Every year, Fedrigoni release a brief to hundreds of creatives all over the world, collating all their creative ideas and interpretations together to create the yearly calendar-style publication; Fedrigoni 365. This year, we were given the opportunity to be a part of it!
Fedrigoni, officially founded in Verona in 1888, have established a name for themselves by offering high-quality papers for the creative sector. In 2017, Fedrigoni partnered with TM Studio and created their first edition of Fedrigoni 365. The project took off, now with hundreds of designers and other creatives wanting to be a part of it each year.
For 2026’s Fedrigoni 365 brief, each participant was given a unique paper, colour and a number, and from this had to consider ‘how does colour make you feel?’. The paper we were assigned was Sirio Pearl 125gsm in the colour Red Fever, a beautiful rich red stock with a pearlescent sheen.
We decided to take the brief separately and interpret it individually to see what we could come up with. We then came back together to decide which design we would move forward with. This proved to be a hard decision, as the paper and colour could be interpreted in multiple different ways, with each person feeling slightly differently towards it. It was interesting to see the different interpretations, and how something as simple as colour and paper can evoke such a spectrum of emotions.
The deep red of the paper, with its pearlescent sheen that could be observed when the paper was tilted at different angles, gave the sense that this paper felt extravagant. It gave the same air of grandeur or even sometimes gaudiness you get when you walk into an old cathedral, or the lavishness of iconography in the Christian church, with red being prominent in paintings of many religious figures, or on the intricate stained glass windows.
The inspiration behind the design was taken from various stained glass windows around Ireland. Most notably, the flower design at the top was taken specifically from Galway’s cathedral, which was constructed from 1958 – 1965 and is known as the last great stone cathedral to be built in Europe.
Get your copy of 2026’s Fedrigoni 366 here:
https://www.counter-print.co.uk/collections/all-books/products/fedrigoni-365-2026
Additional information on Fedrigoni Paper and the Fedrigoni 365 project can be found at fedrigoni.com and fedrigoni365.com
