Composition

Composition: Dual-platform Formats, led by Paul Bailey

'How can you compose a piece of design to satisfy two functions 1) poster 2)

dust-jacket? You will explore the use of grid systems, experiment with folding

techniques and enter the exciting world of designing for dual-platform formats.

This workshop will assist you the wrap-around dust-jacket element of the MP01

brief.'

Paul's workshop was one of the most valuable to attend in my opinion, as I was completely confused as to how the dust jacket would work well as both a attractive book cover and a poster. First of all we looked at the presentation Paul had made about grid systems, which encouraged me to get more information about these from the library. Then, we were given a folded piece of card and some paper, which we could modify however we wanted to create a dust jacket/poster. Here is what I produced during the session.

However, I will continue to play with ideas to make it as successful as possible. One of the best things about the workshop was seeing all the different outcomes that were possible to make from one piece of paper, and inspired me to be even more creative with the dust jacket.