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CBD | P5 | AS5 : Your choice | Part II Book Binding & Hard Cover Hand-Making
The Designs Workflow /Monday; Printing, Getting Materials for book binding and hard cover making, Book Binding & Sewing I was so excited...
Amber Houbara
Jul 15, 202211 min read
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CBD | P5 | AS5 : Your choice | Part I Research, Design & Print
Your final assignment asks you to draw on all the skills, insight and experience you have gained so far, by designing and producing a...
Amber Houbara
Jul 14, 202215 min read
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CBD | P5 | Ex 5: Reflective practice
Begin by reflecting upon the sorts of projects, exercises and assignments you have enjoyed most: ● Do you enjoy the creative freedom of...
Amber Houbara
Jul 13, 20224 min read
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CBD | P5 | Ex 4: Printing
In this exercise you can use any images created elsewhere in the course, to print onto the paper samples you collected earlier Active...
Amber Houbara
Jul 13, 20224 min read
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CBD | P5 | EX3: On Press
Adrian Pipes’ On Press chapter, from his 2009 Production for Graphic Designers manual, provides a thorough overview of the print process,...
Amber Houbara
Jul 13, 20225 min read
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CBD | P5 | Ex 2: Planning your workflow
However you plan to work in the production of your book, spend some time now planning your workflow, using the notes above as a guide....
Amber Houbara
Jul 13, 20227 min read
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CBD | P5 | Ex 1: What is your role?
Working with the outlined publishing models, identify the various roles you (and potentially others) will be undertaking for assignment...
Amber Houbara
Jul 9, 20223 min read
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CBD | P5 | Research task 1: Book Fairs
The list below is showing a range of art book fairs, both independent publishers and independent designers and artists. Research the book...
Amber Houbara
Jul 9, 20223 min read
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CBD | P4 | AS 4: Altered book
Using a found book, significantly alter the appearance of the pages to create a new volume that is personal to you. This can be any kind...
Amber Houbara
Jul 9, 20226 min read
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CBD | P4 | Ex 4: Collating and binding
Reflect, evaluate and rework Having printed your images from the previous exercise, take the opportunity to view all of the pages,...
Amber Houbara
Jul 8, 20227 min read
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CBD | P4 | EX 3: Sequencing images
In this exercise you’re going to create images which you’ll then print onto the papers you collected in the first exercise. You have been...
Amber Houbara
Jun 24, 20228 min read
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CBD | P4 | EX2: Concrete Poetry
Critical writing task Identify an example of concrete poetry and write a short critique of the content, design and the relationship...
Amber Houbara
Jun 24, 20225 min read
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CBD | P4 | EX1: Paper/ephemera
To begin: Collect a wide variety of paper samples and other paper ephemera across a range of weights, textures and surface finishes. This...
Amber Houbara
Jun 7, 20223 min read
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CBD | P4 | Research 1: Exploring artists’ books
Find two artists’ books that you feel demonstrate an interesting relationship between their form and content through the materials that...
Amber Houbara
Jun 6, 20222 min read
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CBD | P3 | As3: My Little Book of...
The brief Create two books explaining and exploring the typographic and layout principles you have researched in this section. Book 1: My...
Amber Houbara
Apr 14, 20227 min read
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CBD | P3 | Ex3: Experimental typography
Below is an extract from Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Using a single typeface of your choice, lay out the text in as...
Amber Houbara
Apr 12, 20225 min read
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CBD | P3 | Ex2: Double-page spread
This two part exercise aims to understand the relationship between typography, the grid, and the page in more depth by analysing existing...
Amber Houbara
Apr 7, 20223 min read
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CBD | P3 | Ex1: Type samples
Find as many examples of type as you can from a range of sources, including newspapers, magazines, flyers, leaflets, online, and printed...
Amber Houbara
Apr 7, 20223 min read
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CBD | P2 | AS2: Form and function Part II
The Final Designs Deluxe Edition Pocket Edition Survival Guide Interiors Mockups Pocket Version I took a vector of books from smart...
Amber Houbara
Feb 13, 20221 min read
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CBD | P2 | AS2: Form and function Part I
Brief Design the book format and cover artwork for two different versions of Daniel Defoe’s classic 1719 novel Robinson Crusoe. The...
Amber Houbara
Feb 13, 20228 min read
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