SELF DIRECTED 3 / Thread Magazine_ Collab (DISCONTINUED)

Thread

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Meeting 1 - 30/10/14

From the meeting the previous week, we all went away and worked on logo designs to then bring together to gather feedback and to make further decisions in our design process. 

Mine_

Jasper_

PICS

We decided that the name should be spelt correctly - THREAD



name 




Meeting 2_

Things were slightly all over the place and we hadn't made any progress since the start of term and we all had a big chat about what we should do, and if people wanted out.

We all wanted to stay as it was something that all of us were interested in however, we just didn't want it to be wasting our time and we needed to determine certain things. 

We decided we needed someone in charge and nothing was getting down and when people didn't show up no one was in charge to tell them to get there arse in gear. So it was pretty much a unanimous vote that Jasper should lead the brief and be our creative director. 


We then decided to delegate areas to specific people:

Fashion/Shops - Jasper & Victoria

Food/Cafe - Isabel & Rinesh

Events - Rinesh & J'nae

Drinks - Rinesh & J'nae & Victoria

Lifestyle - Jasper & Isabel




Meeting 3_

Jasper had had a busy week talking to studios and asking advice for what we need to do if this magazine is to be a success. 

He briefed us on what he had been advised on:
- We need a USP
- We need a clear idea of content 
- We need it to focus on one thing throughout not loads of things throughout

Jasper asked each of us to produce a list of places that were in our sector for him, plus think of ideas for our USP, and to research into printers for costs etc for Friday. 


My research_

Food_

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Friends of Ham

Pickles and Potter

Pickards

Brod

Trinity Kitchen

Love Rouge

Sela Bar

The Greedy Pig

Fazenda

Ambiente

Teppan 260

The Man Behind the Curtain

Rare

2 Oxford Place

Hansas Gujarati

Shears Yard

Hepworth’s Deli

Café_

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Mrs Athas

Opposite

Laynes Espresso

Vanilla One

La Bottega Milanese

Brewbar Espresso

Baraka Coffee House

Art & The Secret Garden Café

Café Moor

LifeStyle_

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Red

Louis Santos

Sacred Electric

imale

King Koby

Renegade

Basement 68

The Traditional Shaving Company

Allertons

Rebel Pin Up

Ragdoll Nails

Maschio

The Element Creative

West Yorkshire Cameras

Colours May Vary

OK Comics

USP_

Collectable - Tactile qualities, made to always keep. Something so aesthetic about the presentation that you want to keep it, you want the next issue and the next, and the next.

Sex – Sex sells. 

Print with the magazine – A piece of photography from the relevant issue.

Impact – Our cover stands out, it’s different and inviting in some way

Social Media – Interacting with potential consumers through social media, people can know the people behind the magazine.

Printers_

Print Domain

500 x Copies of B5 Portrait (250mm x 176mm)

with Colour printed 200gsm gloss covers

and with 40 inner pages printed B/W on

70gsm Eural Eco Pro stock

Selected service up to 10 working days from payment and approval

applies to orders placed before 11am and excluding

weekends and bank holidays, after 11am counts as next day

Approximate spine width = 1.40mm

Approximate consignment weight = 56.13kg excluding packaging

Shipping Method = UK TwoDay

This item is Zero VAT rated

Proof = No Proof Just Print

Total to pay: £472.08

Mixam

500 copies, colour, cover 130gsm coated, 44 pages including 4 cover pages, A5 (Don’t offer B5) Silk or gloss, saddle stitched - £461.10

Print 24

Cover 250 gsm coated art paper, contents 115gsm coated art paper, colour, gloss, adhesive binding - £778.07

PlusPrint

130Gsm gloss, full colour, over 250gsm, saddle stitch - £528.50 (Delivery included) Perfect Bound - £516.39

Printing Made Easy

130Gsm gloss, full colour, cover 250gsm, saddle stitch - £545.06 (Delivery included) Perfect Bound - £571.06

Headley

Magprint

Print Hut

Marstan Press

These are the only printers who I found that give you quote on the website, apart from Blurb, but it would cost us £3000 with blurb, so that’s a no. I have emailed the others asking for quotes, will let you know when I hear back.

I reckon it will cost us around £500 to print 500 copies, so if we sell them all at £6 a pop, that’s £3000 - £600 each, so £500 profit each if we put in £100.