Today Footprint came in to talk to us about their risograph printing and co-ops. I found this really interesting because I have never really known what a co-operative company is and how it works so I learned something today! A cooperative means that the business is owned by the people who work there. They said because of the lack of management as it were it gives them more freedom to do what they want.
Their main clients are people who make zines because the nature of risograph is that it can produce lots of single colour pages really quickly. Although they said they only like to produce interesting work for nice people.
I also really love risograph printing because of the textures that it creates as well as the fact that it is environmentally friendly due to its soy-based inks. They also mentioned that they use all recyclable stock (unless you bring in your own) which means that they are really environmentally friendly for printing. They are driven by having a sustainable working environment rather than working cheaper for profits. One thing that they said which really resonated with me was that they are 'based on love, not money' which is what I like to think of myself in my practice.
If I am to create another publication I definitely will have a look at using these guys for printing.
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