OUGD405 - Research, Collect, Communicate Product : Handbook

After some consideration and a group discussion I have decided to look into other avenues and different products which I could produce. One thing I have been looking into is handbooks.


I like the concept of this handbook with the folding pages. Handbooks can be really interesting as they are interactive and are more interesting than a normal book. I would really like to design something which is entertaining as well as informative.

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This design is more like my initial idea with the patterns from each culture. I love the use of colour in this handbook 

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I love this idea which would ensure that I would have an extra little thing which makes my design special. A box with the book inside it would be really helpful and would enable me to narrow down my audience. I would like to aim this at the minority rather than the masses like my packaging idea would. 

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I want to create something that is really simple and informative, like the typical info graphic style. This is really important to me as I want anyone at any age to be able to read it. My audience at the moment is undecided as I am unsure whether to publish this book in a magazine or as a singular book. 

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I like this interesting idea of creating a sleeve which enables the book to have a duel meaning. The inside of this book is mainly photography based, I like this idea but maybe not for this brief. I like illustrations would be the best for my book.

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As I do not know how to bind books I would have to create a really simple book with few pages. I like the style of this book as it has mixed media with illustrations and photography merged together, it is really interesting.

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Another idea would be to create one A2 print which I can fold to make a pull put booklet. This would make it interesting an unique which would attract my audience.

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As coffee is grown from the earth I could choose to make my booklet on eco friendly paper and bind it in the simplest way. I found this coffee booklet and think I could create something similar until I know how to fully bind books at a professional standard.

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The Design

As I am still learning about software packages I have had the idea to produce my images in a collaged style. I found this book oh Behance and think the style would work really well for my booklet. I will experiment with both styles and make my decision from that. 

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