190x130mm Portrait
4pp Cover onto 300gsm Uncoated
Matt Lamination to outer
114pp Text onto 90gsm Uncoated (7mm Spine)
Cover printed in full colour
103 Inside pages printed in black and white with 11 in colour
Trimmed, collated and perfect bound
Abstraction is one of those books that feels instantly “considered” in the hand — compact, confident, and easy to live with. The cover design is crisp and regimented, with every element landing cleanly, and the matt lamination adds that smooth, strokeable finish that suits a bold black cover. Inside, the lightweight uncoated pages keep a text-heavy book feeling calm and eminently readable — helped along by generous white space and red accents that neatly signpost the chapters.
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Published by Art & music Books, Abstraction by Nick de Ville is a compact, text-led art title with selective colour used for emphasis. The design leans into clarity: clean typesetting, plenty of breathing room, and punchy red chapter moments that keep the pacing lively without overwhelming the page.
This was a custom-size, perfect bound paperback — a format that gives the book a proper spine and a bookshop-ready feel, without going oversized.
(We also supplied spine guidance during artwork setup — 7mm spine width, with cover dimensions shared for correct bleed and build.)
The front cover is a great example of restraint done well: black ground, sharp red typography, and a graphic artwork element that’s cleanly placed rather than “floating”. That matt lamination does two jobs here — it protects a heavily handled book, and it takes the edge off glare so the red type stays legible from different angles.
Inside, the 90gsm uncoated stock is a smart match for long-form reading. It keeps the flip-through light and quick, and the pages don’t feel flashy — they feel inviting. The red accents (chapter titles and key moments) break up the text rhythmically, acting like visual breath marks through the book.
This project is a brilliant reminder that the smallest details matter — especially with custom sizes. Early on, Gemma asked for a correctly sized sample (19 × 13cm) because feel and proportion were central to deciding cover and materials.
We also helped compare options around colour: because the colour pages were dotted through the text, we quoted carefully based on how many pages genuinely needed CMYK (versus keeping the run largely black and white).
Once files landed, we preflighted the artwork and flagged a few accidental four-colour elements inside otherwise black-and-white pages — the kind of tiny issue that can quietly add cost if it slips through.
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