Editorial Design: How a Book is Made
Book types
A course by Enric Jardí , Designer
About the video: Book types
Overview
“The first step to design a book is to decide its format. We must consider the reasons: functional and aesthetic. In real life and when economic reasons are powerful we will have limitations that are given by the sizes in which paper is made.”
In this video lesson Enric Jardí addresses the topic: Book types, which is part of the Domestika online course: Editorial Design: How a Book is Made. Learn to format a text with clarity, hierarchy, and beauty.
Partial transcription of the video
“Types of books Hello again. The first step in designing a book is deciding its format. In real life, we will have certain conditions relating to production. Before this, we are going to make other aesthetic decisions. To do this, we are going to see different types of books. There is an important concept to keep in mind, y is the difference between the gut and the cover. There is an important difference between the two parts of the book, what is the cover, which is printed apart, and the gut. This part, what are the specifications, It is determined by the size of the paper and the arrangeme...”
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Course summary for: Editorial Design: How a Book is Made
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Design, Editorial Design, Graphic Design, Typography
Enric Jardí
A course by Enric Jardí
Enric Jardí is a graphic designer who loves letters and typography. He's worked in many fields throughout his career, but has mainly focused on editorial design, art direction, book covers, corporate identity, typography, and illustration.
He is passionate about lettering and typography. He has published several books, including Veintidós consejos sobre tipografía (que algunos diseñadores jamás revelarán) y veintidós cosas que nunca debes hacer con las letras (que algunos tipógrafos nunca te dirán) and Pensar con imágenes, which have both been translated into several other languages.
Enric combines his professional career with teaching at multiple academic centers such as the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, the Blanquerna foundation, the Universitat Ramon Llull in Barcelona, ELISAVA, the Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, the University of Lapland in Finland, and IDEP Barcelona.
He was president of the Association of Art Directors and Graphic Designers ADG-FAD for several years and has received several awards for his professional work in the field of design, including: a European Design Award, a Laus, a D&AD Award, and a Malofiej for infographics and the National Culture Award in the design category, granted by the Generalitat de Catalunya.
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