Category: Book Design
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Artists and Handmade Books
Book Arts Web: Discovering Artists Books: The Art, the Artist and the Issues Definition of Artist Books Artist Books 3.0 The Virtual Codex from Page Space to E-Space by Johanna Drucker
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Coptic binding
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Anatomy of a book
See post on bookbinding Flatpan A fl atplan is an overall guide to the editorial structure of the book that is adapted by the designer and editor together. It maps the book’s extent (number of pages), main elements and where colour and images can be used: front matter (or ‘prelims’): the frontispiece – usually a recto (righthand page)…
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Book Design Process
Working to a ‘Brief’ A book designer generally works to a ‘brief’ – a specific set of requirements for a particular project. The brief may be set by an external agency, or it may be self-initiated. The scope of the brief may vary in terms of how much creative input the designer can exercise. In some assignments the designer…
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Fanzines
It was first used by US sci fi enthusiast Louis Russell Chauvenet in 1940 and by 1949 was in common use. ‘Fanzine’ was abbreviated to ‘zine’ in 1970s. The rise of fanzines was part of the punk subcultural response to mainstream society – in this case, mainstream print. Distribution: Zines were hand-made publications produced in…
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History of book design
Book Design History The language and terminology we use in book design today stems from early Egyptian books. Origins The earliest forms of books were scrolls produced by Egyptian scribes over 4,000 years ago. Images and vertical text were hand-drawn onto palm leaves, then later onto papyrus scrolls. Papyrus was made from the pith of…
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Eric Gill
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Dan Eldon
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Sara Fanelli