OUGD603: Extended Practice - Part 2: Design Publication Production

During the initial discussion I had with Amber and a few members of the year, I concluded that it was would be beneficial and appropriate to my practice to produce a physical, hand-rendered outcome for my Design Publication as this would demonstrate a way in which I had been working for the past three years.

As it was the final brief of third year, I really wanted to produce an outcome which had a professional finish and therefore made a conscious decision to outsource the binding of the publication.

Inspired by this idea of a notebook, I wanted to present the content of my publication in the format of a scrapbook of inspirations, techniques, ideas and outcomes ultimately reflecting the way in which I personally work. I like the idea of pulling content from a variety of sources such as books, sketchbooks etc. and therefore the content would be on a variety of stocks.

For practicality reasons in having to bind together several stocks, I felt a spiral bind would be the most effective and would reflect the notebook aesthetic.

From the spiral bound notebooks I looked at during the initial research process I noticed that a lot of the front and back covers were printed on thick mount board giving a substantial feel. Therefore I bought a beige 2mm mount board to print onto for not only the front and back covers but also the separators which would separate the different sections of the book.

I chose the beige mount board in other to compliment the yellow I had chosen as I felt this would be the most realistic colour to print on as opposed to the charcoal I was also considering.

Selected pages where printed onto trace in order to visually communicate my methodology whilst also giving a more interactive feel to the publication which is a key element of my design practice.

Remaining pages with content such as images of techniques I admired sourced from books and inspirations for the individual briefs I had incorporated were printed on standard printer stock in full colour. 

I'm really pleased with how the trace overlays the full colour images, I deliberately chose to layout out the type so it only covered half the page meaning that the image can show through which I believe is particularly interactive compared to standard books.