printed plants catalog

Conventional printing inks are largely made from fossil raw materials. This catalog is a screen-printed collection of 12 plant-based printing inks. All components of the catalog are renewable, biodegradable and the majority of the pigments were self grown, harvested and produced. In addition to the catalog with color samples and information on materials and production, the project also consists of an extensive online documentation of the entire process.

Sustainable graphic design: Color Book photographed in a flowering indigo woad plant presenting plant based printing colors through embossed icons, minimal typography, and material experimentation.Screen printed dye plant print with dyers chamomile, red cabbage and madder root on hemp paper.Still life of a research book about sustainable graphic design printed with natural dye plants with embossed plant illustrations.Plant color growing and extraction process with a mini essay about the project.Double spread of the screen printed printed plants catalog with natural plant colors printed with madder root, oregano and charcoal.Colors swatches and duotone image printing test of the printed plants catalog with natural plant colors from woad, charcoal and madder root.Scaled up detail shot of screen printed multicolor plant based printing inks. The ingredients are fully biodegredable.Color Chart of overprinted color combinations from dye plant based printing colors. From a poster which was accompanied to the printed plants catalog.Four-color print of the ecological printed plants catalog publication about sustainable graphic design. Backside of the book with an index about materials, typeface, bleed, columns and other layput specific things.Exhibition view of the printed plants project with dyer plants, a poster and the color catalog exhibitied at zurich university of the arts.
  • Medium Book
  • Service Production, Design
  • Client BA Diploma, Zurich University of the Arts
  • Industry Creative, Research, Agriculture
  • Awards Honorable Mention Förderpreis Design, 2025
  •   Winner Punch Prize, 2025
  • Year 2025
  • Link Documentation Website