Garry Barker: Client Meeting 02

This morning Dave and I had a meeting with Garry to discuss our progress over the last week. Overall it was very positive.

Taking down our stuff from the Footprint visit, Garry was most notably keen on the format of the Paperback folder as it removed the trouble of our previous mock up (the use of glue). Without this element the supplied folder could potentially be sent over flat-packed and assembled on our side. This would reduce cost enormously, or at least free up some finance for other areas of production/print finish.

Also of interest was the quality of print provided by the Risograph method. Much like screen-printing a 100% perfect ink coverage is more or less not achievable, but can at times be desirable - as is the case for us. Garry was quite impressed with the hand rendered quality that the ironically digital process provided. I can't help but feel that this will enhance Vickie's and Charlotte's methods of processing the provided imagery.

Furthermore, having seen the two typefaces that we had narrowed down, Garry was in fact really set on using Griffo Classico due to the 'edge' that it provided over Minutia. In his words, it felt more classic and slighlty hand-crafted with a dark twist. Pretty much what his work is like. Having discussed this with him it makes perfect sense, although at the time both Dave and I were commenting how we would have perhaps gone for Minutia if it was left to us because of the nature of the industry. We are both obviously pleased with the final decision though.

And so the to-do list from this meeting is as follows:

01. Await to receive quote back from Footprint.
02. Gain samples, specs and quotes from Paperback.
03. Purchase licence for Griffo Classico (£120) and invoice Garry.
04. Begin image treatment with the girls returning.
05. Experiment with layouts for newly provided text and images.
06. Clarify time for next meeting once Vickie and Charlotte return.

All-in-all good progress.