We printed the official 2012 Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant brochure!
We couldn't talk about it before the event but now we are pleased to blog about our involvement with producing the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant official brochure. Principal Colour printed the programme that you see being held by Boris Johnson and the Queen's aide, and which was read by thousands of people who flocked to the Thames to celebrate the Jubilee just over a week ago.
The Facts.
We printed the brochure during May and June 2012. It has 72 pages of text and a 4 page cover, which is beautifully decorated with metallic blue foil. We printed the text on Robert Horne Hello Fat Matt 115gsm paper, using 250gsm weight for the cover. Inside a fold out page showcases a wonderful illustration of the boats on the Thames. The brochure is chock full of beautiful photos and interesting facts such as a history of the Thames and information about the participating boats. A total of 73,000 copies of this were produced along with 300,000 copies of a small giveaway leaflet “BIG diamond jubilee weekend knees-up”. Principal Colour produced the programme for Ian Paull at Knockout Print in Tonbridge, Kent, and it was published by St James's House. Here's a look at some of the pages:
Director Martin Darby says about working on the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant official brochure:
We are very proud to have produced this and even more so when you see the pictures on the television of the brochure in actual use: proud to be British and associated with the whole Jubilee. We have printed things before which we know the Queen and the Royal family will have seen and had copies of (mainly charity event programmes and that sort of thing), but this was on a totally different level. I hope she has kept a copy of the brochure on the Royal book shelf...