Zemni Design

Category: Book Design

  • Flatpans

    The Task Using one of the hardback books that you sourced in Part One, create a flatplan of the first eight pages of your selected book, similar to the example on the previous page. Indicate where important text and images occur, on a recto (right-hand) or verso (left-hand) page, or as a double-page spread. Indicate…

  • Case and Bradel binding

    Ccc A Bradel binding (also called a bonnet or bristol board binding, a German Case binding, or in French as Cartonnage à la Bradel or en gist) is a style of book binding with a hollow back. It most resembles a case binding in that it has a hollow back and visible joint, but unlike…

  • Origins of the book

    Origins of the book Edit The binding of a Chinese bamboo book (Sun Tzu’s The Art of War) The craft of bookbinding probably originated in India, where religious sutras were copied on to palm leaves (cut into two, lengthwise) with a metal stylus. The leaf was then dried and rubbed with ink, which would form…

  • Islamic bookbinding

  • Japanese bookbinding

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  • Coptic Binding

    Coptic binding Coptic binding or Coptic sewing comprises methods of bookbinding employed by early Christians in Egypt, the Copts, and used from as early as the 2nd century AD to the 11th century.[1][2] The term is also used to describe modern bindings sewn in the same style. Coptic bindings, the first true codices, are characterized…

  • Irma Boom

  • The Yellow Book

    edited from Wikipedia The Yellow Book The Yellow Book was a British quarterly literary periodical that was published in London from 1894 to 1897. It was a leading journal of the British 1890s and lent its name to the “Yellow Nineties” and the magazine contained a wide range of literary and artistic genres, poetry, short stories,…

  • Self-publishing

    Sources: OCA Book Design 1 Course Guide by Christian Lloyd pp92-94 OCA Photography 2 Landscape by Jesse Alexander pp157-162, Wikipedia and followup on web links therefrom. Self-publishing is where the author publishes their work independently from a publishing house.  It is seen as a means for authors and designers to ‘take back the power’ and enjoy…

  • Children’s Publishing

    Children’s publishing is a good example of the range of design approaches, with design styles adapted to suit the range of ages, from learner readers through to the teen and young adult market. Early reading books need to be robust – large, sturdy board books with thick pages strong enough to withstand heavy handling by toddlers. Young…