OUGD404 - What is a Book? - Study Task 6

A book can be produced in a variety of different ways, producing extremely different outcomes. This includes different sizes, papers, materials, printing methods and now digitally on phones and tablets. As we are producing a printed publication, I have chosen to focus on looking at binding and printing methods.

I started by researching simple binding methods using glue, stitching and ribbon. through this some really interesting but traditional methods of book binding can be achieved. It was only until i stumbled across experimental publication design when i started to think outside the bx about what a book can actually become. The two examples below are examples of this experimental design where the books have been enclosed in wooden containers.

This lead me onto thinking about how different match boxes are shaped and if it could be transferred across to a small publication.

I have also looked at printing methods and materials and have found books which have been printed on fabric, paper, wood, card and about every material in between. Overall, I feel that a book can be any way of communicating a series of information using text or image. In theory, I feel that a book could be displayed across the roofs of a set of buildings and read from a birds eye view of a helicopter, this is how experimental I feel that you could be with a publication.

Below I have gathered together some research on some very geometric modern double page spreads and publications as I have the intention of writing my small publication on grid systems.