Paper color, texture and weight is a critical component of design thinking for all letterhead, business cards, business size envelopes and resumes, whether they be for you personally or for a brand for another company. How the paper/item FEELS in your hand, front and back is part of your design.
Research and explore what commercial papers that you can get sheets of. This takes time and effort. Plan to select things from the paper sample books in the graphic design room, visit Mac Papers sample room, go to Sam Flax, Expedex or Mini-Mac. Once you have selected papers, order them online from the sample room at Mac Papers or go there yourself and pick it up. (They are in Lithia Springs.)
Order or buy a number of different sheets and experiment printing your design in color (front and back) on the ink jet printers in the lab.
Letterhead: 65-80# text weight
Business card: minimum of 80-100# cover weight paper
Envelopes: you do not need to buy a whole carton. Buy extra text weight sheets and make the envelope yourself after it is printed. Get a #10 business envelope, carefully disassemble it and use as a template to make your own envelope from your selected paper.
REQUIRED of all of you:
personal business card, letterhead, envelope and resume printed out on real paper, front & back
Those in the Branding class:
business card, letterhead and envelope for your brand printed out on real paper, front & back
Due:
November 13
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