“Parched” French Parchtone Promotion

“Parched” French Parchtone Promotion

Studio D Design, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1996

Description

Parchtone is one of Jerry French’s oldest paper lines, and mostly considered a non-designer sheet. However, Jerry wanted a promotion aimed at both printers and designers. This was a challenge considering the stigma attached to parchment paper. Printers use a great deal of Parchtone for certificates, announcements, letterheads, and menus, but designers usually don’t give this sheet a second look. I decided to create a piece based on a fictitious martini bar called Parched and include pieces that the printers could relate to producing, but design, format, and print them in a way that would invite designers to take another look at Parchtone.

Collections: Communication Graphics: 18 (1997)
Repository: Denver Art Museum
Discipline: Promotional design and advertising
Format: Promotion, Booklet

Credits

Design firm
Studio D Design
Art director
Laurie DeMartino
Graphic designer
Laurie DeMartino
Photographer
Steve Belkowitz
Writer
Lisa Pemrick
Typefaces
New Baskerville, News Gothic
Printer
The Etheridge Company
Paper
French Parchtone
Client
French Paper Company
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