This post is in preparation for submitting my 5th and final assignment for my Body of Work. As previously mentioned, the work is now split into two books which are then connected along one edge and then folded to create a single book. My intention at the moment is to send my tutor a PDF of each book and then use the following to explain how they work best when viewed together over a four page spread. Once I have gained feedback on this I will then create a physical ‘dummy’ of the combined books ready for assessment, and then take it to a more professional level within the next module.
Before I start with the layout, I just want to acknowledged that whilst the following shows my intended experience of viewing this book, the advantage of the final product will be that the viewer can decide for themselves how they want to approach it.
The following is the front cover for the combined book, which will have the title ‘Land Values’ below it. To make this work, this front cover will actually be printed onto the rear cover of the Thornhill book (its how the folding works):
When opening this cover you will be presented with two further covers, one for each book. Physically, the one on the left will be the front cover of the Thornhill book, and the one on the right will be the rear cover of the Glasgow book (confusing I know, but please bare with me). The text introduces the concept of values to the way we might value land:
From now on, the Thornhill book (left) will be read from front to back and the Glasgow book (right) will be read back to front – to create the following comparative four page spreads. For this next spread, the blue page is the inside cover and the text is the inner title page alongside my name:
In this first spread the text introduces the two places of Thornhill on the left and Glasgow on the right:
The following shows all the other four page spreads, noting that I have highlighted where text will be placed but the PDF of the final product will need to be viewed to see what the text is.
Major Project 