REAL MOCK UP

19x17cm will be the basic size of the book with the bookrum being slightly bigger in order to incase the book. Black bookrum will be used in order to express a level of sophistication towards the book, and to also contrast against the vibrant imagery.

The first mock up consisted of using 12pt text, Times New Roman, and flush left all generic factors to which were used as a basis, and will be altered when developing the final piece. Although the image resolution was previously altered, the image was not packaged and thus the images appeared pixelated. No crop marks were made causing the pages to not be cut down properly causing page numbers to be lost. This also left problems with folding.

A coptic stitch was completed in order to secure the book together. As the first method appeared very messy, a second approach was made in which focused into stitching each book individually. This also resulted in the book becoming much stronger. 

When visiting Vernon street to get bookrum it became apparent that there was no black available, a factor in which would limit the future front cover design. As an alternative bookcloth was explored. When looking deeper into the pros and cons of bookcloth it became apparent that it gets easily dirty and isn't durable. Two factors in which didn't comply to the design ethic of the book. Due to this different colours of bookrum were explored. Two colours were selected in order to explore with, grey and red. Grey chosen because of its corporate feel, and red due to its connotations towards Manchester.

To develop the hardback cover, two pieces of grey board were used in order to form the protective sleeve of the book. A gap was left within the middle to create a spin. A hard spine may be used, but in this instance none was used. I felt this important as attaching a spine would make the book harder to open flat.

One issue in which arose was that of getting glue upon the bookrum. If this occurs then the book cover is permanently marked and thus cannot be used. To bind the cover and book, one insert page is connected to the cover either side. As my book already contained multiple protective inserts, this processes is acceptable.

RED/GREY SLEEVE?

As my initial mock up had glue upon the cover, another mock up was developed, this time using a red bookrum. Red was decided upon due to its connotations towards Manchester, and Man Utd.

As I was unsure upon which colour to use, the question in which was asked at a critique. It was stated that although the grey was recognisable to that of the formal corporate layout, it did not entice the audience. It was also stated that the red coincided more effectively  with the imagery, due to the locations present (walls etc).