Overview of Book Project

The putting together of this book was different from anything that I had ever done before. It was both stressful and rewarding at the same time. The making of the layouts of the book was probably most enjoyable for me. Something that I wish I could have worked on more was many be title page. I felt that it could have been a lot better and flowed with the rest of my book better. As for the book construction and printing it did cause a lot of stress trying to get everyones layout together and printed but in the end it will prepare me better for working in the real world and it is a good lesson. My time in BDS in now over and I get to now move on to classes that are more in my major. I have learned a lot from this class both this semester and last semester. I have learned things about other majors that I never would have known without it. It also pushed me to expand from my comfort zone in ways thatI never thought that I would do. I hope that one days these skills will come in handy at a point where I least expect it.

Here are the final layout pages of my book

Book Title and Publishing Logo

       The title "No Boundaries: Timeless Designs From Across the World" was something that my group came up with. We had a wide range of designers in our group. Charles and Ray Eames are classified as Architects as well as Industrial Designers. Massimo Vignelli is mostly known for being a graphic designer as well as the master mind behind some beautiful type. Kelly Hoppen and Philippe Starck are both interior designers. As for Karim Rashid he is a designer of many different things. All of these designer have a wide variety of design ethics. They also all come from all over the world which was why we choice the name choice that we did.

     The publishing logo name that we chose "BluePrint Publishing" came with the idea that all of our designers have something to do with buildings a some sort of layout. Here is a picture of the logo that I designed.

Biography and End Sheets

Here is the design pattern that I made to put as my end sheets. It follows the color scheme that I have followed for my whole book as well as a pattern that is simple and toned down so that it is not to distracting. 

Writing a biography about myself was something that I had a hard time coming up with. I was not sure what to write about myself. I also had to change the voice that it was written in because bios are not suppose to be written in first person. In the end I wrote about what I like to do in my free time and where I am from.

Jacket Cover

Here are the two jacket covers that I had come up with. The first one had a map of the world to show that our designers are from all over the world and that there are no boundaries between them. In the end I decided to go with a geometric shape cover because it is something that relates more to my style of design as well as connects to Hoppen's design in a way. 

Table of Contents

Here is the final page design for my table of contents. Instead of taking a picture of each designer I decided to take a picture of their work because that is what they are known for. I did this type of picture and number idea for all of my initial table of contents but just arranged in different shapes. 

Here are my first layout designs

And this is the final Table of Contents that I decided to go with

Title Pages

I had a few different ideas for what I wanted my title page to look like. I could not decide if I wanted to keep it really really simple and keep it white with just a little bit of color or if a background color would be too much. At first I thought that the the color that I chose was light enough for a background color. And after looking at it a little more I decided to take the color out all together and just leave the background white. Here were a couple of the designs that I had first come up with.

and here is my final:

Final Page Layouts

The bar of color and pictures from my initial page layout was something that I continued to use.  I ended using that as my second layout page. I had a bit of trouble with my first page. I could not figure out how to display more of Hoppen's work so that the viewers would be able get up close and actually see it. In order to fix this problem I ended up making the first page layout one big picture with her name displayed and a inspiring quote about her work. Here are the final two page layout designs. The font that I chose  to use in the end was Baskerville. I liked the bolder feel to the words as well as the longer look of the font. It is almost as how I would imagine how to talked. All of my text color is also gray and not black. My whole text fit onto the second page without being overwhelmingly too much and not too small. Overall I am happy with my page layouts.

Pictures of Hoppen's Work

Here are some of the pictures of Hoppen's work that I decided to use in my layouts. I decided to keep them mostly in the same color scheme to that it would be able to flow nicely together as well as fit with the color choices of my layout.

This was the picture that I decided to use as a full two page spread layout for my first page. The neutral tones of the room really spoke to me. The ocean is usually something desired and calming which was why I thought that the it really worked for the layout.

These are the pictures that I decided to put in for the second layout page. I felt that it was important to use some of her work that was done outside as well as her work inside. Her minimalist style is simple but it also speaks loudly to all those who view it.

This was a picture that I was thinking of using for my two page layout initially. The white and the accent of silver, green, and taupe were very calming and pleasant to the eye.

Starting Off

When thinking of ways to show off Kelly Hoppen's work in only two page layouts I knew that I would need to be able to fit a lot of content with out looking overwhelming. At first the layout choices that I made were a bit much. The background was too distracting and because I was trying to follow Hoppen's design style there was a whole lot of taupe. There were some elements of my page layouts that I did think worked really well that I chose to keep. The way that I made a bar of color and text across the page was something that we found very successful. I ended taking out the ''wallpaper'' like textured background and kept it mostly white with just an accent color just like Hoppen would design with her rooms. I also re did the color pallet a little bit. Here are the colors that I came up with.

Kelly Hoppen

        Hoppen was born into an Irish-Jewish background. She began her career at the age of 16 when she was given the opportunity to design a family friend’s kitchen. She has designed for a number of celebrities including David and Victoria Beckham and Martin Shaw, who was one of her first clients. She has designed on the homes, yachts and jets, as well as commercial projects in several countries, including hotels, restaurants, offices and aircraft. Some of her most recent projects include a collaboration with Pearl Motor Yachts and the design of a LUX* Belle Mare hotel resort in Mauritius.