Booklet Design.

'A selection of coloured cover boards were printed using a spot blue to black gradient, resulting in different colour results on each shade of board. The department's statements of intent are given prominence on the back cover.'

More Booklet Design

Julia.

For my design context book I'm wanting to make a series of books and this is a great way to package them.

Till Wiedeck.

The thing about the above brand identity is that everything is covered even to the using the logo as a stamp which i think is a really nice thing to have with your personal branding. Colour is really important within this as its really striking and individual.

The business cards above work beautifully with just a simple block foiled triangle as the logo on a bright white card stock. Nice, clean branding.

Christmas Stamps 2009

found: www.magpiestudio.co.uk

This is a really nice example of a presentation card for stamps the whole theme of the stamps is really brought out by the packaging. the die cut windows really make this piece something special for a stamp collector and makes it really feel like a special presentation pack.

Mad Hatters Tea Party.

'These invitations were printed on bright white card stock, and I used Adobe Caslon Pro Italic as my typeface of choice. The cards were strung together with Pink ribbon to match the pink swatch used for the invitations and mailed in gold envelopes.' found here...http://page84.wordpress.com/

Wedding Invites.

found here: http://beautifulpaper.typepad.com

Laser cut card.

Found here....www.danielbaer.co.uk

'this intricate design is actually made from one piece of paper—gold and blue sheets have been laminated and then folded in the middle, leaving two tiny hinges holding it all together.'

This is a really nice example of the use of just a single piece of paper, even though this hasn't been hand cut it still has a nice quality.

Creative Review Layouts

The above photo is an example of an interview layout, using a four column grid and separate images at the bottom of the page.

I like the overall layout of the the magazine but in particular the way in which certain quotes have been selected from the text and how the images only appear in the middle of the DPS. Also for the profiles on the far left uses monotone images which is also something to consider within my layouts in my publication.

Grafik Magazine Layouts.

The above layout is a in a different format to the usual interview as it uses lines to connect the question with the answer from the designer. The layout mainly contains body copy with the beginning of an image towards the edge of the page, which is a continuation of the image on the previous page. Also using coloured background to colour code the interviews separate from the the rest of the magazine.

This DPS is mainly image heavy on a large scale, with a brief explanation of each image on the right hand page.
Again the format of the layout is the same for all interviews within the magazine. Answers to the questions appear in bold and the questions just as a regular font. Another feature within this magazine is the use of a coloured background, this works really well and also provides a colour coding system.

With the above layout the image works well been in the middle of the DPS and the reverse out text in blocks surrounding it.


The above layout works well with it been in a colour it just makes it much more interesting to read and different from just using black as a standard for blocks of text.

Design Context Layouts.

After the crit on Wednesday it was suggested to me that I should look at more example of layout, as the layouts I have so far aren't working. So from looking at other examples I came across a layout using lines to join up the questions to the answers. I think the use of colour is definitely needed or perhaps the use of a coloured stock maybe.

Letterpress Goodness.

letterpress poster is a single color printed on 110lb Cover Crane Lettra Fluorescent White. The type started with hand drawn lettering, then refined on computer and printed with a nice deep impression on the cotton stock. The quote is from Ralph Waldo Emerson and reads “Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air…”

Flower Design.

found here...www.wash-design.co.uk

'A new look for a local florists...foil blocked on to GFSmith paper stock. It's nice to work with small businesses who appreciate good paper stock and alternative printing techniques.'

Nice example of foil blocking, keeping the design quite limited in colour and simple imagery works really well.

Book I want to own...

'Generally speaking books on special print processes fall into one of two categories. The first showcases the processes but keeps the secrets of the practicalities to itself—perpetuating the irritating myth that average ideas can be transformed into good design by the use of one special process and some fancy stock. The second type is the PRODUCTION MANUAL, digitally printed on 60 gsm rubbish that might have an 8 page colour section in the middle if you are lucky.

This rather lovely book graced our desks at the end of last week and falls nicely between the two, almost literally —one half of the book is concerned with the purely practical side of experimental print finishes and the other is a showcase for those processes. Designed to function as an 'Encyclopedia of Experimental Print Finishing', the technical side splits the content into Printing and Varnishing, Foil Lamination, Embossing, Cutting and Edge Finishing—all of which are explained in detail and given an iTunes-style 'star' rating for cost.

What makes the book even more appealing from a designer's perspective is that samples in the showcase half of the book are all individually created pieces of work (some better than others) by luminaries such as Antoine + Manuel, Hort and Pixelgarten.' (grapfik blog)

gig posters

More layouts for des context book....

Full block black background.Not sure this is really working and the verse out text is quite striking on the eye making it difficult to read.
Larger images of the studios work.

Layouts for Design Context Book.

The above layout is quite plain I think it needs more imagery within the overall layout and more colour.



Larger images work better within the layout.