Publication

Rory and I have volunteered to design the Publication for our degree show to display the work of the whole course. In keeping with the DIY and Pick 'n' Mix theme of the workshop and shop we decided that it would be interesting to have a 'make your own' publication so everyone is able to customise the document they take away. This makes the Publication less of a catalogue and something people will be more inclined to treasure and keep hold of for a long time.

We started by gathering lots of visual research on open binding techniques and also magazines and catalogues that have a similar aesthetic to what we want the Publication to have.

Much more research can be found at http://nuapublication.tumblr.com

We settled on having a 'core' booklet that has everyone's details and information about the course so no-one will be under-represented in the Publication. Into this you will be able to supplement it with sheets that are specific to each member of the course with their artwork on, more information on them and excerpts of interviews too. The design was a challenge because it needs to function well and allow people to easily add more pages as they choose. It also has to work with one page or a possible 72 pages.

The final concept we are going forward with is this:

The Publication will be A5 with a card or thicker paper stock for the cover.

Visitors to the degree show can pick which information they want to keep and store it in the cover which acts like a folder. Information on the course will be printed on the inside front and back pages of this cover so even if they choose not to take anything they will still have basic information on the Uni and the course.

The cover is actually and A3 sheet folded in 4 and attached in such a way it can be unfolded even when the book is bound.

Contact information and thumbnails of everyone's work will be on the reverse of this fold out cover and can be unfolded somewhat like a map or detached like a poster and displayed on a wall.

The binding method will be a two piece metal filing clip. This can be undone and re-fastened at any time. It also fits through hole punched sheets and so doesn't require any special die cutting or finishing.