What if - Photographs in Leeds raising awareness of CCTV cameras

I put together a moving image of our raising awarenes of CCTV in Leeds (Now that i have the skills!)

CCTV in Leeds - Look up! from Lisa Whitaker on Vimeo.

Design process - Photoshop postcards

Original photo

Used colour overlay and darken

Original ( yellow cellophane was placed over one light and green over the other) 

Original

Original

Original

adjusting hue and saturation

Mask and colour channel mixer

The light had a layer of blue cellophane

Original

Posterised and colour balance

Original

Desaturated and Tints

Book Workshop

The Book workshop proved most enjoyable. It reminded me how much I enjoy practical hands on tasks!  Sarah demonstrated a few different methods of binding:

1. The first and second image above is an example of Pamphlet Stitch
2. Tools needed include a bone folder, needle and thread and Japanese screw punch
3. Line up several pages, then crease down the middle
4. With pages in a v shape create a three holes by pressing down the punch
5. Sewing start o the outside, pull through hole, stitch to one side then across to the others.  Tie a knot.   

 The second image is an example of Japanese stab binding

1. With this type the book cannot be open flat, good for flick books
2. Draw a line 0.5 inch from the top
3. mark 5 holes spaced evenly across this line
4. Drill the holes (We used a hand drill)
5. Then stitch up through the middle hole, leaving some thread dangling.
6. Stitch around the edge of the book.

The images below are examples of a Concertina book.  

1. We used 7 sheets of A4 paper.
2. The paper is folded in half and then laid back to pack to create the concertina. 
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7. mark the facing pages where the glue will be applied   
8. We used Buckram fabric for the cover
9. To mark the cover. 
10. Mark a small distance (1cm) from the edge.  
11. Make the board the correct size(so there will be a small lip showing)

The anatomy of a book

Leaves- Individual sheet within a bound book


Pages - leaves have a front and back side each is a page


Page spreads - When bound together the right(recto) and left (verso) page are centred on a gutter where they are bound at the spine


Book design includes content,format, design and sequence.


Double page spread


Imposition
Precise arrangement of multiple pages on a large sheet of paper or press paper.  The layout and sequence is such that when the print is folded, bound and guillotined each element of the document is correctly positioned in the correct page sequence or page order.


Pagination


The process of dividing and numbering documents into pages. Pagination can include the attributes such as columns, margins, header and footers.  paginated documents can be viewed on the web or a hard copy.


Aspect ratio 
2:1 relationship between the width and height


Aspect relate to portrait (1:2) or landscape (2:1)




We then did an exercise of folding an A2 piece of paper seven time and then numbering each leaf from 1 to 32.  When the paper is folded out the result is the print layout for printing a book.


Recommended read


Book Design
Data flow
Mapping


Beauty of diagrams and Stats on BBC4

Workshop - Time management

We brainstormed in pairs how we think we waste time: examples included:

• Facebook
• Talking/chatting
• watching TV/movies
• X box
• Procrastination

We discussed how we can improve our time management:

• Set goals
• Breakdown a task into individual manageable tasks
• Schedule tasks
• Recognise time needed to plan
• Prioritise tasks A and B, so do all A's first
• Leave fun things til last
• Reward yourself

With better time management skills we will gain:

• Learn more
• Not feel guilty
• more time 
• improved the quality of work

We recorded how we felt we spent out time and then went on to spend a full week actually recording our time.  I represented my time using a Pie chart.  the only surprise was how much I sleep as I feel permanently tired!

 

Typogateux competition - 16th December

Photos from the Typogateux competition:

My 'S' cake

Arthur and Aaron's winning entry

What if - power point presentation

The group chose three songs which signified Being watched or watching'.

The Police - Every breath you take'
Beat Freakz - Somebody's watching me'
Hard Fi ' Stars of CCTV'

What if - Powerpoint presentation

This is our group's Powerpoint presentation we accompanied the slide with the following music:

The Police - Every breath you take

Beatfreaks- Always feel like somebody is watching me

Hard fi - Starts of CCTV