Antalis’ Curious Collection Metallics papers were used for Shivering Mountain's Gin brochure cover, business cards, and the bottle label for both their Premium Gins.

Held for a second edition, the AntwerpPhoto Festival continues to celebrate the work of Belgian and foreign photographers in a series of exhibitions and events. Olin Design is very happy to sponsor the festival. We asked Kaat Celis, the Director of the festival, to present AntwerpPhoto Festival to us.

Continuing our partnership with Antalis Creative Power, The A Paper explores the often neglected and undervalued topics within the contemporary graphic design scene. For the fourth part of the series, we delved into the financial side of running a small creative business with Yah-Leng Yu (YY), Principal at Singaporian studio Foreign Policy, and Erika Barbieri (EB), Creative Director at Oslo-based studio Olssøn Barbieri.

Ever since man decided to use clay dust, burnt charcoal, and chalk some 40,000 years ago to depict animals on cave walls, colour has always had a special value, both symbolic and technological. To this day, the use of certain colours is strategic, even in the art world, as in the case of Yves Klein's blue, or Vantablack a new technology that creates the darkest surface known, absorbing up to 99.965% of visible light. The rights to use Vantablack for artistic purposes have been granted exclusively to the British Indian artist Anish Kapoor, which has created a great deal of public debate in artistic circles. Whether the result of fortunate accidents or years of research, discoveries of new pigments have marked the evolution of human civilisations throughout history.

Antalis introduces a new refined, highly aesthetic and sustainable option to its creative paper portfolio with new Olin Origins. This new paper and board range offer organic and natural shades with a subtle, soft-touch, capable of enhancing any creative project. Following the rebranding and expansion of Olin Design, the Olin Origins range completes a diversified catalogue offering designers and printers greater creative possibilities.

Antalis UK and Ireland are pleased to announce that they are the exclusive stockists of Eska Black – a black solid board with natural texture and minimal environmental impact. Specially designed for luxury graphical and packaging applications, this 100% sustainable board boasts minimal environmental impact, with maximum added value.

Since the beginning of ecological awareness in the 1960s, the question of how to communicate on this subject has arisen. In fact, the term "green marketing" was first used in 1975, when Karl Henion and Thomas Kinnear published their book Ecological Marketing (American Marketing Association). In simple terms, we have moved from marketing environmentally friendly products to producing, promoting and packaging products in a more environmentally friendly way. In a way, there has been a reversal of focus, where sustainability has lost its centrality and became a tool of communication.

Antalis is pleased to have partnered with Brief Cases, who link business and education, to present the ‘Smart Luxury Packaging – Cosmetics Brief’ competition in collaboration with leading art institution, Norwich University of the Arts, to support the packaging designers of the future.

Continuing The Brand Identity’s partnership with Antalis Creative Power, The A Paper explores the often neglected and undervalued topics within the contemporary graphic design scene. For part three, we look towards publishing, speaking with Counter-Print, magCulture and Draw Down to discuss what the future holds for the industry, and which publications are leading the way.

Led by the duo of designers Golnar Roshan and Ruben de la Rive Box, Design & Practice is an Amsterdam based design studio specialised in branding, graphic design and art direction for clients in the cultural, creative and interior sector. We had a talk with them on their creative process, inspired by their artist practice under the name Rive Roshan, their view on the creative industry, as well as their work on the new Olin visual identity.

As the leading paper company in Europe and the world, outside of the US, Antalis distributes a multitude of industry-leading, globally-available papers that we know and love such as Olin, Conqueror® and Curious Collection. Through their creative paper initiative, Antalis Creative Power, they’re searching far and wide for the ingredients to a memorable creation; publishing a series of in-depth articles on topics ranging from ‘The Science of Creativity’ to design icon Dieter Rams.

A Mercedes Benz eVito electric van is now being used by Offset Print & Packaging, based in Aylesford in Kent as the result of winning Antalis’ Future Focus campaign.