TEN

Today I came across this book with looking at the Bunch website. Bunch believe that creativity, clarity and consistency are the keys to successful design. The company was established in 2002, by Denis Kovac and Paulo Silva. It spread organically from London to Zagreb and then to Singapore. Talented friends joined, and the union formed the multi-disciplinary design agency that is the Bunch of today. They use their wide range of specialisations to create intelligent and consistent brands for diverse clients.

Bunch have done some great work for high profile clients. Below are images from the limited edition book of 300 entitled "TEN" after Milton Glaser’s essay "Ten Things I Have Learned". This book showcases a cross section of paper stocks available from the paper merchant with beautifully illustrated statements enveloping the pages.

True North

I went to visit Ady a designer at True North today, he invited me in to chat after I had emailed him last week. I took my book dummy with me and a few more spreads that have been adapted since I created this. The advice Ady gave me was really helpful. His opinion reinforced what I was thinking myself which I feel is a good thing as it made me feel as though I am on the right track with my project.

Ady felt that once I had sorted out the order of my book, as I explained I would be changing this by adding section dividers, it would be almost there. He showed me some examples of work True North had done and explained how adding imagery to my book may break it up slightly as currently it is purely typographic and becomes slightly repetitive. Overall the visit went really well I plan to work on the following pointers over the next few weeks:

• Reintroduce page dividers
• Find place for page word and lock in place to help keep the structure of the book
• Visualise each quote by using typography and page elements
• Introduce imagery to break up pages

Contact: True North

Last week I got in touch with the design agency True North, I emailed the company as I wanted some advice on my Final Major Project. The Creative Director Ady got back to me and invited me to go in and speak to him about it. I am going in next week to show him my work so far and get some feedback and advice on how I can maybe change this. The email is posted below.

Type

As I have progressed through my design life I seem to have become drawn to typography. As my ideas develop and change the typographic solutions seem to be more dominant and become, what I feel, are my strongest designs. Because of this I am constantly looking at type and the way copy is positioned. I am forever learning and hopefully this will continue allowing my technique to develop and improve.

Below are a selection of typographic posters and imagery that I have come across recently that I found particularly appealing.

Book design

As part of my final project I am designing a book. My design so far is turning out to be quite vibrant and colourful so I have done some research into colour within book design and different ways in applying this without using the inside spreads.

Book design: Slip cases

I have been researching different ways of how I want to present my book and have decided on having a slip case. My book is about words and how they have changed and developed from the original meanings. One idea I had was to have the original word for book on the slip case (Bokiz), when the book is taken out of the case the original definition will be printed on the book itself. Below are some different ways of using a slip case.

Book design: Layout

As part of my Final Major Project I have decided to create a book. I have always been interested in the development of language and often ask myself why objects hold certain names... why is a tree called a tree? As I think this is an interesting subject I want to focus my major project on Etymology, which is the explanation of how words have developed and the documentation of the origins of words. As I plan to create a book I have been researching book and editorial design, looking at book covers and unusual layouts that may give me inspiration for my final product. Below are some designs that I have come across while researching, Not all of these are necessarily right for what I want my book to look like but feel they are good designs.