as many of you may have read print & pattern is going to be turned into a book by top publisher laurence king. the aim of the book will be to celebrate the creativity in surface design and stationery today. we'll hopefully feature patterns, cards, papergoods, scrapbooking, textiles, ceramics, badges, in fact anything with a great printed surface. in the USA the book will be distributed by chronicle books. if you would like to submit images for the book then here are all the details. there are two main ways to send me your images - on cd in the post or via email. there will be an ftp site too for anyone who has real difficulty with the other two more prefered options. so here goes :
CALL FOR ENTRIES
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firstly the resolution of your images must be at a quality of 300 dpi and preferably no smaller than A4 (210 mm x 297 mm) to allow maximum page layout flexibility. the colour mode should be saved as CMYK for the book printing process. the printers require the files to be saved as a TIFF (TIF). please do not send jpegs.
please put your name or studio /company name in the title of the email. for cds please write your name/company on the disc.
please give titles to your images - then in the email give the image title, year, client (if any).
please supply the email address and website that you will want to appear in the book.
if sending a cd this information can be supplied on paper (or in a word/text doc).
if you are submitting work that was produced for a client please make sure you have permission to publish it, as if selected you will need to sign a legal form confirming you have the right to do so.
the address to send discs to is :
Print & Pattern, Laurence King Publishing, 361-373 City Road,
London, EC1V 1LR, United Kingdom.
the email address to send to is :
i welcome submissions from design studios, professionals, students, graduates, illustrators, etsy & dawanda designers, companies, crafters, etc, etc. feel free to forward these details to friends or post on blogs.
**update** - many people have emailed today asking for a deadline - i'd say we have a maximum of two months - but ideally i'd like people to submit well before then.