Publishing Design | Task 1

/09/2024- 10/11/2024 / Week 1 - Week 6

Kerly Ooi / 0358726

Publishing Design / Bachelor of Design (Honours) in Creative Media / Taylor's University

Task 01 | Exercises

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LECTURES

 

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 INSTRUCTIONS

 

TASKS

Exercise 01: Text Formatting 

For the first task, Mr Hijjaz demonstrated how to build up a document for text formatting. We were also told to format the texts from the 3000-word write-ups from content generation. 

Exercise 02: Mock-up Making

To complete this task, we must first view Mr Vinod's tutorial video on YouTube. Therefore, we were instructed to explore three different kinds of paper sizes that are larger than A5 but smaller than A4.

Three sizes that I have explored :

1. 250mm x 190 mm
2. 240mm x 170mm
3. 230mm x 180 mm

Fig 2.1 Testing sizes 

I ended up choosing the book size of 230mm x 180 mm. 

Exercise 03: Signature Folding Systems 

Fig 2.2 Placing page numbers on both sides 

 

Fig 2.3 Front 

Fig 2.4 Cut edges with stapled binding 

Fig 2.5 Back 

Exercise 04: Classic Grid Structure 

In exercise 4, we were told to watch another video lesson from Mr. Vinod that demonstrated how to design a Van de Graff on paper and how to use this grid structure to set a manual grid. Below are my outcome for this exercise. 

 

Fig 2.6 Exercise 4 | Van De Graff (Paper) 

Adobe InDesign 

Fig 2.7 Screenshot of Indesign Exercise 

Fig 2.8 Exercise 4 | Van De Graff (PDF) 

Fig 2.9 Exercise 4 | Van De Graff | Without guidelines & margin (PDF)

Exercise 05: Determining Grids

Fig 2.10 determing grids's exercise in class

Exercise 06: Form & Movement Exercises 

Fig 2.11 Exercise 6 | Form & Movement (Mr Vinod's Tutorial) (PDF)

 

Fig 2.12 Exercise 6 | Form & Movement (PDF)