Red Paper Design

QEB: Get Ready For Grade 1

redpaper — Thu, 06 May 2010 06:05:19 +0000

Workbooks for Grade 1 (and then Grade 2) covering addition & subtraction, phonics, time & money, and vocabulary. They may look simple but they were really fiddly, exasperated somewhat by editorial rewrites in the face of the tightest schedule ever. We worked over much of Christmas to get these done. But they were fun, and the artists were both blazingly fast!

Thanks also to Jane Walker at QED for rushing me some gratis copies from the US in time for the London International Book Fair.

Grade 1 artist: Bill Bolton

Sample pages:

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Deafinitely Theatre: The Boy and the Statue

redpaper — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:43:43 +0000

Illustration: Beccy Blake

A quick A5 theatre flyer designed for Deafinitely Theatre/Tricycle Theatre.

We designed this flyer, working with the artist Beccy Blake. The title lettering was created using the Berliner Grotesk typeface, making the infant ‘a’ out of the ‘o’ and ‘l’ letters, as infant letters were appropriate for the target audience age group. The rest of the type was set in Badger.

The Boy and the Statue is a new play for 4-7 year olds, accessible to both deaf and hearing audiences.

Saturday 3rd July
11.30am and 2pm
£6 / £5
Box Office 020 7328 1000
Tricycle, 269 Kilburn High Rd, London, NW6 7JR

Penguin Active Readers: Covers

redpaper — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:20:58 +0000

Covers from the 7 reader books we designed for Pearson Education. Penguin Active Readers are published internationally and feature a wide range of genres in UK and International English for ELT. Covers are usually by the artists, but sometimes use stock photos or classic paintings or prints.

Artists: Mike McKeever (Monkey King), Katie Mac (Good Day, Bad Day), Adam Hunter Peck (Stories of Other Worlds), Nick Hardcastle (Bleak House), Sonia Kretchmar (Under the Bridge).

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Macwiz

redpaper — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:18:22 +0000

Our local Mac techie has a website that worked like a blog. He wanted the backdrop to mimic the default background of OS X Leopard. He is a consultant who needs to regularly add to with new tips and opinions. We used WordPress and a heavily customised theme.

Go to the site here

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Kite Contacts Limited

redpaper — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 08:14:34 +0000

A number of related websites to be rolled out soon. These need to have a friendly but professional feel because they will be attracting both consultants and members of the public needing assistance.

Go to the site here

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Go to the site here

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Morris Minor Wedding Cars

redpaper — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 07:27:09 +0000

So nice to be working on a website for a service you know is going to make people happy. The client has a rather old-fashioned website that was hard to keep up to date. We have worked on one that will do better in Google with automatic search engine optimisation (SEO), and be more easily updated with the latest photos from their bookings. We used a WordPress installation, developed a customised CSS style sheet, and installed plugins for anti-spam and SEO. The admin dashboard was customised to make it easier to use.

Go to the site here.

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Taverner Consort

redpaper — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 05:16:13 +0000

One of our first web pages, the Taverner Consort is a small but productive musical organisation.

Go to the site here

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We are now working on its replacement, very much work-in-progress:

Go to the site here

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Illustrator’s roughs

redpaper — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 10:29:11 +0000

Although I like seeing finished artwork when it comes in, I get more excited earlier in the process, on receipt of roughs. I think it is because though the final artwork is usually very accomplished it is in the roughs that the draftsmanship can be seen.

So here are a few recent examples:

Nick Hardcastle:

Bleak House

Mike McKeever:

Monkey King

Sonia Kretschmar:

Under the Bridge

Jamel Akib:

The Young Ghost

Adam Hunter Peck:

Country of the Blind

Penguin Active Readers: Stories of Other Worlds

redpaper — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:47:57 +0000

Stories of Other Worlds cover artwork: Adam Hunter Peck

Part of the Penguin Active Readers series for 2010, published by Pearson Education. Three short stories by H.G. Wells: The Country of the Blind, The Door in the Wall, The Young Ghost, illustrated respectively by Adam Hunter Peck, Mike Lacey, and Jamel Akib.

Country of the Blind

The Door in the Wall

The Young Ghost

Firecrest: Project Learning – Mammals

redpaper — Sun, 17 May 2009 05:27:12 +0000

This is a buy-in from an Australian publisher. The original was in mono with inconsistent typography. But the text was good, so rights were bought and we were asked to repackage the book with Firecrest’s artwork to produce new layouts. An Einstein boffin character is used to raise issues and mediate the learning.