explanation

Due to being in a frantic rush to submit the book draft blog post by 11pm I was quite brief and unclear with my annotation so it may not make a lot of sense. I thought I would debrief on the idea and intention I have for the draft.
I am quite intrigued by interestingly abstract layouts that are rather minimalistic. I came across a book about one of Maison Martin Marigela’s exhibitions which really captivated me with its way of communicating Margiela’s work.
Thus I wanted to communicate my project in a similar way- the book being an intriguing, almost abstract story, rather than a ‘look book’. Each image being as appealing as the one prior to it. I wanted my book cover to be very simple, I believe a pure white canvas with text applied in a strategic and though out manner has an effective outcome- something about all the white blank space almost reminds me of a mental institution (unsure why, maybe I’m a bit delusional).
I intend to make the book of A5 scale, and wish to make the cover out of hard card paper with the book pages to be of quite thick ,coarse textured paper- so that the images have a more matte, canvas finish as opposed to a lustorous aesthetic. The way I wish to join all the pages is through heat binding (if that is the correct technical name for the process? But basically Im referring to the method one sees on most hard cover books).
I’m undecided as to how many poster I wish to produce. But one or a few of them will simply portray what my exploration has been about. I may include other posters which depict the prototype garments- this is still in the process of examination.

Book & Poster Draft/Ideas

BOOK DRAFT -FEW MOCK UP PAGES

This page (above) is showing an idea for a layout of a page that will include tech drawings, fabric and colour explorations (current images are not ones I plan to use- dont have them yet so these images are just used to get an idea of the intention)

Possible layout and image mock ups. images are in reverse order.

The master and page numbers have not been added. Just to get a sense of the layout- images are not necessarily the ones that will defiantly be used. Still more pages to be explored, these are just a few samples. I intend the book to be of A5 scale.

POSSIBLE BOOK COVER OPTIONS

The intention is a very minimalist aesthetic. The use of alot of white space. No images just text. Shadowing the styles of Martin Margiela.

POSSIBLE POSTER IMAGE EXPLORATION

Some explorations of the poster image(s). Unsure as of yet on the scale and quantity of the posters I intend to develop.