Looking at book design and layout 1...
For this project we are looking at book design, as part of my initial research for the project I have been looking at my favourite photography books as well as a variety of other 'book' formats.
The books below come from 2 of the leading photography organisations...both come in the form of photo-books which generally tend to be my preferred book to look at. The pages for both are very glossy and the Hasselblad 'Victor' book is huge and covered in a fabric type of material.
Both books are designed in way that says 'we as a company or organisation are prestigious' which works well.
When we look at designing our book we need to choose a style and format that fits the purpose...for example it would be wrong to produce cardboard prints of pin sharp astrophotography images as glossy paper helps to make that type of photography pop off the page.
As we are currently bouncing ideas for the narrative and images in the book it is hard to say which route we will take but it will come with a lot of consideration and experimentation.
One common theme with both books is that they generally have 1 image per page or at the very least 1 artist per page, this is something i think has been done deliberately to help with the narrative of the book. It gives importance to the image or the artist and makes it easy for the viewer to digest.
AOP 2017 Awards
Victor (Hasselblad)
The books below come from 2 of the leading photography organisations...both come in the form of photo-books which generally tend to be my preferred book to look at. The pages for both are very glossy and the Hasselblad 'Victor' book is huge and covered in a fabric type of material.
Both books are designed in way that says 'we as a company or organisation are prestigious' which works well.
When we look at designing our book we need to choose a style and format that fits the purpose...for example it would be wrong to produce cardboard prints of pin sharp astrophotography images as glossy paper helps to make that type of photography pop off the page.
As we are currently bouncing ideas for the narrative and images in the book it is hard to say which route we will take but it will come with a lot of consideration and experimentation.
One common theme with both books is that they generally have 1 image per page or at the very least 1 artist per page, this is something i think has been done deliberately to help with the narrative of the book. It gives importance to the image or the artist and makes it easy for the viewer to digest.
AOP 2017 Awards
Victor (Hasselblad)
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