vinger’ (When Denmark got wings) for approval by the Author Flemming Petersen and former Chairman of Denmark's Windmill Association Asbjørn Bjerre, while Bodil Bakhteyar Bredmose and Hanne Krarup Johansen watch with interest. The book tells the ‘fairy tale’ of 40 years with windpower in Denmark.
13-02-2018
Today Narayana’s second Koenig & Bauer Rapida 106 8 color Printing Press arrived. The machine, like the first, is equipped with groundbreaking UV LED printing technology, inline color management, simultaneous plate change, and more. Here the first out of eight printing units is on its way through the gateway.
The printing units are placed in the hall.
The Mechanics Dirk Nitzsche and Tom Schwarzbach from KBA started planning immediately.
13-02-2018 (by courtesy of Arkitekturforlaget B)
A newly printed sheet is examined by Gilbert Hansen from Arkitekturforlaget B, Leif Sørensen from Aarhus School of Architecture, Architect and Photographer Aage Lund Jensen, and the Author Mogens Brandt Poulsen, former Rector of Aarhus School of Architecture. The book is richly illustrated with unpublished drawings and historical photographs as well as brand new photos of details. It is published by Arkitektskolens Forlag in collaboration with Forlaget Turbine and Arkitekturforlaget B.
Publisher Gilbert Hansen evaluates the cover together with printer Preben Andersen.
12-02-2018 (by courtesy of Fonden Aarhus 2017)
First pages coming off the press for the book ‘Commissions: European Capital of Culture Aarhus 2017’, which is published by Fonden Aarhus 2017. Program Director of Aarhus 2017 Juliana Engberg is seen here with editor of the book, Kay Campbell and designer Kim Lange.
Juliana Engberg (Danish/Australian), here with Kay Campbell, has been responsible for commissioning and managing the art projects that have come to Aarhus and the Central Denmark Region in connection with the European Capital of Culture. She was previously Artistic Director of the Biennale of Sydney and the Australian Center for Contemporary Art in Melbourne, among other things.
‘Commissions’ features new artworks by 13 different artists from all over the world.
08-02-2018 (by courtesy of Studio Morten Duemose)
Designer Morten Duemose approves a printed sheet from ‘House of Finn Juhl’. The catalogue is published by OneCollection, a Danish manufacturer of high quality furniture in Ringkøbing, which in 2001 acquired the rights to relaunch the iconic designs of Finn Juhl. To the left printer Morten Lindberg checks the crosshair marks.
07-02-2018 (by courtesy of Experimentarium)
The Graphic Designers Anne Kjeldsen and Helle Madsen are visiting in order to follow the printing of three books about Teddy, Fish, Pig and Mole. The materials are developed by Experimentarium in Hellerup in connection with the exhibition ‘Miniverse’, an interactive universe for the youngest children and their parents, which opens in April.
Anne Kjeldsen reviews the newly printed and folded sheets.
06-02-2018 (by courtesy of Alexis Mark)
Marie Grønkær and Kristoffer Li from Graphic Design Studio Alexis Mark show a newly printed sheet from the book ‘Dorte Mandrup’ about the Architect and Founder of Studio Dorte Mandrup. Alexis Mark is educated at Yale School of Art, USA, and The Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
05-02-2018 (by courtesy of Lars Morell)
Tapestry Weaver Inge Bjørn and Art Historian Lars Morell are visiting in order to have the illustrations scanned for Lars Morell’s next three books about Asger Jorn’s time in Sweden and Norway 1962-64. The 93-year-old weaving artist Inge Bjørn is the last remaining member of the international team of weavers who produced Asger Jorn og Pierre Wemaëre’s Tapestry ‘The Long Journey’, originally created for a High School in Aarhus in 1961, and now to be seen at Museum Jorn in Silkeborg.
02-02-2018 (by courtesy of Klaus Gjørup)
Klaus Gjørup from Wunderbuch is on a working visit in order to organise and design a book in two volumes about Tommerup Ceramic Workshop (on the Danish Island of Funen), which produces ceramic projects for leading Danish and international artists. Klaus Gjørup received the Albertsen’s Fund Price in 2016. Here he is working with graphic designer Else Marie Madsen.
02-02-2018 (by courtesy of Hørdum & Engelbreth)
Lone Mørch, Søren Hørdum and Marianne Elgaard are looking at a printed sheet from Lone Mørchs Photobook ‘Embody’. Lone Mørch is an international author, photographer and speaker, Søren Hørdum comes from Hørdum & Engelbreth Print Studio, and Marianne Elgaard is from the Danish graphic design studio Velvet Studio.
