Design Publication Review and Evaluation

Design Publication Review and Evaluation

This brief pushed my thinking of a very open brief, at first I struggled to come to terms with what I was being asked to do, I tried not to listen to peers who where just as confused or where confusing me, and I went and clarified with my tutor what the content had to be. I then knew what I needed to do and really as long as I could relate it to my own practice I could produce a publication of any kind on any subject I wanted.

I listed things that I liked whilst looking into what format the book would take. I looked at previous students work and found that I wanted to try produce a publication that had multiple book formats and I wanted to use the Acco binding clips to bind my work, I also knew that this method of binding would make the binding and production a lot easier and I could concentrate of the content and design of the book.

I ended up having three sections to my publication and I think on a subconscious level I had almost replicated the name of the module PPP, and my publication had become principles, practice/ practioners and personality! I think that this is highly appropriate for the brief and I think that the content shows a well- rounded synthesis of my own practice.

I enjoyed working with a combination of formats. If I had had more time I would of considered my choice of stock more to see if there where any better combinations, however I do not feel like the stock choices I made were unsuccessful. I am also very pleased with the front cover(s) of the publication the three covers work really well together and I am happy that the foil on the front almost went perfectly even though it was done using the shorter method of  foiling. I also like that I incorporated the pistachio stock and it adds an extra colour and texture to a book that is content heavy, the pages add breaks to the content and I think that this works well.