Using a found book, significantly alter the appearance of the pages to create a new volume that is personal to you. This can be any kind...

Reflect, evaluate and rework Having printed your images from the previous exercise, take the opportunity to view all of the pages,...

In this exercise you’re going to create images which you’ll then print onto the papers you collected in the first exercise. You have been...

Critical writing task Identify an example of concrete poetry and write a short critique of the content, design and the relationship...

To begin: Collect a wide variety of paper samples and other paper ephemera across a range of weights, textures and surface finishes. This...

Find two artists’ books that you feel demonstrate an interesting relationship between their form and content through the materials that...

The brief Create two books explaining and exploring the typographic and layout principles you have researched in this section. Book 1: My...

Below is an extract from Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Using a single typeface of your choice, lay out the text in as...

This two part exercise aims to understand the relationship between typography, the grid, and the page in more depth by analysing existing...

Find as many examples of type as you can from a range of sources, including newspapers, magazines, flyers, leaflets, online, and printed...

The Final Designs Deluxe Edition Pocket Edition Survival Guide Interiors Mockups Pocket Version I took a vector of books from smart...

Brief Design the book format and cover artwork for two different versions of Daniel Defoe’s classic 1719 novel Robinson Crusoe. The...

Following on from the discussion of George Orwell’s novel 1984, look at the covers for Margaret Atwood’s equally dystopian novel The...

This exercise hopes to broaden your understanding of other book designers’ work by looking at their cover designs. Start to identify the...

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Brief The kind of stock you choose will be informed by the nature of the job you’re doing. If you were working commercially, then...

To get familiar with the anatomy of books I have researched some guides online here are my research links and the notes I've taken. I...

Identify a range of books that have fundamentally different functions in terms of how these books are engaged with - how they’re held,...

Your first assignment asks you to create a small publication or fanzine based on your interest in books and their design. It allows you...

There are two elements to this exercise - thinking about how you produce your publication, and making a smaller scaled down version as a...