Eco & environmentally-friendly graphic designers and printers in Manchester, North West, UK using recycled paper, card and biodegradable, non-toxic, vegetable-based inks.

We specialise in booklet manufacturing, booklet print, booklet printing, booklet production, booklet design, brochure print, brochure printing, brochure production, brochure design, business stationery, catalogue manufacturing, catalogue print, catalogue printing, catalogue production, catalogue design, cheap flyer printing, conservation, design, eco design, eco print, eco printing, eco-friendly design, eco-friendly print, eco-friendly printing, environmentally-friendly design, environmentally-friendly print, environmentally-friendly printing, environmental design, environmental print, environmental printing, flyer manufacturing, flyer print, flyer printing, flyer production, flyer design, graphic design, green design, green print, green printing, leaflet design, leaflet print, leaflet printing, logo design, logotype design, office stationery, printing, recycling, recycled booklets, recycled brochures, recycled business cards, recycled card, recycled catalogues, recycled envelopes, recycled flyers, recycled leaflets, recycled letterheads, recycled office stationery, recycled packaging, recycled print, recycled printing, recycled products, recycled stationery, recycled waste, recycled waste paper, stationery, regeneration, stationery print, stationery printing, stationery design, sustainability and sustainable design.

The Conscious Designer, eco-friendly design and print.

Services - We offer bespoke graphic design and environmentally-friendly print services. From flyer and catalogue design to corporate rebranding, our experience will ensure your job is produced on time and to the highest standard. Our range of fully accredited recycled papers and vegetable-based inks will also achieve the results you want without costing the earth. To find out more download our PDF here. Let's work together to create a greener future.

Portfolio - Browse through our current selection of design and print projects. Dr Hauschka, Dr.Hauschka, Dr. Hauschka, Elysia, Elysia Skincare, Elysia Natural Skincare, Howies Clothing 1, Howies Clothing 2, Norfolk Wildlife Trust, Community Composting 1, Community Composting 2, Cardboard Citizens, Promotional Card, GT Architects 1, GT Architects 2, FKDA.

Contact - Contact us today to discuss your requirements and we will be happy to provide you with expert advice and a no-obligation free quotation. Telephone 0161 226 0875. Address The Conscious Designer, Suite 2, 70 Demesne Road, Manchester M16 8PJ.

Let's Work Together To Create A Greener Future.

The Way We Work - At The Conscious Designer we always try to reduce the environmental impact we make. From recycling and reusing waste material to reducing our energy consumption, we believe doing these little things can make a really big difference - and most of the time we'll walk to the post office instead of just jumping in the car. Powered by clean, renewable energy, our company offices reflect a new, modern and sustainable approach. We want to work with people like you, who want to make a difference, and provide bespoke graphic design and print services in a responsible way at the best prices. Let's work together to create a greener future.

Recycled Paper - Making recycled paper uses up to 10 times less energy than paper made from virgin fibre from sustainable forests. These forests are simply not sustainable, but grown intensively causing damage to the soil, plants and local wildlife. Our papers are produced by Europe's most eco-friendly paper mills with by-products from the recycling process used in building material, fertiliser and heat conservation. Printing on today's recycled papers also achieves the same excellent results you would expect from non-recycled papers. Choose from bright white, natural, coloured, watermarked and more, we have the perfect type of paper to suit your requirements.

Vegetable-Based Inks - We use purely vegetable-based inks where the only by-products are fully biodegradable, disappearing without trace or harm to the earth. Choose from a vast array of colours ranging from CMYK to 1000's of individual Pantone spot colours and over 200 special metallic colours. We can print both small and large jobs up to SRA1 printing six colours at a time.

Glossary - The following terms are frequently used throughout the consultation, quotation and production stages of most jobs. We hope you will find it useful, but if you have any questions or doubts, please contact us and we will be more than happy to help.

Acid Free - Paper free from any traces of acid, Alternative Fibre - Pulps such as hemp, bamboo or cotton

Biodegradable - Material made of parts that occur naturally which will decompose and absorb back into the earth

Biodiversity - Large variety of animals, plants and fungi

Bleached Pulp - Pulp whose brightness has been improved using bleach and other chemicals

Blue Angel - German eco-accreditation for recycled paper, Carbon Dioxide, CO2 - Produced by burning fossil fuels, oil, gas, coal, Chlorine - A bleaching agent used to create whiter paper, De-Inking - Removal of ink from recovered paper to produce recycled pulp with improved whiteness, ECF - Elemental Chlorine Free. Pulp whitened without the use of chlorine, Fibre - The raw materials used in making paper, FSC - Forest Stewardship Council. Promotes responsible and sustainable forest management

Greenhouse Effect - Caused by gases in atmosphere absorbing earth's heat radiation such as carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxidechlorofluorocarbons and ozone,

Mill Broke/Waste - Waste paper produced by mills during the paper making process. Used to make recycled paper

NAPM Recycled - National Association of Paper Merchants system to identify content and source of waste fibre in recycled paper. NAPM approved recycled paper must contain at least 75% genuine waste fibre

Nordic Swan - Eco-label awarded to environmentally-friendly paper mills with low waste emissions

Oxygen Bleaching - Process in which oxygen is used to whiten pulp

Paper Mill - Mill (factory) that produces paper from wood pulp and alternative pulps such as recovered paper

Post Consumer Waste - Waste paper collected after the consumer has used and disposed of it. Recovered material is is then de-inked to form recycled pulp

Pulp - Prepared from wood or recovered waste paper processed into pulp for use in making paper

Rag Paper - Paper made from cotton such as UK bank notes

Recovered Paper - Paper recovered for recycling into new paper

Recycled Fibre - Fibre obtained from recovered paper

Sustainability - Preserving the earth's resources by having zero, or a positive impact on the environment

TCF - Totally Chlorine Free. Paper made without the use of chlorine gas or chlorine dioxide

Virgin Fibre - Wood fibre that has never been used before to make paper, i.e. non-recycled fibre

Woodfree Paper - Paper made from wood fibre processed into pulp by chemical means. Misleading term.

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