While visiting the great state of Colorado to attend the the Drums Along the Rockies Show and visit friends that I marched with in the Blue Knights Drum and Bugle Corps, I ran across an outstanding paper stock. One of the friends I visited recently graduated from Metropolitan State College of Denver in graphic design. For the cover of his portfolio he used a special stock from the Gmund paper company, called Savanna, Bubinga. It has a wood-like quality that is very tactile and unusual.
If you’re looking for a paper stock to help you stand out from the crowd, then you really need to take a look at the Gmund swatches. They have some of the most unique paper stocks that I have seen in a really long time.
The thing that has drawn me to Gmund has to be the feel factor. I think that there is more to a great final product than just really amazing design. A stellar piece needs to also have great function and have some type of texture to spark the touch sensory. Whether you do this through raised inks, die-cuts, or embossing, you need to give the viewer some type of texture information for them to register in their brain along with the visual information.
In a world of glossy printed pieces, I feel that if you have the budget and the time to enhance your design with a great stock, then you need to look into using Gmund. They carry a wide selection from Alezan, Treasury, Savanna, and many others to choose from. But make sure that you do your research to ensure the stock that you choose can be used in the treatment you want.
In a nut shell, Gmund offers unique and high quality products in addition to having a snazzy name. So the next time you want to really be above the rest of the print pieces out there, remember to look up Gmund. If you have other stock that you have worked with or have just fallen in love with, please feel free to share.