printer

This is the printer that I found in Markham.
They have Perfector Printing which prints double sided pages in register.
(Marek was saying how his pages got white lines. With this, you won't get that.)

Picked up this book today. A better description is that it's actually 16 books in one. Each with a different cover, which can all be flipped. The die cuts? Insane. Extremely well done - after all, look who designed it. I'll bring it into class tomorrow. And yes, its 5:42am.

Check out this Popup by Marion Bataille!

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4sesd_popup-by-marion-bataille_creation

Making a Book...

"Making a book is like making a child: nothing unusual or special. People do it every day. Yet it can make your skull and bones glow like a light globe, cause the earth to lurch and sag beneath your feet, bring you nose to nose with the universe, and fuse your mind and body so it seems as if they'll never come unglued."

-Robert Bringhurst

due date

hello

i am not quite sure when the final book is due.
what day do we need to hand it in to you by?

thanks!

(happy book designing, everyone!)

Moleskine Simon Levandowski notebook @ Detour exhibition

Book Binder, look to the west

I found this book binder in St Catharines, obviousy a little far from Toronto but definately worth the treck.
They even have some YSDN books in their portfolio, so they do take student/one of projects.

http://www.bookbindniagara.com

Canadian Book Designer: Jason Dewinetz

see his fabulous work here

The Future of Reading?

read this "flip book" here
try out the search function (e.g. type in Paris)

This book is from an on-line archive of texts, videos, music and audio here

Anyone Feeling a Bit Precarious?

Heavenly Monkey

some excellent Canadian Private Press work here

Blowing My Own Horn

you can also find me here
click on any image to enlarge

first post ever

So....this is my first post...I don't usually do these blog things, but Reg assured me that I might get some marks out of it.

So I'm just a little bit over a quarter of the way done my book. I'm really having a lot of fun designing this thing, I can really do whatever I want with it, and that's the way I like it.

As of yet I haven't had much trouble, I established a style that I'm carrying through the entire book.

If I figure out how to use this blog I'll try post a couple jpegs of the spreads...maybe...if I feel like giving it away...lol

cheers
dan

Russell Maret

...some beautiful examples of contemporary book and typographic design at Russell Maret's site.

A Douglas Coupland manipulation of his own manuscripts.

“Generation X,” detail.

“Generation X,” paper and magnolia branch, 2004.

These images are part of an art project Douglas Coupland created out of several of his different novels. The article can be viewed here.
I stumbled upon it while doing research for another class and thought it was neat.

Dorothy Simpson Krause

an inspiring portfolio of bookart
here and here

bookstairs

For those who’ve got a few too many books, here’s one storage solution: London-based firm Levitate designed this library staircase for an overburdened client.

Exhibitions, lectures and Workshop in York

I'm pleased to announce the series of events centered around Iranian graphic design happening this month in York. Fortunately there is no escape as it will be held in Studio 4 and the hallway.
For details visit the event website