YEARBOOK - PHOTOGRAPHY - DESIGNING

Initial designs that have been modified to fit the Photography. The ideas come from imagery/icons that are camera related. I made these to show the group how we could change what we did for Graphics and how it could work for Photography. These were made before we had an idea of the name for the exhibition, so now these cannot be used however it was interesting to see how the concept could be adapted 

First Draft 

• Due to the nature of the book, I thought that the best way to get ideas down would be to start designing straight away keeping in mind all of the research that I had looked at to help inform the decisions I made about the book. 
• Before I was able to start populating the pages Rob and I decided on a grid system that we would stick to throughout the book. We both thought it was important for us to stick to the grid system throughout so that everything is perfectly in order - some advice that was given to us as we should either stick to the rule of the grid as much as we can or just not use one at all. We both thought it would help the overall design be more fluid so we are going to stick to using a grid. 
• As this was the first draft I just wanted to get an idea of how images can be laid out and whether the grid system is going its job properly. 
• Through populating the pages you could start to get an idea of what the book will look like as a whole - each page has its own specific layout that corresponds to the images we wanted to make sure the layout suits the images.   
• We decided that rather than having page numbers that it would be more interesting and also consistent of us to use the degrees as everyone on the course is 1 degree of the overall 49. This also works well as the numbering can still go up normally as everyone has a double page spread. 

Feedback

• Having done this design by myself to get the ball rolling I was then able to show it to Rob who then helped me to start editing each page and getting more appropriate layouts for the pages. 
• There was not much feedback to give at this point - we decided that now we had all of the content on the pages that myself and Rob would work from the same computer to design the rest of the book together so that we could get a stronger version of the yearbook. 

Second Draft

• Starting to come together more in this version - added all of the names and numbers properly as well as adding the project names from the information provided to us by the photography team. 
• This version saw a lot of changes - designing as a pair makes it very easy to get it right as we could both have different ideas for the pages having that then helped us to work out the best layout for the page. 
• Going over the pages for the second time helps to fine tunes details and make the page work more consistency along side the grid and also the style of the photography.  
• While designing we were both conscious of making each page different as well as making sure that the book flows well throughout for exmple we didn't want to have too many full bleed pages near each other or similar layouts clashing. 

Feedback

• Numbers should be on there own in a corner rather than next to the name - too much going on one side so it needs to be balanced out. 
• Numbers also need to be moved so that they can but put at the right angle for the flipbook effect. 
• Needs to be put in alphabetical order by last name, in order to get a good understanding on the book the pages need to be in the correct order so that there aren't any clashing pages which are too close together as the layout may need to be changed for some of them. 
• Contents page is needed

Third Draft

• Added contents page - layout taken from the graphic design book as we both agreed this was an interesting layout and was more fun than having it all aligned. The equal space between the names is also related to the equality throughout the book with everyone getting a double page each. 
• Refined the layout, even more seeing the design fresh helped us to think more about it and we were able to see if anything needs to be changed. 
• Numbers moved to the left of the page to give the names and title some more room
• The number is also rotating 1 degree each page to get the flipbook effect
• Information page at the back of the book has been added, simple and easy to read this contains a 100-word paragraph about the photographers work as well as their relevant contact information. Much better at the back rather than on the page as this keeps the artist pages clean and lets the work breath.

Feedback (Orlando) 

• Contents page needs changing - he did not buy the concept behind it. Need to come up with some more designs for the contents page. 
• The title of the photographer's work should be in Title Case rather than in ALL CAPS as this adds some word texture rather than having a large block of text in caps. Gives the page some contact as it looks a bit full on. 
• The numbers should be moved - already too much on the top of the page. Move to bottom right so that the flipbook effect works properly the way we have it now means you have to do it in reverse. We should also play with size does it need to be the same size as the rest or could it be bigger?
• No black on white final page - looks out of place keep it consistent.