How do you handle silk over soft-touch?

Soft-touch laminate mutes dark photography and lifts blacks toward grey. 32pt silk, no laminate. The stock is matte by itself and holds the shadow detail in the leaves.

How do you handle dark-to-dark fade?

On press, a photographic black meeting a solid spot-built purple can band. Built the aubergine from the same four-colour mix as the photograph so the transition is one continuous separation, not two.

Case study · Business cards · Nocturne Floral (proof 182849)

Une photo sur carte de visite, sans brillance

Photographie botanique sombre se fondant dans un fond aubergine profond, texte crème et verso crème. Un papier satiné plutôt qu'un pelliculage, pour une photographie lisible sans reflets.

Business-cards for Nocturne Floral (proof 182849) with 32pt silk matte, 4-colour process and straight edges.

PapiersMat soyeux 16pt

L'idée

Un fleuriste au travail sombre et spectaculaire voulait une carte à l'image de ses compositions, pas un simple article de papeterie. Photographie recto verso, rien de brillant.

Two rules

01Silk over soft-touch. 32pt silk, no laminate. The stock is matte by itself and holds the shadow detail in the leaves.
02Dark-to-dark fade. Built the aubergine from the same four-colour mix as the photograph so the transition is one continuous separation, not two.