380x289mm Booklets
Full colour print throughout
68pp Self Cover onto 100gsm 100% Recycled Uncoated
Trimmed, collated and wire stitched
Review Volume 5 is JGM Gallery’s latest big-format review publication — a confident, editorial piece that sits somewhere between a magazine, a catalogue, and a collectible object. At 380×289mm, it gives artwork and interviews room to breathe, and the 100% recycled uncoated stock keeps everything feeling grounded and tactile.
This one is all about pace: bold openers, calm gallery-style spreads, and punchy full-bleed colour when the work needs to hit you in the chest. It’s a familiar format for JGM, but still impressively scaled — the kind of booklet that looks at home in a gallery shop and feels good in the hand.
Review Volume 5 is made for the JGM Gallery community — fans, members, and anyone who wants a deeper read on the artists and the work. The content leans into interviews and features, with plenty of image-led moments that feel like walking through a show, then stepping closer for the details.
The large page size is the headline move here. It gives photography and artwork proper presence, and it lets editorial typography scale up without feeling shouty. You can see it working especially well on the interview opener spreads — big type on one page, full-colour image on the other, and suddenly the reader is in.
We printed these as 380×289mm booklets, in full colour throughout. The whole piece is a 68pp self-cover (so the cover and inners are the same stock), on 100gsm 100% recycled uncoated.
That uncoated recycled sheet is a smart fit for this kind of gallery publication. It keeps the pages light and easy to turn at this size, and it takes typography beautifully. Full-bleed images land with a softer, more natural finish than gloss — which suits the editorial, considered tone.
Everything was trimmed, collated and wire stitched — a clean, reliable binding choice for a booklet that’s meant to be handled, browsed, and revisited.
If you’re planning a similar format, our wire stitching set-up guide and booklet printing guide will help you get the file and pagination right first time.
The cover is bold and graphic — strong shapes, high contrast, and a title that reads instantly. It looks like a publication you’d spot across a room, which is exactly what you want for gallery marketing and community building.
Inside, the layout gives two different experiences in the same booklet: editorial pages with generous margins and structured columns, and then sudden full-bleed spreads that feel immersive. That rhythm keeps a 68-page read moving, even when you’re dipping in and out.
We also like how the calmer, “white wall” gallery spreads work at this scale — lots of negative space, small captions tucked in, and artwork presented with restraint. Big format doesn’t have to mean loud. Here it feels composed.
JGM know what they’re doing with this series, and Volume 5 keeps that confidence. Our role was to deliver a sharp, consistent print result on a recycled uncoated stock, while holding detail across image-heavy pages and type-led features.
Projects like this are all about the small decisions: choosing a page weight that doesn’t feel flimsy at scale, keeping the binding neat, and making sure the editorial pacing works when it’s in your hands — not just on screen.
We guided the production with practical, printer’s-eye decisions: a wire stitched format that stays approachable and cost-sensible, a recycled uncoated stock that fits the tone of the content, and a full-colour workflow that keeps artwork and photography feeling consistent across the booklet.
If you’re building an art catalogue or gallery review of your own, you can start with the Helping Hand package for support on spec and files — or explore artist catalogue printing for similar projects.
1) Let the format do the heavy lifting. A large page size creates “gallery presence” instantly — then you can keep layouts calm and still feel premium.
2) Use uncoated paper when you want a softer, editorial finish. Recycled uncoated stocks suit interviews, essays and natural-feeling colour — especially when you’re blending text and imagery.
3) Build rhythm into the pagination. Alternate structured text pages with full-bleed spreads and quiet “white wall” moments so the reader keeps turning pages.
4) Choose wire stitching for confident, practical booklets. It’s ideal when you want something easy to browse, easy to post, and comfortable on a gallery counter.
