OUGD404 - Design Principles - Studio Brief 2 - International Book Fair at the Tetley

Today I visited the Tetley for the first time to go to the International book fair as part of my research for design principles. I thought that I could get lots of inspiration for different book layouts and maybe even binding methods. (In advance sorry for the potato quality photographs). 

The first stand I visited was the Pressision print stand, they had lots of colourful and interesting print examples on display but the one that really stood out to me was the book about the miner's strike (black and yellow top right). The very light text over the black sleeve was printed on with coal dust, which gave it a shimmering quality to it, it was beautiful. Very subtle yet very powerful design.

I absolutely loved the traditional illustrations used for these books yet they paired these illustrations with neon and bright coloured stocks. I may try experimenting with bright stocks like this for my redesign of Green Eggs and Ham book cover. I also love the use of the repeat illustration in the inside once again I could use this for my book, maybe doing illustrations of eggs and ham printed onto green stock.

These concertina books were really interesting. When folded they look like a normal concertina yet the opened out to be a flat banner sort of shape which was really effective when using imagery as they have done here. Also combining non paper elements like this moss and stone within the book design was quite innovative. I wouldn't say I would try this myself though.

This stand as you can probably see specialised in letter press. I liked the use of the grey ink pressed onto coloured stocks it creates a subtle yet effective contrast that isn't too strong to look gaudy.

This stall was just full of beautifully illustrated books, mostly with humour involved.

I loved the idea of printing onto acetate like the book on the left. It creates a stunning shadowed/blurred effect of all the other pages of writing underneath it, giving a slightly eery feel. I also like the simplicity of the screw binding, making it possible to fan all the pages out. 

This particular book was very inspiring. String had been used on each page within an illustration of a scene so when you opened the book wider the string would become taut and complete the illustration. There was lots of playful ideas in the one little book, and it inspired me a lot as I had never seen anything like it done before.

There was a Leeds College of Art stall there specifically for the visual communication course with lots of pretty publications and prints. The book shown on the left was beautifully lino printed. Each page with a different design and it was all about art. It was a very inspiring piece.

I loved these little printed boxes. I had never thought of just printing patterns onto box nets before and using them as miniature sculptures almost. I will be trying this at home!