Week 12

6.4.2016 (Week 12)

Zulkifli, Farah Farisya Syamin (300 359 070)

Typography, The Booklet 

Lecture: 

I missed another week of class this week due to another family emergency that could not be avoided. Was told that the class had another week of getting feedback from our booklet work and was instructed to work on drafting our next assignment. 

Instructions: 

Type Arrangement, The Booklet (30%) 

Your task requires you to come up with 10-12 lines about your self. The lines can vary in the number of words (1 word, 5 words, 10 words). These lines will be arranged and expressed according to their meanings. Utilize the knowledge gained in all the tasks previously and express yourselves. To read more, click here.

My Process

This week was a tough one, still digesting on my father's passing hence, all the family emergencies and missed classes. I wanted to express how exciting my pregnancy was but I couldn't continue working on it. I was searching for inspiration and I turned to my own feelings. Due to the freedom given on this task, I find it a personal one and so I decided to turn to my current emotions and feelings. 

Inspiration...

I used my grief on losing my father to express myself and so I started to work on it. 

 I started drafting how I wanted it to be. I wanted it to be personal, clean and cohesive. 

This was after several attempts, I had to print and reprint until I got it right. 

I kept the fonts which was paint brush but I chose only two types to use. I did not want it to look too much. 

The Outcome 

These was what I wrote on the booklet, fonts and its arrangement that were made. 

 This is how the accordion fold looks like from the inside. 
(Front and back) ->

 

This is how the front looks like on the hard cover. I printed my name that I've created on the illustrator on week 3 (Type Design) on a sticker paper and stuck it on the front as directed by Mr. Vinod. 

Feedback:

Reflection:

• Experience 

It was tough doing this mainly because it was really personal and for what I have chosen to write. I really wanted it to look clean, cohesive and nothing too much. Though it took a lot of work, with assembling the booklet and getting to the printing shop with a half an hour queue to wait for my turn just to print the name on the sticker paper but I'm glad I managed to get it done and hopefully it's at least good enough. 

• Findings

After reflecting back on my work and the progress of this task, I learned that less is sometimes more. 

• Observation

Assembling this was a bit complicated due to wanting it to be perfect! It took few attempts to make it look pleasing.