print disaster

After printing my booklet and cropping the pages to scale I realised that the pages would not coincide with one another effectively due to the bind causing the text to appear illegible where the two pages conjoin. This was effectively due to myself designing the pages as if they were individual and not back to back. As legibility was a main component to my book, I felt that Japanese binding the book and then writing about how unsucessful it had been was a cop out and thus began to think about ways in which to fix the problem.

My first response to resolving the book's structure was to again visit the print studio and attempted to book another slot. This is where the basis of the 'disaster' began as I was unable to book a slot until the week after the deadline. As I was unable to print and felt that drop in was too risky (as when asking James he stated that fashion also had a deadline in the upcoming week), I decided that an alternative way of binding would be my most successful way of resolving my problem.

When visiting the Blenheim studio I asked about ways in which my book may be constructed. As the book is build from individual pages with now very smaller gutters the technicians were unable to help me and suggested that I visit the Vernon street print room, as their staff are specialised in binding.

As I wanted to resolve this problem before the following day (primarily due to me otherwise having to visit the drop in) I visited Vernon street. I gained a similar response as that from the previous staff, but it was suggested that I should maybe attempt binding another section of the book, for example the top, or even consider placing my pages individually in a box. As I was unsure of these methods I decided to collect my thoughts and conduct some further research into the issue.