TUTORIAL NOTES 300426
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MAIN TUTORIAL
– RING BINDER a good durable choice for schools environment, may need to compromise curved edges.
Deconstruct it and see what happens.
Stamp on the front only? What about blurb, could this act as a VISA or boarding card?
Binder is a good way of housing it. Has to be durable for kids.
– Passport front cover – maybe the usual cover is too heavy now? Just bring in the passport undertones and use them judiciously in the publication where appropriate. This doesn’t need to be a gimmick.
– Spreads – Riso? Bring that back in, make a booking for week after next? Duotone printing. It might giver everything a visual complexity, consistency between varied content and then printed flat. Perhaps lean into the more loos layout, overlays etc.
– BOARDING CARD in there, hole punched, with the
– REFERENCE FROM MATTHEW – Perambulation Riso printed walking tours. Map, locations etc.
– LEARNING HIERARCHY discussed. ‘Must, many and some’.
– ACCESSIBILITY can be dubious, reality is that there isn’t a universal approach in education, therefore visual engagement is important. Be captivated by the visuals, cook someone in from that. Be creative with the typography, type thematically close.
– TYPEFACE REFERENCE – Abyme foundry, Axo typeface. Interesting history in handwriting and letterforms found in school manuals, technical drawings, architectural plans. Reach out to them for license.
– Discussed tabbing system of James Goggin work, won’t work here, kids will not file in order, but we can add or serialize the folders.
– REWARD SYSTEM is good, keep the stamping, What would the teacher’s stamp say? Just design one stamp for them. Maybe ‘You’ve arrived!’
– Don’t use passport for front cover, too on the nose, that could be a stamp itself?
– TESTING – with teachers etc, local families again. How many copies would I need to make?
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MINI READER:
– Intellectual engagement
– Work with text, but also bring in quotes from kids, interviews etc
– Cover, back cover, marginalia.
– Cover design – ‘Where are the missing pieces of the Parthenon, Daddy?’
– Sequential
– Keshavarz reference – add a chapter behind it, do this for all of them. e.g. Sanghera, use classroom chapter at the end? Opportunity for deeper engagement.
– You don’t have to annotate this? The other writing will be personal enough?
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ACTIONS POINTS:
– Get stuck into at least two booklets for next week to nail down visual direction
– Reach out to ABYME for temporary font license.
– Consider ring binder, commission stamps? What could the stamp be for the teacher?
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EXTRA IDEAS:
– Tip in a spoofed boarding card containing instructions?
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