Photo Book Design: From Concept to Binding

The Layout 2

A course by Roberta Donatini , Graphic Designer and Art Director

Graphic Designer and Art Director. Milán, Italy.
Joined March 2020
97% positive reviews (75)
3,082 students
Audio: Italian
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About the video: The Layout 2

Overview

“Here I will continue the work on formatting the text and then move on to the page layout adjustments.”

In this video lesson Roberta Donatini addresses the topic: The Layout 2, 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 layout Let's go and see the text a bit. We said that the line spacing is 14. If I shrink it too much, it's too compact. I have always evaluated everything with print tests, so I leave it at that value that I had already validated in print and I want to create some variations in this text, I always want to refer to the reference of Manutius' title pages. Without doing something too intrusive, just to create a little variation, I put to put the small caps. The first letter must also be in small caps. This font already has small caps available in its glyphs. In case it doesn't, I do not re...”

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Course summary for: Photo Book Design: From Concept to Binding

  • Level: Beginner
  • 97% positive reviews (75)
  • 3082 students
  • 4 units
  • 18 lessons (2h 57m)
  • 8 downloads
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    Design
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    Adobe InDesign
  • Areas

    Bookbinding, Design, Editorial Design, Graphic Design, Photography

Roberta Donatini

Roberta Donatini
A course by Roberta Donatini

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Graphic Designer and Art Director

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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Photo Book Design: From Concept to Binding. Design course by Roberta Donatini

Photo Book Design: From Concept to Binding

A course by Roberta Donatini
Graphic Designer and Art Director. Milán, Italy.
Joined March 2020
  • 97% positive reviews (75)
  • 3,082 students