Photo Book Design: From Concept to Binding
Influences
A course by Roberta Donatini , Graphic Designer and Art Director
About the video: Influences
Overview
“In this lesson, I'll tell you about how I started developing a graphic taste and how to keep feeding it. Also, I will show you some books that are important to me.”
In this video lesson Roberta Donatini addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Photo Book Design: From Concept to Binding. Learn to create a photography book, from selecting the images, format, and design to the paper and binding for your mock-up.
Partial transcription of the video
“Sources of inspiration After talking about my career path, I would like to share my inspirations with you. I would start from a personal experience. In the two and a half years that I have lived in Paris I realized that I actually wanted to do this job. In fact, that's where I discovered and leafed through numerous photo books and I started buying them. In fact, in Paris I attended regularly places like Le Bal or Jeu de Paume, where I could see very interesting photography exhibitions, discover authors I did not know and, above all, I was able to consult and purchase photo books that I had ...”
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Course summary for: Photo Book Design: From Concept to Binding
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Category
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Software
Adobe InDesign -
Areas
Bookbinding, Design, Editorial Design, Graphic Design, Photography

Roberta Donatini
A course by Roberta Donatini
Roberta Donatini is a graphic designer and art director who lives in Milan. In 2016, following a stay in Paris where she worked with multiple photographers, designers, and architects, she took an offer to join the in-house team at Fabrica, an experimental communications research center based in Treviso.
She currently collaborates with cultural institutions, studios, and communication agencies on a freelance basis. She specializes in editorial photography and creating photo books, from the concept to final print, and has been teaching editorial design at the Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti in Milan since 2021. She also organizes dance events around Milan and other cities with the collective Ciao Mare (@ciaomarebaci).
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