Book Design Development

A5 Japanese Binding.



A4 Japanese Binding.



Experimenting with A5 corner Binding.

Above are two examples of the development for the design of the book itself. I personally really like the Japanese binding style, it is very simple yet very effective. I also like the way that it looks with the visible binding as I gives it a very hand made feel because you know that someone bound it by hand. The second example where I attempted to bind it on the corner so that it would open in a fan like motion, just wasn't a practical and easy way to enjoy the book. I think I envisaged it working better in my head, so that idea was quickly dropped. I have been trying to Japanese bind more as I want my level of finish to be a lot higher when it comes to binding my final 2 books. Just after binding three books and a fourth set of covers I feel that I have improved and I am starting to pick up some useful techniques. I am planning to bind the two covers in different colour covers and I still need to try and come up with a good and simple idea for the cover. I want some very simple lettering on the front and then for the first page to be a more colourful and thoughtfully designed cover page.