Final Show - Display Case

Some pics from building my display cabinet at Sutton Design Centre. The finished piece will consist of a perspex case sitting on a simple sleek base.

Hand out media

Was looking at creating a funky hand out card that will show all the pages of my book, I didnt want to create a large format poster with them on, the point of the book was to make it small & personal. I looked at different options of displaying the pages along the theme of a time line which tied in with my kodak coding.

Drop Posters

Designs for drop posters to hang near the displayed book, these will be printed as on design onto AO then cut in half to create long vertical drop posters. I will also be producing a stack of long flyer type hand out cards with the pages printed on & my contact details. Pictures of that to follow....

Final double page spreads for my book, have worked to keep them all consistent, they may look pretty straight forward but a lot of hours have gone into getting them just right. I wanted a up to date way of presenting information from the past, Adam did comment that it was a bit 'apple-like' but then thats the current trend & I am producing a book for now, not trying to break the next great art movement! I think the mix of the facts along with a small selection of imagery & then presented in a Swiss style works well.

Book Spreads

Display Cabinet layouts

rough layout design for my display cabinet.

display cabinet...

Started work on my display cabinet to house my book. The idea is to create a clear book on a stand in the style of how jewellery cases are. This would have a slightly lowered floor so from a distance it would look like a large empty case, as the viewer gets closer the contents is revealed. The book is incased across the floor with barb wire (yes Adam, barb wire, Im going to at least try it) as reference to the cells that were lined with barb wire floors to stop inmates being able to sleep as a form of mental torture. This will also create a strong contrast between the book & the bard wire, creating impact. Pictures coming soon!!!

Making the time code work

As I didnt want to use standard page folios to number my spreads I decided to bring my kodak film code time line in on each page to create a numbering system, along with a large format poster, the viewer would have to interact with the book to try & figure out the coding system. I created a few poster/banner idea to support my book.

Book page tests...

Starting to piece together the pages of my book.

Typewriter tests

These are the hand typed text elements that i will use in my book alongside the imagery.

Typewriter tests

FMP double page test spreads

A few more test pages, these are first mock ups & I have already made changes to many. These still need to be treated with the hand typed text from the typewriter.

Typewriter tests

Due to the nature of the subject I wanted to use a traditional way of creating & presenting the information. I managed to get hold of an old typewriter, which has been sat in my folks attic for many, many, many years. These are a few test pages while I try & figure out what I want to do with it.

FMP