The New Woman’s Survival Catalog, Kirsten Grimstad and Susan Rennie, 2019
Over the course of a two month road trip in the 1970s, Kirsten Grimstad and Susan Rennie mapped a vast network of feminist alternative cultural activity to assemble this seminal survey of Second Wave feminist efforts, originally published in 1979. Facsimile edition produced with managing editor, Rachel Valinsky on behalf of Primary Information in New York.
Management of print production and design:
Analysis of the original print production, materials, inks and finishes, dimensions, caliper checks to interior and cover stocks, spine thickness.
Sourcing of closest equivalent materials and processes.
Production specifications, quote production with print suppliers.
Retouching to print anomalies, surface and handling marks in the disbound, scanned original source copy.
Image processing and density settings.
Masking of the original halftone and line art design elements, for separate treatments to avoid moiré while ensuring optimal image detail and text sharpness.
Updated colophon and titling designed to seamlessly follow the original publication.
Recreation the original spot colour separations from colour scans.
Wet proofing, print-ready output, F&Gs.
Format: Softcover, glue binding, 224 pages, offset printed B/W
Dimensions: 10.5 x 14.25 inches
First printing edition: 4000