Thursday 20 May 2010
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.
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