DESIGN CONTEXT: OUGD401 Design Context: A Brief History... Design Process

GRIDS AND LAYOUTS:

Front Cover:

PHOTOSHOP:

I used blend tools to create this over lay effect. I decided that this was an interesting way to add colour to my publication.

Here are 2 of my layouts. I was inspired by the layout on the right and the hierarchy of text i am really pleased with it.

I think this is one of my strongest, most successful layouts. It is informative and functional. It deals with the hierarchy of texts and guides your eye around the whole double page spread. I am really pleased with this double page spread and plan to use it throughout my book, as a page breaker from the more abstract, creative layouts.

I really like this way of portraying the important teachings and ethos of the bauhaus. I think it is bold, eye catching and informative.

PRINTING AND BINDING:
I Printed my publication in the digital print room. I decided that this was the most appropriate way to print it for a number of reasons. One reason is that it is the utilisation of new materials much like the teachings of the Bauhaus.

Printing my publication well in advance proved helpful as i noticed a glaring spelling mistake. Fortunately i had left my self enough time to get it reprinted.

I wanted to find a way to bind my book, so that the binding process was apparent. I wanted to do this as it shows my understanding of the bauhaus teachings. Form follows function. Creating a book with no embellishments or frills. A book that merely served it's purpose and didn't try to be something it wasn't. I was inspired by the binding technique of the democratic lecture book. I inquired to the author Craig Oldman and he told me that it had been factory produced. I was still interested in creating a bind with the same technique so i went to speak to the binding specialist and the LCA vernon street building. She told me that i could use PVA and a mesh fabric to gain a similar look and feel.