Book layouts that I found in my research. I looked for book layout designs that used both text and graphics. The ones I found are so wonderfully pleasing to the eye, good book design is very satisfying- the printing and making process is however, so fiddly and often frustrating (for me at least).
This book design seems to repeat the use of 3 columns of text. The images all have borders and white space is used expertly to give visual space between the information.
The layout here is very balanced in visual weight. Compared to the book layout above, some images are more loose and borderless in the pages. Different styles of images are used (line, black and white photography, colour close ups) which generate more interest.
I love the bright graphics of this picture book series. The text is minimal to balance with the bright commanding pictures. The link I found this book layout from is also quite helpful as it contains discussion about children book layouts.
I like the border patterns used in this book, it ties everything together. I also like the illustrated initial capitals and the way the blocks of text are experimentally designed to be pictorial. This gives me ideas about how I can use illustrated letters in a publication.
A beautifully designed anatomy book. The way the black and white complement each other as well as the balanced layout of everything, makes for a very elegant and clean impression. There seems to be a underlying grid of 3×6 going on with wide margin space in the centre line.
There is a limited colour palette used in this picture book- shades of muted red, green and grey. The pictures are frameless making the pages seem like a world of its own.
I remember reading this unnerving short story by Murakami. It is interesting to see how the story is lay out in a book design here. The text sizes and spacing vary and warp to express and exaggerate their meaning. Red line tarot cards illustrations are used throughout the book to mirror the emotional state of the character. It kind of reminds me of how the the I Ching is used throughout The Man in the High Castle. Something about the use of intertextuality to create meaning and shape the narrative.
The book design here is very playful, structured and loose elements are combined. The colours are limited to two- orange and blue. There are crayon marks and little card interspersed. The blocks remind me of the artwork ‘Rhythm of a Russian dance’ by Theo Van Doesburg https://www.moma.org/collection/works/78948
The style of the scribbly line drawings and the play with text, used in these booklets (Life, Larks and Punctuation) makes for a whimsical aesthetic that reflects its subject matter. There aren’t any colours used, the images and text fit together very well, merging in some parts.
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