Press Sheet Music

Creative Design

Diamond's award-winning team collaborated to develop another beautifully-decorated structural and ornamental piece:

• The header showcases four (4) limited edition album designs, allowing recipients to trade with others, depending on their preferred color.
• It is complemented by an innovative, user-adjustable wheel on the backer. This interactive feature allows collectors to rotate and personalize the artwork, drawing inspiration from iconic album covers spanning from the 1950s to contemporary times.
• Specialty printing and coating effects combined with intricate embossing details create visual interest.
• All cutting dies and counter plates were made in-house by the skillful hands of experienced craftspeople, ensuring the accuracy of each die.

Four Color Offset Printing

Four-color process printing delivers the WOW factor on the calendar and the pages:

• The calendars were converted utilizing Clearwater ReMagine™ 30% PCW paperboard, cold foiled, and offset printed with four color process and three PMS inks, supplied by Ink Systems, in-line with UV matte, UV gloss, reticulated, and MotionCoat® specialty UV coating.
• The vinyl records were cold foiled and offset printed with semi-transparent inks to create a stunning array of limited-edition colors, including cyan, magenta, yellow (CMY), and "Columbia Records" red (c. 1970s).
• Diamond employed its new Heidelberg XL 106 10-color offset printing press, which represents the state-of-the-art in package printing technology, providing an unprecedented combination of cost innovation and sustainability.

UV and Specialty Coatings

Tightly-registered coatings were used to enhance the design and highlight the individual calendar components:

• UV matte coating was used on the wall.
• UV gloss coating was used on all four (4) vinyl records, turntable (tonearm, controls), frames, stereo rack, and Diamond Packaging text.
• Reticulated specialty coating was applied to the turntable plinth and guitar amplifier to create texture and haptic feedback.
• The record grooves feature MotionCoat® specialty UV coating, supplied by ACTEGA, that creates dramatic, motion-like visual effects.

Cold Foil

Cold foil is a cost effective, in-line alternative to metallized polyester film or specialty foil board. Overprinting offers a limitless palette of color options. Precise registration was maintained between the foil and overprinted inks and coatings:

• Silver cold foil, supplied by Kurz, delivers shimmering metallic effects on all four (4) vinyl records, turntable (tonearm, controls), frames, stereo rack, and Diamond Packaging text.
• The vinyl records were cold foiled and offset printed with semi-transparent inks to create a stunning array of limited edition colors. 

Embossing and Debossing

Multi-level embossing lends distinction and depth to the design:

• Multi-level embossing was tastefully applied to the vinyl records and turntable (plinth, platter, tonearm, controls, spindle) to add depth and realism.
• Many of the other calendar components were embossed, including the frames, lamp, chair, stereo rack, rug, and Diamond Packaging text.
• The visual and tactile effects promote consumer interaction.

Calendar Pages

• The calendar pages were converted utilizing Domtar Cougar Smooth 80# Text paper and offset printed with four color process inks and UV matte coating.

• The watermarks of a colorful room setting add realism.
• The unique finish and subtle colors beautifully complement the design concept.

Shipper

• The recyclable shipper was converted utilizing Clearwater Candesce® SBS paperboard laminated to E-flute corrugated fiberboard, and offset printed with four color process inks, in-line with aqueous gloss coating.
• It was designed to maintain integrity of the piece during shipping and storage.
• The structural design replicates a gatefold record sleeve common to some of the greatest record albums in the 1970s.

Sustainable by Design

• The calendar was produced utilizing ReMagine™ paperboard made with 30% post-consumer recycled (PCR) fiber.
• In-line converting techniques minimize material and energy costs associated with multiple runs or off-line production processes.
• Paperboard components were manufactured using 100% clean, renewable wind energy and produced in a Zero Waste to Landfill (ZWL) and Carbon Neutral (Scope 1 and Scope 2) facility.