End of module evaluation

In this module I learned design principles and created two publications. I used my inspirations to create, develop and produce my publications. Book Design has become a passion of mine and because of my love of books I knew I would love this module. I was able to create a leaflet on my favourite thing I learned in the module (colour theory) and create a book on a interest of mine. Starting studio brief 01 I was unsure on how to make the information appealing within a small publication. I experimented with different themes and decided on creating a geometric design which is something I had not done before in my designs.

For my large publication I wanted to create a book that had content that was close to me.
I decided to create my publication on positivity because I have lost somebody close to me due to depression and it is a subject I feel strongly about. Within my publications I was able to use my own photography, illustrations and use some more hands on approaches which I would not have considered before the module began. I really felt like within this module creating the publications lead me to be most creative by doing what I loved and being able to create something that was all my interests. Something that I found stressful within the module was the printing and cutting as my publications are usually get uneven at the sides after I fold. I took inspiration from books such as calm and design websites such as The book design blog. I really enjoyed creating my book and was happy with my outcome. I had created a book in Alevel but it was no where near the standard of the book I have created this year, and I never bound a book before this module.

This module helped me to learn more about the production of books enabling me to learn binding methods which has helped me to create publications in other modules and gain a stronger interest in book design. This module helped me inform my design decisions by helping me gain knowledge in colour theory, figure and ground, folds, grids, canon and typesetting. This knowledge has helped me in all aspects of my design in all my modules. I hope to continue doing book design in level 5 as it was something I was interested in and enjoyed to do.