SPEAKING FROM EXPERIENCE// Riso Party Inspiration

Earlier I went to the Leeds Catch Up Riso Party run by Jay Cover (Nous Vous), Tom Pratt and Oliver Shaw (Catalogue) and Sophie Thornberry. Two of them being ex students I was a very intersting night to chat and learn from these people. 
I also picked up some free publications from them for some inspiration into my own. Check these out:

 This magazine was created using a Riso printer, it leaves a kind of grainy, dusty finish to the ink. It is very unique to me but the printed product can run off in your hands even after it has dried it would appear. Interestingly this page, which acts as the cover doesn't seem to have a clear grid like the other two.

 Opposed to the cover the next two pages have a strong grid system. I am also interested in the way that colour is reproduced by the Riso printer, I would like to know if the three colours are made up from a mixture of CMYK over two prints or are printed directly from a single drum.

 This is a poster by Nous Vous about interest in collaborative projects. It is interesting to see them use a mixture of illustration and type in such a formulaic way.

 There was also this full colour publication called Bleat that is about creative spaces.

 Its design follows these coloured markers (top left) for each chapter with large heavy titles and much smaller body copy text.