mini lecture by our favourite gare du nord catalogue designer sybren kuiper
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Ten Golden Rulesto excellent photo books design
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RULE #1Never forget the basics: a photo book has two defining qualities.
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RULE #1Never forget the basics: a photo book has two defining qualities.A: it is a book
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RULE #1Never forget the basics: a photo book has two defining qualities.A: it is a bookB: it is full of photographs
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RULE #2When you start designing, don’t listen to the photographer.
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RULE #2When you start designing, don’t listen to the photographer.Listen to the photo’s.
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RULE #2When you start designing, don’t listen to the photographer.Listen to the photo’s.Then to the photographer.
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RULE #3Design with your heart.
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RULE #3Design with your heart.Check with your head.
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RULE #3Design with your heart.Check with your head.Or the other way around.
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RULE #4A book is not an exhibition.
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RULE #4A book is not an exhibition.A page is not a wall.
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RULE #4A book is not an exhibition.A page is not a wall.A book has specific physical qualities you have to use.
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RULE #5‘Time’ and therefore ‘timing’ are defining factors of a book. Because of the turning of the pages, books become almost inevitably narratives. Stories.
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RULE #6A good edit is key.A good edit is essential.A good edit is crucial.A good edit is vital.A good edit is fundamental.A good edit is critical. Etc.
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RULE #7Designing a photo book is often a matter of problem solving.Don’t just solve the problems. Try to make your solutions the backbone of your “narrative”.
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RULE #8A good book is build on just a few design ideas. Stick to them relent-lessly, despite the darlings you may have to kill along the way.
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RULE #8A good book is build on just a few design ideas. Stick to them relent-lessly, despite the darlings you may have to kill along the way. It can be a massacre (trust me).
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RULE #9Designing a photo book is not about showing off your graphic design skills.
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RULE #9Designing a photo book is not about showing off your graphic design skills.It is about your ability to bring out the photo’s full potential.
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RULE #10When your client is not really re-ally really really really really re-ally really really really happy....
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