WEEK NINE / DIGITAL DESIGN STUDIO / CE 2404 01 / continuing education / fall 2006
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The Bolted Book
Chip Kidd
Petagram
FINAL PROJECT
For the Final Project I would like us to bring everything together in book form. Issues of composition, typography, color, image use, hierarchy, page design and production will all be called into play.
First begin by selecting content. Some suggestions might be a favorite writer or poet and create a 12 page book to show selected passages or poems. Song lyrics or musings are also acceptable. The idea is to build a format from your content. Set up your page designs in thumbnails, or as a war room technique, meaning put all the spreads out in front of you on a table or on the wall so you can see everything at once. From here you can determine what goes on in each spread.
Determine the art and tone of the cover. Design an inside front and inside back cover. One possibility is to create an end paper or finish. The pages should have a format that has a continuity throughout. Make thoughtful use of whitespace, use contrasts of scale and strong and thoughtful use of typography.
The images to the left are page spreads students created from previous classes. Below, are samples of covers.
