Photo Book Design: From Concept to Binding
Evaluate Ideas and Do Research
A course by Roberta Donatini , Graphic Designer and Art Director
About the video: Evaluate Ideas and Do Research
Overview
“To close the unit I will focus on the importance of evaluating whether an editorial idea works or not and being able to change direction if necessary. You will also understand how fundamental research is to be able to deepen the context, generate new ideas, take inspiration and learn about the different technical possibilities.”
In this video lesson Roberta Donatini addresses the topic: Evaluate Ideas and Do Research, 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
“Evaluate ideas and do research In the previous lesson we saw how important is the conceptualization phase to translate a photographic project, a book. Now I would like to make some clarifications. Sometimes it can happen that the concept we have developed does not work. Sometimes it's the pictures that fail to support it, or in other cases we are forcing the photographic project to adapt to an idea that does not belong to him. I advise you not to fall in love with an idea, but retrace your steps and review it until it works. To evaluate if a concept works, the first step is to analyze if th...”
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Course summary for: Photo Book Design: From Concept to Binding
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Software
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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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