Photo Book Design: From Concept to Binding
Tools and Materials
A course by Roberta Donatini , Graphic Designer and Art Director
About the video: Tools and Materials
Overview
“As a starting point, I will show you what the course design will be and what tools you will need to create the photo book.”
In this video lesson Roberta Donatini addresses the topic: Tools and Materials, 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
“Tools and materials In this course we will see together how to design a photo book step by step. For the final project we will go through all the phases behind the creation of the book "Solastalgia" by the visual artist Marina Vitaglione, designed by me and published in 2017 by the Overlapse publishing house. This book is a tale of the turbulent relationship that the city of Venice has with the sea due to climate change and uses a narrative made up of texts and images. During the lessons I will analyze all the different phases of the project, starting from an introduction to the photographi...”
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Course summary for: Photo Book Design: From Concept to Binding
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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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