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Peter Pan’s shadow 

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FINAL// Every chapter had an element that used light to cast a shadow and some chapters even had pop-up and moving aspects. This created a less “on the nose“ design, allowing the mature reader to enjoy the book with familiar images. It was interesting casting these pages onto my ceiling and wall of my room, it brought back memories of my childhood and the big kid inside me.

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FINAL//

Un-stitched shadow

Revisiting my idea, Andy challenged me to progress my idea with the focus that the reader was in fact an adult. Therefore removing the familiar images from the Disney film and focusing on less obvious imagery. Here the concept of shadows was applied and my previous design was transformed into a book that used light. This idea stemmed from Peter Pan and his shadow and what a shadow meant. Where there is dark there is light and in the deepest of dark can a light shine bright.

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PROCESS// After weeks of workshops and each of us discovering our own preferred body and method, we began the creation of our final project. The idea was that it could take any form, but it needed to represent our knowledge we had gained within the studio. I continued with the exploding body and decided that I would also like to work with a dead body and give it new life, just like Dr Frankenstein (in the book Frankenstein) did with his Monster. I picked Peter Pan, as it has always been my favourite book and something that I treasured both in my childhood and even in my adulthood.

My first idea was to hide a book within a book, allowing the reader to be perceived as reading a book suited for an adult, when in fact inside was the book Peter Pan, by J. M. Barrie. To adapt my exploding body aspect, I was to hide various pop ups and images within the book, that were masked by the text. I discussed with Andy on the idea of taking iconic scenes from Disney’s movie Peter Pan and remastering the images to create pop ups and kinetic objects the reader would interact with.

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Laura Jouan an artist apart of Unbinding the book project  Laura is a graphic designer who  wants to focus on the architecture of a Book and the physicality, structure and value of graphic mediums.

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Melbourne Art Book Fair 2016.

This trip to Melbourne Art Book Fair was definitely worthwhile. There are many design stores which showcase their creative book designs. All of the designs are stunning and while browsing through, I came across a very outstanding book design by Theo Strasser (Anajah Press). The artist had actually used carpet like fabric and leather for two of its’ book cover page design respectively, which cost about $600. I flipped through every pages and love how each texture gives off different feeling. Now, with all these inspirations, I shall start working on my prototype.

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Fabric Book by Mandy Pattullo, a textile artist and print-maker. www.threadandthrift.blogspot.com documents her textile and design practice. 

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This book is entirely made up of fabric. Prior to this fabric book search, I was thinking if I could add any other materials to my book design. I thought of fabrics so I tried searching for some inspirations. And I came across her blog which shows her handmade fabric books using different colour schemes.

While doing this research, I started brainstorming about the theme of my final book design. Should I go with sleek and polished design? Or more of organic, raw and unrefined style?  Looking at her work, I love her choice of fabrics which matches so well with her unpolished book design.

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1. Sandwich book by Pawel Piotrowski

2. A special edition edible cookbook from German design firm Korefe and Gerstenberg Publishing, the recipes are printed on fresh pasta pages that can be baked into a delicious lasagna.

3. Today's Snack by Chinatsu Watanabe PD                                                   

Food books! These are some of the other wildly unusual book designs. It goes above and beyond the normal standards, each one an innovative and interesting piece of design as well as a functioning book. I personally like Today’s Snack book design because it is fun and interactive.