DESIGN STUDY · WHITE SUMO STUDY
1.5 mm White Sumo with Gold Foil and Blind Impression
An Offsetcards house sample using reflective gold foil and an uninked geometric impression on substantial 1.5 mm white board.
EXACT SPECIFICATION
Gold reflection and uninked depth on a substantial white board.
- Sector
- Offsetcards house sample
- Paper
- Favini Sumo Bianco
- Thickness
- 1.5 mm
- Hot foil
- Reflective gold hot foil across the photographed design
- Blind impression
- Uninked geometric pattern around the foil composition
- Corners and edge
- Square corners; unpainted white edge
THE STUDY QUESTION
How can reflection and depth share one white surface?
The sample uses gold foil for direct reflected contrast and a separate uninked impression for quieter texture. One catches the eye immediately; the other appears through shadow as the card moves in the light.
Built as a physical reference
This is an Offsetcards house sample created to demonstrate the construction. The name within the artwork is part of the sample concept, not a client attribution.
THE MATERIAL DECISION
1.5 mm Sumo gives the impression room to develop.
Favini Sumo Bianco provides a thick, uncoated white surface and a clearly visible white edge. Its depth supports a stronger blind impression than a conventional thin business-card stock.
Why a pattern helps
Blind impression has no ink contrast; it is read through shadow and surface change. A repeated pattern creates many edges for the light to reveal, making the depth easier to perceive.
PRODUCTION EXECUTION
Gold foil and blind impression require separate tools and press passes.
The foil artwork and geometric pattern are prepared as distinct vector masks. Gold foil creates the reflective information; the uninked pass presses the surrounding texture into the substantial white board.
Recorded construction
- Favini Sumo Bianco, 1.5 mm.
- Reflective gold hot foil.
- Blind geometric impression.
- Square corners and an unpainted white edge.
PRODUCTION DETAILS
Gold foil, geometric impression and the full white edge.
BUILD FROM THIS STUDY
Use this card specification as your starting point.
The current related product uses this white 1.5 mm construction. Review its published options now; the broader white/black Sumo family will be consolidated later.