Undertake a combination of library and internet research into the following designers, identifying a number of book cover designs for each. Reflect on their conceptual and/or expressive approaches to design. Write a very brief description of your selected cover designs and a brief overview of the designer – try to focus on keywords rather than long… Continue reading Exercise 3: Book designers
Assignment 1 Feedback
Daniel Sutton Book Design 1 assignment 1.docx Your first assignment asked you to create a small publication or fanzine based on your interest in books and their design, allowing you to introduce yourself, and your interests in book design, so that your tutor can get to know you and your work better. A great effort… Continue reading Assignment 1 Feedback
Research Task: Paper and Bookbinding
Further inform your understanding of paper and bookbinding by reading pages 165–180 of Alan Pipes’ chapter ‘ On Press’ available as a downloadable resource at http://www.oca-student.com/ Collect lots of different paper samples, and assemble these into a standalone book, or integrate them into your sketchbook. See this as the start of an ongoing resource that… Continue reading Research Task: Paper and Bookbinding
Exercise 2: Paper and binding choices
Analyse the binding style of the books you’ve collected. How does the book block adhere to the cover? How does it adhere to the spine? Is it stitched or glued? You’ll notice that in case-bound or hardback books, the sections, or signatures, are sewn together and glued to the spine. Paperback books, on the other hand, are more… Continue reading Exercise 2: Paper and binding choices
Research task: Book terminology
Familiarise yourself with the terminology used in describing the anatomy of a book and write some brief notes in your learning log on how the various structural elements could be modified to reflect the book’s function. The following componenets are listed: head, spine, tail, pages/leaves, book block, board and cover. As I am currently reading Book… Continue reading Research task: Book terminology
Exercise 1: The function of books
Identify a range of books that have fundamentally different functions in terms of how these books are engaged with – how they’re held, where they’re read, by whom, and for what purpose. Try to look at least six books, but you can extend this if you want to. The differences between these books might be… Continue reading Exercise 1: The function of books
Assignment One: Your zine
Your first assignment asks you to create a small publication or fanzine based on your interest in books and their design. It allows you to introduce yourself, and your interests in book design, so that your tutor can get to know you and your work better. Your fanzine can be digitally printed, photocopied or handmade.… Continue reading Assignment One: Your zine
Exercise 7: Visualising, editing and critiquing
Based on your work from the previous exercises, think about how your designs work within the context of the book. For example, visually explore how your artwork sits within the format of your A5 pamphlet – how the page might frame the artwork, how different pages sit together or how you might begin to develop… Continue reading Exercise 7: Visualising, editing and critiquing
Exercise 6: Folding and mocking up your book
Creating a small mock up Creating a full scale mock up Although this was a simple exercise it was useful to be able to visualise page numbers and understand the layout of pages.
Exercise 5: Research & development
Firstly, review your visual ideas based on from the previous exercise through a process of critical evaluation. Which ideas are you drawn to? Which ideas have ‘legs’ – possible interesting outcomes which are worth pursuing? Often the ideas which are strongest are those which have depth, or many layers of association. Perhaps you are intuitively drawn… Continue reading Exercise 5: Research & development
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