Publishing Design - Task 1 : Exercises

26/09/2024 - 08/11/2024 (Week 1 - Week 7)

Chong Wee Han 0368863

Publishing Design

Task 1 - Exercises

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LECTURES

Lecture 2

Lecture 3

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INSTRUCTIONS

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TASK 1 - EXERCISES

Exercise 1

Text Formatting

Exercise 2

Mock-up Making

Final Book Size : 180mm x 240mm

Figure 2.1 Book Size Explorations & Closed Book Mock-up

Figure 2.2 Opened Book Mock-up

Exercise 3

Signature Folding System

Figure 3.1 Signature Folding System - Open (1)

Figure 3.2 Signature Folding System - Open (2)

Figure 3.3 Signature Folding System - Stapled (1)

Figure 3.4 Signature Folding System - Stapled (2)

Exercise 4

Classical Grid Structure

Figure 4.1 Van De Graff (Paper)

Figure 4.2 Digital Van De Graff (1), JPG

Figure 4.3 Digital Van De Graff (2), JPG

Figure 4.4 Digital Van De Graff (3), JPG

Figure 4.5 Digital Van De Graff, PDF

Exercise 5

Determining Grids

Figure 5.1 Determining Grids, PDF

Figure 5.2 Determining Grids (with grids), PDF

Exercise 6

Movement & Form Exercises

Figure 6.1 Movement & Form Exercises, JPG

Figure 6.2 Movement & Form Exercises (colour), JPG

Figure 6.3 Movement & Form Exercises (colour & images), JPG

Figure 6.4 Movement & Form Exercises (colour & images & text), JPG

Figure 6.5 Movement & Form Exercises, PDF

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REFLECTION

Experience: Doing these exercises helped me memorize Adobe InDesign's function. Thus, I also learned about doing the book mock-up and signature folding system. The paper and digitalized exercises are interesting and helpful in my further study. I'm willing to learn more about publishing design, it provides so many useful insights to increase the overall look of a book.

Observations: I observed that doing the layout of a book also needs lots of research to create a better-looking result,  a book with the same design would probably lose attraction compared to a designed layout book.

Findings: I found out that determining the grids and layouts is vital before starting to design a book, these are the important roles that could affect the neatness and aesthetic of the book. These exercises would help so much in my task 3 journey.