DIY Collaborative Publication — Restrictions

Project description:

For this project you will work individually and as a team in order to produce a DIY publication. Together we will explore the world of independent publishing and look at examples of DIY publications. We will explore InDesign workflows and processes and talk about the different elements that a publication consists of.

You will decide as a team on the size, format and content of the publication as well as the designs of the book cover (front+back), table of contents, credits, bio, and colophon.

In order to treat this project as an exploration, but at the same time mimic real life circumstances, each one of you will become art director/editor of a chapter of the publication. This way you can choose the content and create the rules of your layouts. Each one of you will create a model layout, and then you will also design based on the layouts of your classmates. By doing so, you become art director/editor and production artist at the same time. These are both roles that you might have to take in the future, while practicing graphic design.

When you create the rules of your layouts you should consider typographic rules such as fonts, size, color etc. You should also consider the overall look of the page/spread such as number of columns, photographs/illustrations, grid, page numbering placement etc.