olivia lewis
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overview Nicola Wilson is the author of the book Recommended! A book that follows the Book Society and the literary influences that highly influenced the reading during the interwar period. Wilson would like ephemera such as: a bookmark, postcard and book plate to supply at book shop visits during the book launch of Recommended! research My research consisted of meeting Emma in collections to look at all of the ephemera from the Book Society. I was also supplied with the manuscript of the book so that I could read it, meaning that I could understand the content of the book further and what I needed to be representing with my designs. The research for this project was extensive, as previously to this project, I had little knowledge on this type of ephemera. I spent a long time sat looking through archives of bookmarks and bookplates and photographed any that I felt would be appropriate to base some ideas off. Looking through the archives was instrumental in the physicality of the deliverable, as I was able to feel the paper that was used then, to make sure mine was as authentic as possiblein comparison. The colours used in the 1930s were quite limited, and although the client wanted to match the colour of the book cover, I suggested editing the colours of the deliverables to be more historically accurate. outcome I made sure that my Illustrator files were vectors and all of the files were in the CMYK colour space to ensure the best quality for printing. During the production process there was a slight mishap with the printing, meaning that the bookplate didn’t fold exactly in half. I learnt that contacting the client and acknowledging this mistake shows your professionalism and care for the work, even when it’s out of your hands. Otherwise, I was extremely pleased with how the printed deliverables turned out.
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real job
old town press
advanced editorial
lost
magazine design
1992-2012
packaging redesign
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