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Zemni Book Design

Linda Mayoux blog for Open College of the Arts Book Design.

  • Portfolio
    • Artist’s Statement
    • Course Review
    • Submission contents and tutor reports
    • Zemni’s Blogs
  • 1: Beginning
    • History of book design
    • Creative Design Process
  • 2: Form and Function
  • 3: Principles
  • 4: Materials and processes
  • 5: Production
  • International Design Approaches
Posted on August 5, 2016May 16, 2017 by lindamayoux

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Assignment 1: introducing Yourself Zine

1: Beginning : Coursework

  • 1: Beginning
  • Creative Design Process
  • History of book design
  • Publishing models
    • Fanzines

2: Form and Function Assignment and Coursework

2: Form and Function: Research

  • Artists and Handmade Books
  • Front covers
  • Art Nouveau
    • The Yellow Book
  • Art Deco
  • Dada
    • Kurt Schwitters
  • Constructivism
    • El Lissitsky
  • Futurism
    • Filippo Marinetti
  • Modernism
    • Bauhaus
    • Jan Tschichold
    • Wolfgang Weingart
    • Eric Gill
    • Phil Baines
    • Paul Rand
  • Neville Brody
    • Emigre Magazine
  • Irma Boom
  • David Carson
  • Sara Fanelli
  • Dan Eldon
  • Tom Muller
  • Robert Frank
  • Lee Friedlander

3: Principles Assignment and Coursework

3: Principles: Research

  • 3: Principles
    • Good Typography
      • Typography
      • International Design Approaches
      • African Graphic Design
    • History of typefaces
      • History of the Alphabet
      • Western Typeface Classifications
      • Typeface Design
    • Readability and legibility
      • Horizontal spacing: linelength, kerning and tracking
      • Vertical spacing: linespacing, alignment and justification
      • Runic alphabets
      • Typographic Art
      • Robert Massin
      • Typography Resources
    • Typography
      • Experimental Typography
        • Concrete poetry
      • Typography in Illustrator
    • Working with Images
      • Typography in InDesign
      • Typography in Photoshop
    • Layout and Grids
      • Golden Ratio
  • Modernist Typography
    • International Swiss Style
    • Jan Tschichold
    • Joseph Muller Brockman
    • Massimo Vignelli
    • Paul Rand
    • Eric Gill
    • Phil Baines
    • Wolfgang Weingart
    • James Goggin
  • Constructivism
    • El Lissitsky
    • Varvara Stepanova
  • Dada
    • Kurt Schwitters
  • Futurism
    • Filippo Marinetti
  • David Carson
  • Neville Brody

4: Materials and Processes Assignment and Projects

4: Materials and Processes: Anon – Research

  • 4: Materials and processes
    • History of book design
    • Artists and Handmade Books
      • Irma Boom
    • Abstraction
  • History of paper
  • Paper Sizes
  • Paper types
  • Papermaking: handmade
  • Papermaking: Asian traditional
  • Colour in Design: Communication, Culture and Meaning
  • Colour Theory: Perception and Optical Effects
  • Colour Management
  • OHP Transparencies
  • Tissue paper
  • Woodcuts
  • Bookbinding
  • Book Binding
  • Case and Bradel binding
  • Islamic bookbinding
  • Japanese bookbinding
  • Coptic Binding

4: Altered Book: Greed Game Research

  • Artists and Handmade Books
  • Game design
    • Petropolis: the Power Game – design process
  • Islam
  • Islamic art and calligraphy – research
    • Islamic bookbinding
    • Islamic calligraphy
    • Islamic geometric design
      • Islamic Geometric Design using Abobe Illustrator
    • Colour in Islamic Traditions
      • Black
      • Red
    • Islamic Modern Art
  • Iranian Art: Geometric
  • Iranian art: Miniatures
  • Iranian Art: Modern
  • Shirin Neshat
  • Oman : Research
  • Oman Art
  • Wallpaper textures
  • Saudi Arabia : Research
  • Saudi Art
  • Abstraction
  • Alluminium foil
  • United Arab Emirates : Research
  • UAE Art

Assignment 5 A to Z from Armaggedon

  • Alluminium foil
  • Beetroot tales
  • Bubblewrap to dp
  • Card and cardboard
  • Chocolate
  • Drypoint
  • Emery paper
  • Emulsion
  • Enamel tiles
  • Grease and glue
  • OHP Transparencies
  • Woodcuts
  • Zentangle
  • Rust
  • Tissue paper
  • Treacle
  • Wallpaper textures

5: Production : Coursework

  • 5: Production
  • Publishing models
    • Self-publishing

Design Inspiration

  • International Design Approaches
  • History of book design
    • Artists and Handmade Books
      • Irma Boom
    • Typeface Design
    • Typographic Art
    • Typography Resources
    • Front covers
      • Robert Frank
      • Marcus Bleasdale
      • Martha Rosler
      • Lee Friedlander
  • Art Nouveau
    • The Yellow Book
  • Art Deco
  • Dada
    • El Lissitsky
    • Kurt Schwitters
    • Varvara Stepanova
  • Futurism
    • Filippo Marinetti
  • Modernism
    • Modernist Typography
    • International Swiss Style
    • Bauhaus
    • Jan Tschichold
    • Joseph Muller Brockman
    • Massimo Vignelli
    • Phil Baines
    • Eric Gill
    • Paul Rand
    • James Goggin
    • Wolfgang Weingart
  • Experimental Typography
    • Tom Muller
    • Emigre Magazine
    • Dan Eldon
    • Sara Fanelli
    • Neville Brody
    • Robert Massin
    • David Carson
    • Fanzines
      • Guerilla Girls
  • African Graphic Design
  • Islamic art and calligraphy – research
    • Islamic calligraphy
    • Islamic geometric design
    • Islamic Modern Art
    • Iranian Art: Geometric
    • Iranian art: Miniatures
    • Iranian Art: Modern
      • Shirin Neshat
    • Oman Art
    • Saudi Art
    • UAE Art
  • Japanese Design

Media experiments

  • Alluminium foil
  • Blobs
  • Card and cardboard
  • Chocolate
  • Drypoint
  • Enamel tiles
  • Emulsion
  • Emery paper
  • Islamic Geometric Design using Abobe Illustrator
  • Tissue paper
  • Wallpaper textures
  • Woodcuts
  • Zentangle
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