PUBLISHING DESIGN - PROJECT 2

29/04/19 - 20/05/19 (Week 5- Week 8)

Linda Oktaviani (033152)

Publishing Design

Project 2 - Book

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LECTURE NOTES

29/04/19 (Week 5)

This week we got a lecture about Typography.  Mr. Vinod gives a lecture and explains the character in a typeface and how and when we can use like small caps, Numerals, punctuations, etc. Mr. Vinod also gives a lecturer about legibility (type size, line length, and line spacing) and special formatting which it's very important while we are doing our book design.

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INSTRUCTION

29/04/19 (Week 5)

since we've done with the content in project one, now we gonna design our book but before that, There are some steps that we need to do. First of all, we need to do a font combination for our heading, body text, pull quote and subtext. next, we need to create 3 grid system that we gonna use for our book.

1.1 Type specimen 1

1.2 Type specimen 2

1.3 Type specimen 3

1.4 Type specimen 4

Grids:

Layout References:


we are required to design the book from the beginning until the end of the first chapter.

First Experimental Layout:

1.5 First Experimental Layout

1.6 First Experimental Layout

1.7 First Experimental Layout

1.8 First Experimental Layout

1.9 First Experimental Layout

1.10 First Experimental Layout

1.11 First Experimental Layout

06/05/19 (Week 6)

In class, we needed to print our layout in spreads for feedback.

1.12 Printed out a layout spreads

1.12 Printed out a layout spreads

While asking the feedback, Mr. Vinod also gives me an example to get consistency while doing the layout.

13/05/19 (Week 7)

This week I showed Mr. Vinod what I've done.

embedded pdf of progress for the book

Before I finished up my layout, It's better for me to ask Mr. Vinod first and get feedback before I go further.

embedded pdf of progress for the book

this is my final layout and Mr. Vinod told me to introduce the colors ( primary and secondary colors)  to my book, just like what we've done for our exercise.

embedded pdf of progress for the book

This class, Mr. Vinod told us to print the mockup with black and white color.

21/05/19 (Week 8)

This week we got to show to Mr. Vinod the book mockup.

1.12 Mockup (b&w)

1.13 Mockup (b&w)

1.14 Mockup (b&w)

1.15 Mockup (b&w)

1.16 Mockup (b&w)

1.17 Mockup (b&w)

1.18 Mockup (b&w)

1.19 Mockup (b&w)

1.20 Mockup (b&w)

1.21 Mockup (b&w)

1.22 Mockup (b&w)

1.23 Mockup (b&w)

1.24 Mockup (b&w)

1.25 Mockup (b&w)

1.26 Mockup (b&w)

1.27 Mockup (b&w)

1.28 Mockup (b&w)

Since I used Justify text for my book, there's a lot of gaps or the rivers between the words is very obvious so I need to revise and make it look better. 

embedded pdf the final book

1.29  final book (printed )

1.30  final book (printed )

1.31  final book (printed )

1.32  final book (printed )

1.33  final book (printed )

1.34  final book (printed )

1.35  final book (printed )

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1.37  final book (printed )

1.38  final book (printed )

1.39  final book (printed )

1.40  final book (printed )

1.41  final book (printed )

1.42  final book (printed )

1.43  final book (printed )

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FEEDBACK 

6/5/19 ( Week 6 )

General Feedback: for creating the layout, we need to follow the hangline and the line length should be consistent. Specific Feedback: I don't need to separate all the text and the line length should be the same.

13/05/19 (Week 7)

General Feedback: We need to finish all the layout from the first chapter until the end, we should print it in black and white too for the next class. Specific Feedback: My layout is ok after that Mr. Vinod told me to add neutral shade, page number, for the layout I need to fix the line length and make it consistent.

21/05/19 (Week 8)

Specific Feedback: for my animation that I've done, Mr. Vinod tell me to make it more animation, and I have to decide which is my primary and secondary animation, also Mr. Vinod suggested me to use Adobe after effect rather than photoshop.

27/05/19 (Week 9)

Specific feedback : For my book, I need to fix the gap between the words and the letter spacing, the typeface for my book page should be the same typeface from the content as well as the size, There are some pages that I don't need to put page number especially if the pages full illustration, I should use emdash for the quotation.

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REFLECTION

EXPERIENCE

6/5/19 ( Week 6 )

This week I got to experience with grid system before starting to create my own book and learned the proper way to use InDesign.

13/05/19 (Week 7)

Last week feedback gives me more understanding about layout, so in this class, I got to explore more and keep trying to find the best layout and composition for my book.

21/05/19 (Week 8)

I got to find the right pages to put my colors pages and printing out my book to see how it's look like before printing the actual book.

OBSERVATION

6/5/19 ( Week 6 )

I observed that before starts designing a book, it's important to have the grid system which can be our guide to making our book looks good.

13/05/19 (Week 7)

I observed that it's not easy to combine the illustration with texts.

21/05/19 (Week 8)

I so blurred in the first place but after so much feedback I try to keep doing it until I get the better outcome.

FINDINGS

6/5/19 ( Week 6 )

I found that it's important to plan and be ready with all the component that we need like, the type specimen, grid system, etc. to make it easier while designing the book and also it's really hard to do a font type combination.

13/05/19 (Week 7)

I realized if the composition is not balanced it will look messy and even make it lack of readability. so it's important to see the overall 

21/05/19 (Week 8)

O found that it's better to do the mockup before printing the actual book because we can see how it looks like to check up on everything like the font size, the composition and another thing that we need to look at also we can save more money ._.V

27/05/19 (Week 9)

All my text, I used to justify but the problem is it's given so much gap in between so I have to fix it on justification setting to make it looks better.