In this Assignment I will need to create a range of book designs for Daniel Defoe’s classic novel Robinson Crusoe. The publisher is Viking press, and the book will be published in 2 different editions, one pocket edition, and one that is more of a deluxe edition for home reading. I find this quite exciting…
Category: Part 2 – Book Design 1: Creative Book Design
Exercise 4: Designing a cover
In this exercise I was asked to look at different covers designed for a book throughout the years and see the differences between them and identify what ties them together. The book The Handmaid’s tale by Margaret Atwood was suggested as such. This book was first published in 1985, and has seen a number of…
Exercise 3: Book designers
In this exercise I was asked to undertake some research into the work of specific book designers and see how they contrast with each other, with the norm of the book genre and in their approach to design. Do this in a format that reflects the designer’s style. Select 3 from the list that I…
Exercise 2: Paper and binding choices
In this exercise I was asked to explore the paper choices when it comes to books and also look at the binding techniques used in these publications. As another part of this exercise I was asked to gather some paper samples to see what is out there and think about their differences in practical use….
Research task: Book terminology
In this research task I was asked to familiarise myself with the terms used in book making. I started with a sketch to help me the memorise the different elements of the book. I have also found this video that describes all the different jargon used in bookmaking. I didn’t know that there were so…
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…
Graphic Design 