Editing for Art and Design Books
Cover page
A course by Julius Wiedemann , Art Book Editor
About the video: Cover page
Overview
“The cover is one of the most important parts of a book. Let's say it has the same function as an icon. Here I will talk about how to choose images for a cover, the use of typography and materials to develop an attractive cover. ”
In this video lesson Julius Wiedemann addresses the topic: Cover page, which is part of the Domestika online course: Editing for Art and Design Books. Learn the editorial process for publications with high visual content.
Partial transcription of the video
“As we know, the covers are fundamental so that the books are recognized, that they become icons. What we're going to do now is to see a quantity of covers, which in addition, are from decade 20 and 30 from Germany, but they have a diversity of typography, of illustration, of photography, of collage, and of all the elements that we use in covers in general. Covers we can find on the internet just for making a search for covers or "book covers", and besides illustration and many other topics. But it is important that we speak here of the combination and of the common structures that are used ...”
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Course summary for: Editing for Art and Design Books
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Areas
Design, Editorial Design, Marketing
Julius Wiedemann
A course by Julius Wiedemann
Julius Wiedemann is senior editor of the German publisher TASCHEN, a publisher specialized in publishing books in the most diverse creative areas, including art, design, photography, cinema and culture in general.
Julius was born in Rio de Janeiro and has lived in Japan, Germany and England, which has given him a global perspective on the international creative scene. His profession is to search for creative minds throughout the world to edit quality books.
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