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    Assignment 1: Your zine
    • Mar 25, 2021
    • 5 min

    Assignment 1: Your zine

    For my first book design assignment, I was asked to create my own A5 fanzine publication. This initially sounded like a daunting task,...
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    Exercise 1.7: Visualising, editing and Critiquing
    • Mar 17, 2021
    • 3 min

    Exercise 1.7: Visualising, editing and Critiquing

    Now that I had some hand on experience with on how a book could be formatted for print, I started thinking about how I could edit my...
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    Exercise 1.6: Folding and mocking up your book
    • Mar 16, 2021
    • 2 min

    Exercise 1.6: Folding and mocking up your book

    This was a short and simple exercise guided me through making my own printed mock ups, which gave me insights into some of the ways that...
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    Exercise 1.5: Research & development
    • Mar 16, 2021
    • 4 min

    Exercise 1.5: Research & development

    Following on directly from the last exercise, I now needed to select some of my designs to refine and develop into a mock-up through the...
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    Exercise 1.4: Generating Ideas
    • Mar 12, 2021
    • 2 min

    Exercise 1.4: Generating Ideas

    This exercise was the first of several connected exercises that leaned more on the physical aspects of creative book design and I was...
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    Exercise 1.3: Alternative Publications
    • Mar 11, 2021
    • 5 min

    Exercise 1.3: Alternative Publications

    Before the practical side of this exercise began, I was first asked to research artist books and fanzines, both of which are areas that I...
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    Exercise 1.2: The Future of the Book
    • Mar 5, 2021
    • 6 min

    Exercise 1.2: The Future of the Book

    I've not done academic research where I needed to digest a written piece and then write my personal responses in quite a while, but I...
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    Exercise 1.1: Influential Books
    • Feb 12, 2021
    • 8 min

    Exercise 1.1: Influential Books

    After finding my preferred workflow back in KSI-1, I started my first exercise in Creative Book Design after a hiatus between course...
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