Saturday, 18 April 2015

Studio brief 2 - Concept

My book for design principles will be based on Dangerous cults. I want to communicate this subject by creating a book that is creepy/scary & eerie looking at the same time. I will mainly be focusing on the typography throughout the process. I personally feel i can experiment with typography in an expressive format. Throughout the book i will try and use imagery to it's maximum potential. By showing sensitive and explicit images to focus on the brutal killings and evil agendas the cult leaders had, will make the reading more emotional but more engaged.

The subject will focus on a number of cults, which have been and gone from the past. Cults like KKK, Peoples Temple, Heavens Gate and The Manson Family. As far as structure and layout of the pages, i am unsure at this early stage. However to visually communicate a sinister approach, having a post-modern style will be more effective than a well organised, well structured modern book.


So far i would like the stock to be thick off white stock. I would also like to experiment with paper that doesn't have straight edges on the finish. So off centred, ripped looking paper would be ideal. For the binding, i would like the method to be perfect bind or case bind. This method was chosen, as I wanted the front of my book to look like a bible. However with having a hardback cover, there needs to be a lot of pages as the book could look to flat. I can either resolve this by changing the binding method or doubling the pages to add thickness to the book.

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