Bean is an original Cambridge Imprint design first published in 2016. It deploys a repeated hand-drawn bean shape: like a fingerprint, it is a satisfying simple, inevitable mark, yet endlessly various. The simplicity of this design allows it to function in many different contexts and it can be read as pleasingly naive and childlike or pared back and modern, depending on the colour way. Bean is currently available in three colour ways: a sophisticated dark Coffee; a vibrant Kingfisher blue-green; and the red on warm pink of Summer Pudding. Cambridge Imprint paper is printed in England on FSC paper of archiving quality, using vegetable oil-based inks that are kind to the environment. Each sheet is printed in one or two hand-mixed inks on uncoated 90 gsm stock to create a high-quality matte paper with a hand-printed feel. Each sheet measures 50 cm x 70 cm.
