At the beginning there is an idea. Then consultation, drawing, technology, material, design, construction, mock-up. Then only production.
A perfect product does not arise by chance. It is born from careful preparation of technology and thorough testing on pre-production mock-ups. This work can't be cheated.
Every stage of production must be perfect. Anything that lags behind, is signed on the final product and is very difficult to remove. Production for us begins with a preparatory process. The client usually has only a general idea: "I make cosmetics and I need a nice box." Of course, let's get to the point! First, we define the dimensions, decide on the type of construction that will suit the product best, recommend the material and fine-tune the idea of the graphics. This is an essential stage because not all production techniques fit all structures and materials. In addition to theory, practical experience is also needed, on the basis of which the idea acquires feasible contours. And our bookbinders are old-school fachmans. We translate the concretized idea into sketches, drawings and begin to pattern.
Sometimes just a rough mock-up without graphics is enough. But because we deal with a lot of complicated orders, we very often produce rather full samples – including printing or even mintage. We format the material manually or on a plotter, but all other operations are used to test the future production process, including the necessary mechanization and tools. It is thus a full one-piece production that best tests the chosen technology. In addition, it guarantees the client that the resulting products will correspond 100% to the mock-up on the basis of which he approved the production. Such detailed preparation is, of course, challenging. Sample embossing into the finished product is very complicated, but there are few blanks at hand when creating a mock-up, so there is not much room for error.
Thanks to this patterning process, sketches, drawings and photographic documentation from the preparatory work become part of the production technology and the whole team always knows exactly what the result should look like. Nevertheless, we photograph the production itself again and consult its course with the client. Caution is never enough. It is better to figure out an unexpected mistake in time and eliminate it during production than to deliver a result that the client would not be happy about.
