First of all, as planned I finally got around to revisiting my approach of working with a book that was crafted from one sheet of paper. In referencing back to the work of Deb Rindl, I gave his method a shot which involved a very structured way of folding and cutting to get an A2 sheet of paper down into a tidy 'book like' creation. From completing this process I found that the book itself was quite novelty despite not having a content or designed finish, but once folded out into its original form it became quite irritating and not very user friendly; at least not to hold up with your hands anyway. With this under my belt I still deemed it relevant to design a few mock up ideas of what would perhaps be suitable for the posters content given its format. In looking back to some initial research, I took slight influence from Asli Kalinglu's 'Post-graduate of Fine Arts Catelogoue' which used an array of bright colours and simple type to house a very effective stylistic.
From here I similarly revisited a previous idea that I felt needed further development due to the feedback received in various crit sessions. Most primarily it was noted that I should round-off the corners of my A5 booklet to give it a more card like style that was obviously relevant to its content. Even though this was more of a finishing touch to the re-designing process, I think the overall idea was very beneficial although I would like to have seen it done using a professional die cutting system as opposed to my crafty hands and some scissors.
In terms of page design itself, I additionally inserted a copyrights page for a professional looking aesthetic and also rounded off the corners of my imagery to enhance the playing card stylistic in conjunction with the corners of the booklet all together.
With the most significant of my developments now complete, I subsequently began to look at a few binding methods that made use of the playing cards themselves. First and foremost, I researched into a range of old Japanese techniques due to the fact that playing cards are thought to have originated from Japan and China. Traditionally however, this method of stitching used hemp as a form of thread but as this wasn't available to me at the time I used contemporary wool that you might see your Grandma making a scarf out of. I wish this idea would have lent itself to 100 playing cards more than what it did.
Another idea that I wish would have worked with 100 cards in one solid entity was this method of using a bolted hinge to form a slide-out booklet not to dissimilar to paint swatch testers you'd find in stores such as B&Q. In looking back, had this approach been more suitable to what I had planned then I would have most certainly developed it into a final resolution. Not only do I feel it is interesting, engaging and above all; accessible. I think it's novelty aesthetic helps to house the purpose and context more appropriately than any of the other processes that I have come across so far. Ten books of ten would have been an ideal way to take this further had I have been able to acquire ten identical bolts. Shame.
Last but by no means least, a more abstract avenue that I decided to take my ideas down was in the form of a hand illustrated joke book. In looking at designers such as David Shrigley, David Foldvari and Seb Jarnot in particular, I felt that a really loose and relaxed approach to the illustration would be more suitable for what I was trying to convey. Overall as a final format, I borrowed the idea of using pull out postcards at A5 scale to house my 100 collected jokes/things that people found funny. Although I didn't get to complete this idea to it's full potential either I would have like to have used a heat binding process that allowed each card to be accessable within its own right for the purpose of perhaps being used as mini posters. In looking at the most suitable way of completing this, I would more likely be inclined to produce ten books of ten that would act as a collectable series; thus maintaining a higher level of interest.
Over and out.
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