Well, almost visit Ripe - they were in the same country!

Background: For the last few years, we’ve been printing the passes, brochures, posters and flyers for Carsonifieds Future of …. conferences. So far we’ve printed items for the Future of Web Apps (FOWA), Future of Web Design (FOWD) and Future of Online Advertising (FOOA) Conferences. Ryan, who owns Carsonified (www.carsonified.com) is a good friend and he also created DropSend.com (the web utility we use for client uploads). This year’s Future of Web Apps was the biggest yet and Kevin and Alex filmed their first ever Diggnation London there.
Diggnation, for those of you who have never seen it, is an internet show hosted by Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht. From their website: “Diggnation is a weekly tech/web culture show based on the top digg.com social bookmarking news stories”. If you’ve never seen it, watch the episode from the FOWA in London to see what it’s all about. http://revision3.com/diggnation/2007-10-04London
Anyway, as you can see in the picture below they’re wearing the passes we printed for them. In geek circles, this is huge!
Yeah!

Source: Andrew Nesbitt
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nez/1482306151/in/set-72157602256643098

A limited edition book celebrating the unique qualities of digital print will be exhibited at the Sea Gallery, 70 St John Street, London EC1M 4DT.

Private view
Monday 29th October, 2007 {6.30- 8.30pm}
Exhibition runs from
29th October - 8th November 2007

CONTROL|PRINT

CONSIDERING THE FUTURE OF INK ON PAPER

If ‘quality’ is to be a fundamental reason for print to exist, and ‘environmentally sustainable’ the watchwords in production, DOES THE DIGITAL PRESS REPRESENT A RETURN TO THE SENSIBILITIES OF A TRADITIONAL ‘CRAFT-BASED’ INDUSTRY, PRINTING MATERIAL OF BEAUTY ON DEMAND FOR THE MOST DISCERNING AUDIENCE?

This research explores this question from the perspective of a ‘creative practitioner’, by placing emphasis upon the importance of human skill and intervention in a process which has been hijacked by automation.

www.rcacontrolprint.co.uk

Royal College of Art
School of Communications
Department of Communication Art and Design

RCA/Print Digital is a research project initiated by The Royal College of Art and funded by the Science Research Infrastructure Fund (SRIF).

Head of Department
Professor Dan Fern

Principal Researcher
Russell Warren-Fisher

Research Assistants
Malcom Clarke
Sara Carneholm
Leah Harrison Bailey

Guest Contributors
(in order of appearance)
Mark Wilson
Matt Wicker
Marc Atkins
Francoise Lacroix
Chris Bigg
Vaughan Oliver
Sandro
Dan Fern

Printed by
Ripe Digital Limited

Just received a box of beers from a happy customer via lastorders.com.

We’ve not heard of this before, but what a fantastic idea.
The Gift Mesage says “A few beers to say thanks for all the hard work on Business Plan. They looked wicked! Cheers. Roland and all at mhd”.

Thank you everyone at mhd from all of us at Ripe.

A research project initiated by The Royal College of Art

Mission Statement:
‘Can we look forward to a future where the most prestigious print based work will be the domain of the digital presses, printing objects of beauty on demand for the most discerning audience?’

In recent months, The Royal College of Art (led by Russell Warren-Fisher) has set out to discuss the relationships that exists between the ‘creative practitioner’ and the digital print process; the function of the printed page and the potential future role of ink on paper. The findings of this study will conclude with a limited edition publication and exhibition that serves to illustrate ideas around the theme of experimental digital print for both commercial and private practice. Much of the final publication will be produced by Ripe Digital Limited on the HP Indigo Press and will feature original works by internationally renown artists and designers. Throughout the research, the emphasis has been placed on experimental printing and the concept of the ‘original copy’. Inevitably many of the the final digital prints will be unique and unrepeatable (due to the processes involved) and will therefore render each copy of the limited edition publication a true one off.

The book will be exhibited in a dedicated show in The SEA gallery, 70 St John Street, London EC1M 4D later this year.
NB. Additional details of the final publication together with the opening dates of the exhibition to follow.

We have just installed an Epson 9800 inkjet, however like most kids, we had more fun with the packaging.