Dear Lulu
Paperback, 96 pages
| Price: | $25.94 |
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“Dear Lulu” is a test book researched and produced by graphic design students and Prof. Frank Philippin at Hochschule Darmstadt, Germany, during an intensive two-day workshop with London-based designer James Goggin (Practise). The book's intention is to act as a calibration document for testing colour, pattern, format, texture and typography.
Exercises in colour profile (Adobe RGB/sRGB/CMYK/Greyscale), halftoning, point size, line, geometry, skin tone, colour texture, cropping and print finishing provide useful data for other designers and self-publishers to judge the possibilities and quality of online print-on-demand — specifically Lulu.com, with this edition.
The book's price is set at Lulu.com's exact printing cost per unit.
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"Mostly impressed, with the designers and Lulu"
First, the concept. Very clever and useful. As a quality control tool it's very enjoyable; not something you'd expect from something with such a practical purpose.
On to Lulu's part. There was nothing in my packing slip or on my book that would hint at the location of the printer; just a return address to the corporate headquarters. With some homework through the US Postal Service, it seems to have shipped from Greensboro, North Carolina. Presumably printed there, as well. This is odd because I am a 10 minute walk from a Lulu printer, yet it was shipped from half a state away. I ordered the item on 10 July and received it 22... More >
First, the concept. Very clever and useful. As a quality control tool it's very enjoyable; not something you'd expect from something with such a practical purpose.
On to Lulu's part. There was nothing in my packing slip or on my book that would hint at the location of the printer; just a return address to the corporate headquarters. With some homework through the US Postal Service, it seems to have shipped from Greensboro, North Carolina. Presumably printed there, as well. This is odd because I am a 10 minute walk from a Lulu printer, yet it was shipped from half a state away. I ordered the item on 10 July and received it 22... More >
"Amazing Job !"
I am very much hoping that I could speak to any of you about this wonderful project - I have so many questions, and while the books is WONDERFUL, wish there were a few more details about how the "files' were created!
You need to ad a Colophon!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colophon_(publishing)
What exact settings and image formats were used to build the figures and images (photoshop settings ?) as well as what PDF export settings were used - I can see that this PDF file was created onJune 14th 2008 at 10:45am, and can see you used Adobe InDesign CS3 (5.0.2) - but you save the file as PDF version 1.3 (Acrobat 4)- yet since this file was... More >
I am very much hoping that I could speak to any of you about this wonderful project - I have so many questions, and while the books is WONDERFUL, wish there were a few more details about how the "files' were created!
You need to ad a Colophon!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colophon_(publishing)
What exact settings and image formats were used to build the figures and images (photoshop settings ?) as well as what PDF export settings were used - I can see that this PDF file was created onJune 14th 2008 at 10:45am, and can see you used Adobe InDesign CS3 (5.0.2) - but you save the file as PDF version 1.3 (Acrobat 4)- yet since this file was... More >
We're honored that your class would take the time to publish this test book. If you wish, I would invite you to bring this up in to the Lulu Forums for discussion with a larger audience of creators http://www.lulu.com/forums - It would be interesting to see other users share and discuss their results.
A few things you should be aware of when conducting these tests:
We do not currently offer the ability to print specific output intents or color space as defined within the file or images. These would be ignored by the printer and printed within what I believe is CMYK.
For both professionals and amateurs alike, POD digital printing can be an excellent... More >
A few things you should be aware of when conducting these tests:
We do not currently offer the ability to print specific output intents or color space as defined within the file or images. These would be ignored by the printer and printed within what I believe is CMYK.
For both professionals and amateurs alike, POD digital printing can be an excellent... More >
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Product Details
| Copyright | Hochschule Darmstadt / Practise, London (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0) |
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| Edition | Third Edition |
| Publisher | Hochschule Darmstadt / Practise, London |
| Published | March 4, 2010 |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 96 |
| Binding | Perfect-bound Paperback |
| Interior Ink | Full color |
| Dimensions (inches) | 5.8 wide × 8.3 tall |
