The swatch contains at least one sample of every substance in the Senses range as well as every shade

 

Wigston Paper has released a digitally-printed swatchbook for the recently-introduced Senses range of coloured papers and boards, over 1000 of which have been delivered to designers and printers around the UK. 

Designed to fit neatly in the palm of the hand, the Senses colour swatchbook is in the style of a finger swatch because colours are often selected together, offering the best way of looking at colours side-by-side. 

The swatch contains at least one sample of every substance in the range as well as every shade; 67 different sheets comprising 35 colours and up to 12 different grammages from 90gsm up to 3mm thick board. 

The print company selected to produce the swatchbooks was Leeds-based Pressision Creative Print and Finishing.

The workflow involved in producing the swatches spanned from plan and layout through to print, foil, die-cut and finish. The swatches were printed on an HP Indigo 5900, foil blocked on a Heidelberg Cylinder SBB and die-cut on Heidelberg platens. Collation, final build and quality control were done by hand.

Kieran Dallow, marketing manager at Wigston, commented, ‘There were some creative issues that Pressision had to overcome but the team met the challenge head on and provided creative solutions in order to complete and deliver the project.’

James Taylor, managing director at Pressision said, ‘As a printer, I find the Senses range very interesting. There is a great range of colours and the feel is great. It’s imperative that we have a range of weights. For instance, if we are producing a box, we would want 140gsm for the outer covering, a mid-weight board, like 250gsm, for some of the inner linings and then a heavy weight board, like 500 or 700gsm, for plinths etc. We also require it to be produced on all our processes; HP Indigo, foil blocking, die-cutting, and Senses handled each of these processes beautifully – in fact, all of these are actually shown on the swatch which should really help designers and printers alike when they are choosing the right paper for their project.’