Photo Book Design: From Concept to Binding
The Cover
A course by Roberta Donatini , Graphic Designer and Art Director
About the video: The Cover
Overview
“In this lesson instead I will evaluate how to draw the cover of the project, setting the file.”
In this video lesson Roberta Donatini addresses the topic: The Cover, 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
“The cover In this lesson we will deal with the design of the cover of our final project. You will always need a computer with InDesign. In a photo book the cover is the first thing you see, but it is usually designed last, because it is a bit of a summary of all the work. The point of reflection in common with Marina was to want a material texture on the cover. This is to summarize the process behind the author's work, without, however, immediately revealing the subject of the book. In fact, as anticipated, we decided to leave the only whole image of Venice at the end of the volume, to pay ...”
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Course summary for: Photo Book Design: From Concept to Binding
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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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