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Book Design 1 - Creative Book Design
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Jun 30, 202114 min read
Assignment 2: Form and Function
At the end of part 2, my assignment was to reimagine two covers for Daniel Defoe's famous 1719 novel Robinson Crusoe. Intended to be...
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Jun 13, 20215 min read
Exercise 2.4: Designing A Cover
This exercise explored the idea of reinterpreting a book cover for a for a new edition of a previously released book. Re-releasing of...
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Jun 9, 20218 min read
Exercise 2.3: Book Designers
This exercise was split into four sections, beginning with research into a long list of fifteen unique cover designers, then comparing...
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May 26, 20212 min read
Research Task: Paper and Bookbinding
I read chapter 6 'On Press' from Alan Pipes' Production for graphic designers and found the extra information on the technical side of...
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May 25, 20215 min read
Exercise 2.2: Paper and binding choices
Now with more knowledge of book terminology, I moved on to the main exercise of looking at paper and binding options, starting with paper...
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May 17, 20214 min read
Research Task: Book Terminology
To familiarise myself with the correct terminology and phrases when talking about the main parts of a book, I looked at the suggested...
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Apr 30, 202110 min read
Exercise 2.1: The Function of Books
In this section I was asked to think critically about the form and function of books, starting with this first exercise where I needed to...
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Apr 16, 20214 min read
Reflections: Creative Book Design (Part 1)
I've received my feedback for part 1 of Creative book design and as with my previous unit, I'm returning to my reflections to see where I...
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