Offprint London The latest Offprint London event that was held in 2019 boasted 130 independent and self-publishers. Offprint began in 2015 as a one-off commission born from Offprint Paris. It states that the emphasis is not about book revival as much as the reclamation of independence and agency by artists to empower them to disseminate… Continue reading Research task: Book fairs
Assignment 4: Altered book
Using a found book, significantly alter the appearance of the pages to create a new volume that is personal to you. This can be any kind of book that is of interest to you. For example, a fiction book, a non-fiction book, a picture book or a photo book. Approach the found book in a… Continue reading Assignment 4: Altered book
Exercise 4: Collating and binding
Reflect, evaluate and reworkHaving printed your images from the previous exercise, take the opportunity to view all of the pages, reflect on them and evaluate before moving on to the next step of collating and binding the pages together. Which pages are successful? Which pages have not turned out as well as you had hoped?… Continue reading Exercise 4: Collating and binding
Exercise 3: Sequencing images
In this exercise you’re going to create images which you’ll then print onto the papers you collected in the first exercise. You have been working with the poem Tango With Cows in the exercise ‘Concrete Poetry’, to create an experimental text. Using your interpretation of the poem as a starting point, develop a set of… Continue reading Exercise 3: Sequencing images
Exercise 2: Concrete Poetry
Critical writing taskIdentify an example of concrete poetry and write a short critique of the content, design and the relationship between the content and form. How has the use of typography, layout, and space been employed to help generate meaning? Print out a copy of the poem and add notes directly onto the page. Write… Continue reading Exercise 2: Concrete Poetry
Bookbinding
I haven’t tried bookbinding yet so I thought it would be a good idea to have a go. I bought a beginner bookbinding kit and found a tutorial on creating a simple stitch binding on YouTube. I grabbed my zine from the first assignment to use as a guinea pig. Even though it is already… Continue reading Bookbinding
Exercise 1: Paper/ephemera
To begin: Collect a wide variety of paper samples and other paper ephemera across a range of weights, textures and surface finishes. This builds on your previous paper sample exercise from Part Two. Aim to collect a wide range of unprinted papers, such as blotting paper, tracing paper, lined paper, graph paper, rice paper and… Continue reading Exercise 1: Paper/ephemera
Assignment 3 Feedback
The brief: Create two books explaining and exploring the typographic and layout principles you have researched in this section. Your books should each take the form of a simple eight-page booklet folded, stapled or stitched. Design the cover and contents for each. When creating your content for both books, be aware of your audience,… Continue reading Assignment 3 Feedback
Research task: Exploring artists’ books
Find two artists’ books that you feel demonstrate an interesting relationship between their form and content through the materials that the artist has chosen to use. Reflect on these books in your learning log. Sandra Turley – This Original Self “It’s about self-discovery. It’s a study of identity… The images of a face are barely… Continue reading Research task: Exploring artists’ books
Assignment Three: My Little Book of…
The Brief: Create two books explaining and exploring the typographic and layout principles you have researched in this section. Book 1: My Little Book of…Good Typography Using the reference material that you’ve gathered throughout the exercises and research tasks in Part Three, design a book which explores traditional ‘good practice’ in typography. What is readability… Continue reading Assignment Three: My Little Book of…
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