koenig layouts. near complete the first 15.

cover+endflaps.

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koenig. the cover options.

Below are some of the different cover images that I was working with. I was trying to find the best image to continue the portrayal of the beautiful California outside/nature and fuse that with the layout that I've been creating. All images were taken in California. I still have more text to add, but I was trying to see which image clicked the most.

koenig layouts. advanced.

In class due today was the current layouts of the main 15 spreads that we are creating for our redesign of Neil Jackson's Pierre Koenig: Living With Steel.

Specifically these pages/spreads were:
bastard (1 page)
full title(2 page spread)
contents (2 page spread)
copyright (2 page spread)
an introduction: (2, 2 page spreads)
the projects: koenig’s work, (more than 3, 2 page spreads)
life and work (2 page spread)
project map (2 page spread)
bibliography and credits (2 page spread)

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koenig. the layouts restructure.

I've been trying to figure out a restructure of the layout of my book pages. 

working with 1/9 of page diagonal.

working with 1/9 of page width.

first applied new layout, smaller text pt. size, larger margins + smaller number of girded columns.

koenig. the layouts take 3 + new spreads.

spreads take 3 work.

post crit with Assistant Professor Michael E. Kidwell
the main thing that I walked away with was the idea that I need to look a lot more in depth at classical layout/books. most specifically I need to look at the relation between images, text and spacing on the pages. so off to more research and changing the hierarchy in the pages so that the text becomes so beautiful the reader don't even question it. He said to look into Stanley Morrison, Eric Gill and Beatrice Warde.

koenig. the layouts take 2.

edited spread from last class.

decision section cover for in class.

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other section cover work.

text only spread.

image only spread.

crit with Assistant Professor Michael E. Kidwell.

Assistant Professor Michael E. Kidwell told me that I need to bring further away from my need for constant consistency. He stated that I would "get sick fast" of all the spreads being the same height. He suggested playing with the height of some elements within the spreads. He also suggested that I accept now that the text columns will not all line up, so I should change that now.

koenig type + first attempt layout.

layout.

layout + grids.

layout2.

type choices.