WEEK 12 (Semester II)

ALT- BOOK

— The Producing Process of My Alt-book

   

Aims

In my Alt-book project, I plan to create a handmade book that fully uses junks collected from my daily life. The purpose is to highlight my theme of ‘Upcycling’ that my chosen driver of change in last project – PachaKucha. This is a continuous study.

 

Research

The research of this project is based on the accumulation of previous projects, and I had watch a large number of Alt-book cases. At the same time I continued to let myself in-depth study and understanding of the previous information about ‘Uncycling’.

 

Idea

At the beginning I thought about several options, such as to use the form of roll film or zoetrope as my Alt-book or make a box that could replaceable cards to display the information or story that I want to expressive, since my chosen design lens is ‘the camera as archive machine’, I think more about how to display pictures. Until one day I was on my way to school and picked up a large piece of bark left over from the timberjack’s work, I think if the curled bark could flattened in some way, it will be a very interesting book cover. With this mind, I started to adjust my design thinking and to pay more attention on the content of my alt-book, and in the form I will let it to be special.

Process

I used two boxes of unopened mineral water for press the bark nearly 26 hours. At the same time, I also selected the material of the inside page – Amazon’s express carton. I cut the express carton according to the shape of the bark to serve as the inner page of my alt-book and I used tools to drill four holes in the book cover (bark) for through iron ring, and I have engraved the title and my name abbreviated, then I applied the glue that could brighten the color to the words that have been Seal carving.

   

   

 

Outcome

 

 

 

 

WEEK 10 (Semester II)

ZINE MAKING

— The feedback of my zine

 

Describe

In week 9 of this semester, we have a practice about a research zine making. Its design and production should be related to the driver of change (Upcycling) and design lens (The camera as archive machine) of the project 3 (PechaKucha).

 

Interpret

We select and pick up the material that we needed from some old and unused magazine to collage a zine, and using this zine to tell a story for the readers. Eventually I found that   for a zine’s storytelling, both text and images are important.

 

Evaluate

I learned from the feedback that from my teachers and classmates, for a zine making, the layout of the page design, clear and specific theme, rich content, storytelling and key points are indispensable.

 

Plan

I will I think about how to use visual to tell stories better and create good communication conditions in my next step.