Risograph printing, which is still a relatively new and obscure production technique when compared to other printing methods, has gained popularity in recent years after designers and creatives have discovered again the unique, economical, and environmentally friendly technique. It’s easy to understand the attraction to Risograph, and it’s possibilities, and we’re excited to see so many new designs being printed with Riso – including the Risograph publications designed by the students of the Media & Design Department of the Visual Arts Institute Eger, Hungary.
It’s easy to understand the attraction to Risograph, and it’s possibilities, and we’re excited to see so many new designs being printed with Riso – including the Risograph publications designed by the students of the Media & Design Department of the Visual Arts Institute Eger, Hungary.
Not just an ordinary office printer!
Risograph is the term used for both the duplication-printing technique as well as the printer used for it, developed by the Riso Kagaku Corporation in Japan in the mid-1980s. The risograph printer, which looks exactly like any other office printer, can produce hundreds of duplications a minute, is often described as a combination of a photocopier and an offset printing press. And even though it might remind of a photocopier, the main difference is that the Risograph printer scans the image on a master wax template, which is then used to apply the color via a color drum, allowing for extremely fast printing. To add different colors and layers, a print is run through the machine multiple times, each pass adding a new color. Risograph uses soy ink, which can only be applied to uncoated paper.
Risograph publications designed by the students of the Media & Design Department of the Visual Arts Institute Eger
The students of the Media & Design Department of the Visual Arts Institute Eger, Hungary, were tasked with learning about risograph and to design publications in various themes that were printed using the risograph printing technique at the Hurrikan Press in Budapest, on uncoated Munken paper. Below you can see four beautiful examples of the student’s work, two printed in pink and teal, two red and blue.
PINK MEMORY, designed by Edit Ferenczik / Edo Design is a poetry book that showcases five stories by the Hungarian poet and playwright Péter Závada. his work focuses on the modern sense of alienation and the loss of the empirical experience.
Collection of best known Japasene masks risograph publication designed by Zsófi Bagdán shows the most famous Japanese masks, and in addition to the beautiful illustrations, you can read a description of the history of that particular mask.
The MOVIE IT risograph publication designed by Bernadett Flaskó has various beloved films and series illustrated with iconic and representative elements, and accompanying thoughts and notes, with the purpose of giving the reader a more personal take on the movies listed.
The theme of the Virágállatok risograph publication designed by Paula Asztalos is the wonderful world of corals. The illustrations highlight the beauty and uniqueness of the underwater world and draw attention to the fact they are on the verge of extinction
