(B9) Home: Re-evaluating Outcome Production

When revisiting the publication after a days break the loose sheet experiment felt more appropriate for the project.
- The issue of order can be rectified by introducing page numbers and the final product can still be encased in a wrapping or box to demonstrate how it is a singular person's perspective.
- The loose sheets also allow for additions over time, the idea that the publication could grow with new experiences, as well as thoughts from others could be a great way to expand on the project. 

The structure and organisation of the page can remain the same, when this was experimented with previously the experience was just as effective as when it was bound so the pagination and page structure doesn't need to change. 

How could the cover and end pages be changed?
- Belly band
- Stay the same and be used as another loose sheet

How to encase?
- Plastic wrapping:

Eve Lyn - Conveys 3 zines in one package. The project aims to tell a visual history 
of culture and architecture of Penang shophouses 
that celebrates the influence from both eastern and western.

Plastic wrapping seems appropriate as it protects the content, since the publication is documenting my perspective and places that have memory to me using a form of encasing that protects the content feels most appropriate.
- However, plastic wrap feels a little clinical, something about it doesn't fit right with the project.

- Cardboard box:

This method of encasing content feels more suitable for when something has multiple editions, it could be something to explore after completing my degree as I'd like to work on this project and document the sense of place my peers have. 
- These could then be collated in a format such as this. 

- Envelope:

Celia Wagner - Creative City

I really love the use of translucent paper as an envelope, you're able to see the content that is inside the publication. 

https://2015ba1atelier07.wordpress.com/2014/11/16/portfolio/

- This envelop is more open, allows the project to grow and have more content added. IT also acts as a cover for the works to be encased in and can include information along the edge. 

Sketching ideas:

- Considering adding a sticker to the plastic wrapping to display the information, but this would only further the clinical feeling attached to it.  

Idea of using paper clips to organise the pages:

The reader would be able tor remove them and then the order would be lost, might make things a little overcomplicated if someone was trying to keep them in order.
It could affect the reading experience, when giving to my housemates to interact with both of them wouldn't remove the paper clip so would try and read the content with it still there.
- This isn't how I want people to feel around the book. They should freely navigate it as they wish.
Introducing page numbers will be the best way to move forward with the work.

Experimenting with other methods:

Making a small folder to encase the work

- Don't think brown is the best colour to go with, the blue would be more suited to the content. 

- Could duplex the inside pages so it's bulky newsprint, allude to end page effect.

Using a belly band

- Feels a little dysfunctional, it doesn't actually contain the content so they would fall out. 

- The result feels more like stationary than a publication especially since the cover doesn't protect the work. 

Wrapping in plastic

- Does feel clinical like I thought, positive is you can reuse it and keep the content in it. 

Using a box to display the content

- Feels like something you'd get rid of or post. Not sure it's working well with the content. 

The most successful was the small folder made to contain the pages, need to remake it using the blue paperstock.
- Make spine thinner
- Curve edges for softer more polished outcome
- Add in an "end page" with credits on inside of front cover

Final folder:

The final folder carries the same visual direction as the book cover to a 3D object to encase the pages. The end page is really effective in creating a separation between the cover and the pages which providing credit to the photographer. 

- Really think this format of displaying the work is more successful than a publication, it allows the audience to interact with the publication freely as they choose, with the inclusion of page numbers so the text can be read with the image if this is what they audience wishes. 

Reflection on the project:

• I felt I was able to make decisions about production more effectively and quickly as I have developed my practice and learnt more about book design and making I have been able to apply what I've learnt to this project. 
  - In particular B6 A Book A Day gave me the confidence to trust my design skills as well as tools to encourage quick thinking in relation to print. 
• The outcome has not only resulted in something that I'm proud to include in a portfolio of work as it answers the brief well, but it also has helped me uncover my relationship to Sheffield as a city. This has been great to use my practice to explore thoughts I have in my personal life in a creative way that considers the topic objectively. 
  - I feel this has answered a personal query of mind that I have been wanting to explore through design for a while now. 
• The collaboration element of working with a photographer was great, it allowed me to see someone else's practice and understand their way of thinking about projects. It also was great for my professional development as I needed to stick to a level of professionalism and good communication in order to succeed at the brief.