OUGD504 - Design For Print (31) - Front / Back Covers

I wanted to maintain consistency between both publications, but also show a clear difference. Below are some of the ideas I had for covers:

This first idea seemed very plain and boring. Despite holding consistency, I feel it's far to boring, and not very appealing to pick up.

I liked the colour scheme with the above ideas. However I felt it was still too plain to work with. 

Further similar ideas, changing  the layout: 

I liked the idea of working with a box, as it's something consistent throughout my publications, shown in the 'Common Mistakes' Section. The below ideas experimented with this. 

I came to this idea, with a wider box. This meant the same size box could be used on the back, where text about each book could be fitted in. This box also worked with the 4 x 4 modular grid I have been working with, throughout the publication. 

Finalised Designs:

As I was screen printing the reference book, I wanted to increase the point size so that it would print well. This was increased from 12pt to 15pt. Obviously this doesn't occur with the the digitally printed book, but I increased this too, so the publications would be consistent. 

OUGD504 - Design For Print (30) - Publication Issues

I realised I had a few issues to address with my publication(s), which I wanted to address:

- The size of the document I have been working with - For the book I intend on sending off to be printed, I have been working at A4 size. This seems large and impractical. 

- Images appearing pixelated - When working on InDesign, some of my full bleed images appear slightly pixelated. I intend on printing a spread out, and seeing how it works when printed. 

- Binding - I know exactly the form of binding I want to use, but not sure of where to purchase materials / how to produce it. 

Document Sizing

As you can see, I printed a full bleed page out, to see how the images would look. I was in luck with the images, as they didn't seem to look pixelated. However, I felt the document was too large. I printed the same page again, and cropped it using a guillotine to a size which felt more ergonomic. This was roughly 3cm off each edge, a dramatic different. 

Change of document size: One issue I have is that I have produced 60 pages of the publication at A4 size, which would be very time consuming to change manually. I wanted to know if there was a way of exporting the document size to something smaller, so I decided to consult some of my tutors. 

Conversation with Simon

I spoke to Simon about two things: the binding & the document sizing. 

Simon explained the form of binding further (with an unexplainable sketch!), and told me that I can achieve this in Vernon Street. I intend on speaking to someone at Vernon Street to confirm this.

He explained that notches are create within the pages, which are filled with an adhesive, before the tape is applied. This will reinforce the pages, stopping them from falling out easily. 

In terms of document sizing, Simon was unsure on how I could resize PDFs. He recommended that I speak to Mike in IT.

Conversation With Mike

I went up to IT and spoke to Mike briefly about document sizing. He said he was sure that there was a way of changing an existing document size using either InDesign or Adobe Acrobat Pro. 

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OUGD504 - Design For Print (29) - Layout Plan

I decided it would be best to create some layout variations for my publication, using a module grid and baseline.

Below you can see the variations I created, before adding content:


You can see how these have been applied to my pages:

Glossary:

p15 - p16

p17 - p18

p19 - p20

p21 - p22

p1 - p2

p11 - p12

p13 - p14

p25 - p26

p29 - p30

p37 - p38

p39 - p40

p35 - p36