420x297mm Booklets
4pp Cover onto 250gsm Silk FSC Certified
Matt Lamination to outer
Foiling to outer
52pp Inside pages onto 130gsm Silk FSC Certified
Four colour print throughout
Trimmed, collated and nested, not bound
“They look absolutely fantastic! Thank you so much.”
Central St Martins Material Futures needed a degree show catalogue that felt more like a limited-edition object than a standard programme. The result is bold, modern, and properly boundary-pushing — genuinely unlike anything we’ve printed in years.
The audience was broad (students, tutors, visitors, alumni), so the catalogue had to do two jobs at once: guide you through the work, and leave you with something worth keeping.
If you’re planning a similar project, our degree show catalogue printing page is the best place to start, and our print journey explains how we keep big, deadline-led projects calm.
This was an oversized format: 420 x 297mm booklets.
The silk stock gives colour work a clean, immediate hit — it reads fast, feels smooth, and keeps large full-colour images looking crisp.
The cover is a triumph: a strong black field with silver foil that leaps forward when the light catches it. With the matt lamination underneath, you get that satisfying contrast — soft, flat black, then sharp metallic detail on top.
It’s a simple move that feels confident. Nothing is fighting for attention; the finish does the talking.
If you’re weighing up cover options for a catalogue or booklet, our booklet print guide is a handy reference for formats, files and finishes.
The standout feature is the way the catalogue opens out. Alongside the main pages, there are huge A2 spreads printed in full colour that open up into keepsake, limited-edition art-print moments.
This is nesting rather than binding — folded sections collated together so the experience has rhythm: standard pages, then suddenly an oversized reveal. It’s theatrical, but it’s also functional: it lets the work breathe and makes certain projects feel “collected” rather than merely documented.
If you like the energy of editorial formats, you’ll also enjoy our zine and booklet case study inspiration — lots of real-world ideas you can borrow.
The course team were proactive and fast — the kind of clients who sweat the detail in a good way. We worked through practicalities like timing, artwork updates, and final production details (including confirming the foil colour) to make sure nothing got lost at the finish line.
As with many university projects, admin and purchase order timings can add pressure. We kept the schedule visible, flagged pinch points early, and helped steer things through so the catalogue landed when it needed to.
Our job here was to protect the intent. That meant recommending a stock combination that would hold full colour cleanly, and supporting a format that could handle those oversized nested moments without turning the whole thing into a headache.
We also focused on the “small” details that make the finished piece feel engineered: tight trimming, consistent collation, and a cover finish where the black stays rich and the foil stays crisp.
If you’re planning a catalogue with fold-outs, special finishes, or a hard deadline, start with an instant printing quote and then talk to our team — we’ll sanity-check the build before you commit.
