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Exercise 4: Generating ideas

Use one or more of the following book related sayings as a starting point to generate visual ideas and responses: Bookworms A closed/open book The oldest trick in the book You can’t judge a book by its cover In someone’s good/bad books By the book During this early formative stage, aim to be as wide-ranging and… Continue reading Exercise 4: Generating ideas

Exercise 3: Alternative publications

Using your research into artists’ books and fanzines as a starting point, think about their physical or design qualities, and creatively apply some of these approaches to your own designs. For example, there’s a distinctive visual quality to many fanzines which comes from a ‘cut and paste’ approach to designing and through the use of… Continue reading Exercise 3: Alternative publications

Research task: Artists’ books and fanzines

Browse the American based Smithsonian Libraries’ Artist Book archive to identify books that you find interesting or questions the notion of the book in some way. This book jumped out at me straight away. It subverts the idea of a book unequivocally with its unusual form and layout. The book could just as easily be… Continue reading Research task: Artists’ books and fanzines

Exercise 2/Research task: The Future of the Book

Given the current development of the book from printed to digital technologies, what do you see as the future of the book, for readers, and book designers? Where do you see the book heading? Show and tell. Try and summarise your thinking into a series of short statements, quotations, images (collage) or ideas. Be creative in how you… Continue reading Exercise 2/Research task: The Future of the Book

Exercise 1: Influential books

Consider the importance of books to you both personally and within a broader global sense. First of all, think back to the earliest books you came across as a child, through your teenage years and early adulthood to where you are now. There may be half a dozen books which stick in your memory or… Continue reading Exercise 1: Influential books

Analysing and reflecting on books

Identify a book that you find engaging.Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell Briefly describe the book.Nineteen Eighty-Four is a prophetic novel that paints a nightmare picture of totalitarianism and repression. Counter to this, the central characters perform acts of rebellion with expressions of the human spirit which creates a vivid contrast against the dystopian backdrop. Using… Continue reading Analysing and reflecting on books