Printed

Spreads from the book as it stands


Luckily Chris was in and I didn't have to pay full price for the work which was a massive relief since I am not that pleased with it. I spent a nerve wracking evening wondering whether the printing would go to plan and it is... fine. It isn't amazing but I am happy to hand it in. The sides of the book have been fairly poorly cut and the cover isn't attached as well as I would have liked it. They will claim it is because I brought the cover in from outside but it looks like they haven't left the glue to dry properly. The type has printed out well but the dense photographic imagery has suffered slightly.

I really enjoyed putting together this project and really would have loved more time to finish it completely. At the moment there are a few things that are not quite as well resolved as I would have liked them. I will try and get it as finished as I can for the show and printed and bound at a more professional quality so I can have multiples which can be handled. So I am going to treat this as a high quality proof.

Book

I am really happy with the size and weight of the book and the majority of the type and photographs. The cover itself looks good but the binding is poor. I would have liked to have been able to realise the narratives at the end of the book in either photographic or animatic form and visualise the 'Letters' section in a more aesthetically pleasing manner. They have also printed the wrong photo on the back of one of the numbers.

Cards

They were cut 80 x 85 mm rather than 85x85 mm losing a lot of the art work and mis-aligning the text. I have cut them down to even it out but now they no longer fit in the presentation box. To neaten this up I have used white elastic bands to bind them, which sounds naff but looks quite smart with the spot varnished cover. The quality of the photo print is poor and I would like to laminate the ones I re-do for the show. However I do really like the colour banding that is exposed by the card holder as you open it.

Card Holder

The net needs editing slightly to make it slicker and the lid to fit properly.

Poster

I like it but I think it possibly still needs folding down or a packaging method. The photos have also come out much better on this print. Spot varnished logo?

Web publication

As this is last minute I won't include it in submission and I will make it in time to display in the show.

Although I see the actual objects only as prototypes of what I would have actually liked to produce, the work and content that went into them I am extremely happy with. Although slightly self indulgent it was nice to have creative control over all the text, image and type.

Hopefully these are things I can iron out in time for my portfolio and the show.