Saturday, 4 September 2010
Pictures of my final diary
I've been thinking of what to do with the cover, because it's supposed to be a hand made diary, I feel that it's not necessary to have a fancy cover, so, I decided to leave it clear. What's necessary is to have something that can catch people's eyes also reflect to the whole concept, then I came up with this idea of having a damaged lock. We know that some diaries are made with a lock for securing purpose. But if you saw a diary with a broken lock I guess you'd want to have a peek out of curiosity. But the key point of this object diary is that it can only be read by it's owner.
Wednesday, 1 September 2010
More thoughts for the cover
Today, I showed my 'almost done' books to friends and ask them what do they think. We agreed on it has to have an introduction in words of telling people how it's supposed to be used. So, for that I need to rethink the cover option 2.
I really like the covers below, they're using their own sketches to convey the idea of the starting point you may say. I am using sketched icons of objects to make a diary to convey what objects can be used in unexpected way. They also have a hand made feel to it.
I really like the covers below, they're using their own sketches to convey the idea of the starting point you may say. I am using sketched icons of objects to make a diary to convey what objects can be used in unexpected way. They also have a hand made feel to it.
Tuesday, 31 August 2010
Cover
I've been dealing with how to make the covers and here are the options i finalised,
Option 1
To make screen printing as it'd feel nicer and more hand made with the texture, but the defect point is the ink might come off on your hands. I went to the school screen printing workshop, but unfortunately it's closed for the summer.
Option 2
To take one page of inside the dairy as an example of me show how I use it and as the designer of this dairy book, do it properly then print it off on a firm and high quality paper. But as it's for the cover so will have to leave a space for the title.
Option 1
To make screen printing as it'd feel nicer and more hand made with the texture, but the defect point is the ink might come off on your hands. I went to the school screen printing workshop, but unfortunately it's closed for the summer.
Option 2
To take one page of inside the dairy as an example of me show how I use it and as the designer of this dairy book, do it properly then print it off on a firm and high quality paper. But as it's for the cover so will have to leave a space for the title.
Monday, 30 August 2010
I have spent the last couple of days sewing, binding and glueing all the pages together and I'm pleased with the result. Tomorrow, I am going down to the shop again for more materials for hard cover binding.
The first page in the dairy was meant to be a simple introduction, a step by step of how to use this diary, but then I thought that'd be too settled, so, instead of telling people that exactly how I think they should be using it, I'd prefer to transmit the intension and what is my point of view of 'objects' in this project to them. But for the introduction bit I'd still want to give them sort of an example of how can use it, and that's what I am going to do on the cover.
The first page in the dairy was meant to be a simple introduction, a step by step of how to use this diary, but then I thought that'd be too settled, so, instead of telling people that exactly how I think they should be using it, I'd prefer to transmit the intension and what is my point of view of 'objects' in this project to them. But for the introduction bit I'd still want to give them sort of an example of how can use it, and that's what I am going to do on the cover.
Thursday, 26 August 2010
Folding & Getting ready to bind
Quick post. So, yesterday, I was at service point at 11am and spent hours for get all pages done and cut. Afternoon, I went down to the paper shop again to get all the binding stuff. I had called a bindery to ask how much they charge for one book of basic binding and it's 50 pounds! That is a lot of money so I decided I am going to do this myself.
There's a DVD called "Handmake Books", which you can get it from the paper shop I mentioned on the previous post, it features nine easy to follow exercise and it's brilliant for beginners. I was strongly recommended by the staff. Now, I have got everything I need, so, let's get it started.
There's a DVD called "Handmake Books", which you can get it from the paper shop I mentioned on the previous post, it features nine easy to follow exercise and it's brilliant for beginners. I was strongly recommended by the staff. Now, I have got everything I need, so, let's get it started.
Tuesday, 24 August 2010
Paper, printing and lots of research
Today I looked at paper in Falkiners fine papers it's on Southampton Row, very close from school. I have purchased Bio prima book paper 85gsm. They're ideal for making books and printable on both side. Tomorrow, I am going to Service Point to print all the pages out, as they have to be exactly in the right position on each page for the diary book, and it's going to be a large almost of pages so I can not do it at home, I also need to find out how to bind them together to make a proper book.
Below are some picture I found of tutorial of how to bind books
Oh, by the way, here's the name and contract details of the paper shop in case you'd like to know,
Shepherds Falkiners
For Fine Paper& Bookbinding Supplies
76 Southampton Row
London WC1B 4AR
020 78311151
store.falkiners.com
Below are some picture I found of tutorial of how to bind books
Oh, by the way, here's the name and contract details of the paper shop in case you'd like to know,
Shepherds Falkiners
For Fine Paper& Bookbinding Supplies
76 Southampton Row
London WC1B 4AR
020 78311151
store.falkiners.com
Monday, 23 August 2010
Work in progress
I have spent the last few days finalizing the format of the final product and have gone with a hand sketched drawing, below is some work in progress for the pages and my sketches and icon ideas for the internal pages.
The main purpose of leaving a space at the bottom on every page is for users really to interact with the concept and to complete themselves with drawing objects of their own. It's a shape of a sketch book gives a hint of something to draw not to write.
The main purpose of leaving a space at the bottom on every page is for users really to interact with the concept and to complete themselves with drawing objects of their own. It's a shape of a sketch book gives a hint of something to draw not to write.
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