Exercise: Double-page spread
The brief Using DTP software, recreate a double-page spread from a magazine I’ve chosen the double-page spread from KINFOLK magazine for this task. The final result
Exercise: 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 inventive a way as possible. Experiment with the letters and words, using the typographic principles you researched in earlier exercises to significantly alter the arrangement of the text, its
Exercise: Type samples
Research Find as many examples of type as you can from a range of sources, including newspapers, magazines, flyers, leaflets and printed ephemera. Broadly classify them into serif and sans-serif groups. Explore your computer to see whether you have any of the typefaces mentioned on the previous page. Find other examples on your computer that
Exercise: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
The Jules Verne classic 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea has undergone many different design treatments. Write some illustrated notes about the visual impact of each of these four designs. If you walked into a bookshop with no idea what the book was about, what impression would each of these covers give you? Which cover would be
Research point: Fanzines
Mersey beat This fanzine was founded by one of John Lennon’s classmates and helped the Beatles become the biggest band in the world. Sniffin Glue Sniffin Glue was the first official punk fanzine started by Mark Perry in July 1976 http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/sniffin-glue-a-fanzine-that-epitomized-punk-a7023131.html Ripped & Torn Home Artcore Fanzine Artcore Fanzine is a punk zine first published in January 1986. It’s one
Exercise: Folding
As a designer, you need to have an understanding of the processes involved in creating a book. Some of these processes remain essentially the same as in early books, for example folding paper to form pages and binding these together to form a spine. I folded the A4 sheet of paper in half twice