Book brief - Luke Best

These following examples by Luke Best aren't the most detailed, beautifully crafted pieces ever but they do still work. The last example; 'Give and be kind' is being sold for £50 and it doesn't look like it took a particularly long amount of time to produce; evidence that good ideas don't have to take ages to produce.

Luke Best;

Book Brief - Rob Ryan

Obviously...I don't have time to craft 10 books worth of pieces that look anything like Rob Ryans in the time frame we have, but I think the style of type that he uses in his work can be applied to print based work too.

Rob Ryan;

This last one is my favourite example :) Shows that you don't have to use conventional stock to communicate a message...work onto existing things.

Book Brief - Kate Sutton

I wanted to look at a few more designers that have used hand rendered type in their work (I have looked at some previously for the type as image brief) but looking at more gives me more 'food for thought'.

I've only ever really seen Suttons illustration work before and although I like it, I never really used it as 'inspiration' for my own work however, the examples below of illustration type are really simple but still visually engaging.

Kate Sutton;

Book Brief - Linzie Hunter

I posted work from this illustrator before...but below is the postcards put into a book, which looks really good.

Linzie Hunter;

Spam Project

(30 Typographic images based on the subject

lines of spam emails)

I hadn't been on the artists own website before, so the previous examples that I had of her work were taken from a collaborative site. After looking at a wider range of her work, I found a lot more inspirational pieces. Below is one project that I think relates to my design development work...even though they're greeting cards, not postcards...

Woodmansterne Greetings Cards;

Book Brief - David Shrigley

David Shrigley;

I found these while looking around for postcards and although they aren't purely type based (like most of the previous ones) I just think they work really well. Obviously some of the humour i.e. the bottom image...probably wouldn't be appropriate for the book fair! But a set of postcards that you can send out for various occasions is a great, simple idea.

Book Brief - Postcards

During the type session on thursday, Amber mentioned postcards a few times. At first, I didn't really pay that much attention to it because I didn't know how I could make it work, but once considering it more...this does seem like a good choice.

Dailey Crafton;

I really like this 'thinking of you' postcard and think the colour pallette/one colour works really well. I went onto Crafton's shop and noticed he was selling just 1 for £5...food for thought.

Lizzie Hunter;

I think these postcards are great. I believe they're also available as screen prints.

As I have specified that my book will be based on type, work like this is a good inspiration. I also think the humour aspect appeals to a broad audience.

Not sure...from Behance;

I just really like these as a set. The image isn't particularly big so I couldn't see much detail but the colours, tones and mixture of handwritten type and (presumably) computer generated type works really well.

etsy.com;

I don't know what these were for or exactly what they are, I just came across them when browsing but I thought it was quite an interesting way of packaging postcards...

Aston Martin;

The above example is a pack of postcards that Aston Martin released. Its very sophisticated, mature and well crafted. Once again, I think its a very effective way of packaging postcards...and it looks like a book.

A5 Magazine Portfolio;

This is a box of postcards, sent out as a portfolio. Obviously the postcards aren't a standard size but the size that has been used and packaging it appropriate to the subject matter which is something I could take into account.

Electric Angel;

Once again, an example of work I like and dislike...I like the subject and what has been packaged; photographs from a stick to scarborough, packaged with a piece of scarborough rock and the box itself is simple but it works, however the blue ink used on the box is blinding.

Pau Lamuà;

This postcard is both visually engaging and physically engaging because you can 'pop out' the letters. This is a great example of not using ink, just cutting away from stock.

Scott King;

This final example...I like the box; a bold statement, clear, easy to read and grabs your attention but I wish I could see more of the postcards that you get in the box.

Book Brief - Interactive

I stated on my proposal that I wanted to make an interactive book...but I didn't specify how it would be interactive. Technically, all books are interactive really because you have to turn pages or fold out things etc.

Jihad Lahham;

I really like the above example; its beautifully crafted, the colour pallette works well and its kind of a sophisticated, mature...pop up book. It works really well, but I'm not sure I would have enough time to do something of this style and craft 10 of them in under 2 weeks.

Ken-Tsai Lee;

This is so simple but I think it works really well. A 'different' way to package a pen and a good promotional tool. I know that if I got this given to me, I wouldn't expect a nice free pen. (I would assume the pen was nice...otherwise, its not as good as I thought lol)