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Amber Houbara
Jul 15, 202211 min read
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...
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Amber Houbara
Jul 14, 202215 min read
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...
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Amber Houbara
Jul 13, 20224 min read
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...
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Amber Houbara
Jul 13, 20224 min read
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...
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Amber Houbara
Jul 13, 20225 min read
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,...
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Amber Houbara
Jul 13, 20227 min read
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....
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Amber Houbara
Jul 9, 20223 min read
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...
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Amber Houbara
Jul 9, 20223 min read
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...
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Amber Houbara
Jul 9, 20226 min read
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...
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Amber Houbara
Jul 8, 20227 min read
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,...
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Amber Houbara
Jun 24, 20228 min read
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...
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Amber Houbara
Jun 24, 20225 min read
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...
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Amber Houbara
Jun 7, 20223 min read
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...
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Amber Houbara
Jun 6, 20222 min read
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...
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Amber Houbara
Apr 12, 20225 min read
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...
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Amber Houbara
Apr 7, 20223 min read
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...
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Amber Houbara
Apr 7, 20223 min read
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...
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Amber Houbara
Feb 13, 20221 min read
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...
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Amber Houbara
Feb 13, 20228 min read
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...
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Amber Houbara
Feb 10, 20223 min read
CBD | P2 | Ex4: Designing a cover
Following on from the discussion of George Orwell’s novel 1984, look at the covers for Margaret Atwood’s equally dystopian novel The...
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