Book Design

(sketchbook work)

Our assignment for this week involves generating a book out of thin air. The main objective is to play with the relationship between text and image, including such creative elements as text, photography, textures, typography, page layout and book making.

My book stems from the song 'Handwritten' by The Gaslight Anthem, particularly this lyric

I'M IN LOVE WITH THE WAY YOU'RE IN LOVE WITH THE NIGHT

I just think it's very beautiful, and inspired me to roam my local neighbourhood at night taking photos which I could then work with. I ended up doing a lot of light painting, having a longer shutter speed and experimenting by 'giggeling' the camera.

I then played with editing a couple of these photos and then incorporating them into some prototype pages. The result of one direction below.

I'm still not entirely sure which direction my book will take, I'm more drawn to idea of having as landscape orientated pamphlet book or a series of placards, then placed in a display box.. Lot's of work to do!