Books

In the book No Plastic Sleeves by Larry Volk, and Danielle Currier they talk about how there are many different way of presenting your work. I never knew there were so many different ways. I only knew of the post and screw binders. I learn that there are many types, like glued back-to-back binding, Japanese or stab binding, spiral binding and more. Some of these don’t seem as effective as the post and screw binder. 

For my presentation book I got a post in screw Pina Zangro. The reason I do not think the others are as good is because they cant be changed easily. For example if you got a glued back-to-back binding book it may look nice but when the time comes to change the book you will have to make a new one. Same with the Japanese or stab binding which is held together by string. Depending on what you want out of your binder and how much your looking to spend will determine what you get. 

When you get your presentation book you can’t forget about the layout of the pages. This is just as critical as the binder and the artwork you are putting into it. Even here you need to utilize a grid structure. You have to design each page as if you were on the computer. Larry Volk, and Danielle Currier talk about the use of white space. They say it is very important and if used effectively it will make your work stand out. This might be even harder then creating the work. Making you work stand out and really pop is a new challenge that I need to learn.