Studio Brief 01 - Type in Context - Form of the Book Book

In the lecture today we looked at some good examples/theories of design production within publishing. Like any part of graphic design someone has come up with with a set of rules that they believe will benefit others practise. In this case we looked at Jan Tschicholds' The Form of the Book, essays written on about the certain rules for example - the typesetting of body text, clear chapter breaks with bigger point size, white paper is a bad idea, flat spines vs rounded but these are just a few do's and don'ts that have been suggested in this essay. 

We then looked into a more recent version of the Tshchichold's book, this is another book that has a collection of essays that follow this rules but are challenging what he says because the rules have developed over time and now some may seem dated and odd to designers today. After reading a small passage from the Book Book, I picked a few quotes that I felt needed analysing. 

"All books should start with a question" - this is a good statement as without the question at the start of a book the story cannot begin and it puts all of the content into a more context. 


"Sometimes there is too much design and not enough content and vicevera" - This shows how there needs to be a fine balance between both. It is easy to overcomplicate designs and write either too little or too much content. Finding common ground between the two is essential to make sure a book flows. 


"Content is a source of inspiration in itself"


"Design and content need to go hand in hand"

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