Design approach
The brief I set my self was to aid my research skills both within the design of my product, learning new skills and reengaging with previously learnt ones, and the research of my content and the context of the brief.
One of the main approaches I wanted to take while undergoing this brief was exploring how the content and research undertaking could directly influence the design, and how that would effect the way I would design the book.
As spoken about on previous boards the design of the book is to reflect the Alzheimer’s condition this is not however exclusive to the layout, I want the entire book to have a disjointed incohesive appearance. To achieve this aesthetic, stock was a consideration along with how I would bind and back the book.
Stock consideration
The book consists of six different colour stocks, including end papers, and four different weights. The colours are off white and grey stocks all having a fairly grainy texture, with the exception of the back page which is a pestle pink colour, which is smooth in texture.
The significance of the different stock colours and the way they are ordered through the book are as follows;
The colour of the stock gradually gets darker as the book goes on, although this is not a uniformed darkening of paper, the paper is darkening as the condition ‘darkens’ and becomes harder to deal with for both parties the sufferer and the husband.
Despite this the stock colours are all still fairly uniform and the gradual darkening is to avoid making the book illegible and to difficult to read.
The pestle page in the back of the book is a juxtaposition between what is written and the colour of the stock which should perhaps end as a black page, the secondary reasoning for this page is to signify a kind of relief with the unfortunate conclusion of death.
The brief I set my self was to aid my research skills both within the design of my product, learning new skills and reengaging with previously learnt ones, and the research of my content and the context of the brief.
One of the main approaches I wanted to take while undergoing this brief was exploring how the content and research undertaking could directly influence the design, and how that would effect the way I would design the book.
As spoken about on previous boards the design of the book is to reflect the Alzheimer’s condition this is not however exclusive to the layout, I want the entire book to have a disjointed incohesive appearance. To achieve this aesthetic, stock was a consideration along with how I would bind and back the book.
Stock consideration
The book consists of six different colour stocks, including end papers, and four different weights. The colours are off white and grey stocks all having a fairly grainy texture, with the exception of the back page which is a pestle pink colour, which is smooth in texture.
The significance of the different stock colours and the way they are ordered through the book are as follows;
The colour of the stock gradually gets darker as the book goes on, although this is not a uniformed darkening of paper, the paper is darkening as the condition ‘darkens’ and becomes harder to deal with for both parties the sufferer and the husband.
Despite this the stock colours are all still fairly uniform and the gradual darkening is to avoid making the book illegible and to difficult to read.
The pestle page in the back of the book is a juxtaposition between what is written and the colour of the stock which should perhaps end as a black page, the secondary reasoning for this page is to signify a kind of relief with the unfortunate conclusion of death.
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