Book Project

Finished our 4 week book project yesterday, everyones work looked fantastic, i was relatively pleased with my outcome however there were a couple of things i wish i would have done differently. Exhibition in the the Fox 4 building on Woodlane campus at 4pm i believe.

My book was based around the memory of going on a boat trip in Africa and seeing whales. From this i selected 2 themes heat and space. I from there decided that a layout of a book that could be opened both ways opposite ways up would be ideal for having 2 themes.

For the heat theme i originally wanted to an idea of writing with matches, however due to the unpredictable burn pattern this idea would have had an effective outcome or led me down the route i originally chose. When burning paper i liked the way you could see the charred edges, so after scanning burnt pieces of paper in i developed a typeface that had burnt paper inside it. I then after discussing my idea in a learning team looked down the route of famous heat/fire quotes. And discovered a list relating to various famous American authors and celebrity and political figures. One of the quotes is a quote from former president Ronald Reagan, another from the author Joseph Conrad, and another from a bestselling american female author.

For the space idea after discussing it in a learning team i liked the idea of looking at maps and scale. I still liked the idea of keeping the book interactive, so started researching maps and stuff like how many times shapes can fit inside other shapes etc. From there i found this website on how to make an origami balloon and looked at making an origami globe. The idea behind it is, from what we see the Earth appears pretty 2D but being places in an open space it starts to get us thinking about what is past the horizon line and how we can keep moving round the globe etc. To inflate the globe there is a tiny hole in the top you blow into.