Book structure design

A story structure represented as a diagram.

The book compiles the proposals of the competition Transversal, BIACS3-YOUniverse. The challenge was to edit a book-object that inquires into the material possibilities of printed edition. The book incorporates into its structure the urban route that the…

My goal: an inexpensive book using a structure I would be willing to make about forty times. The Woven Accordion is an easy eight-panel acco...

One of the main goals of The Book Unbound initiative is to involve the entire college community in a full range of events that are connected to its main themes but that go well beyond the classroom. The ’62 Center Performance Series, WCMA, the Oakley Center, and many other groups are devoting important parts of their programming for the year to this initiative. Likewise, the new library will be home to many events and exhibits.These activities aim to engage students, faculty, staff, alumni…

I will be presenting some of my books and launching the start of a new project based on Wainwright’s Scottish Mountain Drawings at the FRUITMARKET GALLERY ARTIST’S BOOK FAIR in Edinbur…

The [artists’ book] movement had its beginnings with a few individuals (conceptual artists Dieter Roth, Hansjörg Mayer, and Ed Ruscha immediately come to mind), but in the area of structural …

My latest book, titled Tooth and Nail, is the second in a series of flag books that I began last year. The first in the series is The Take Care Blues, which I created and posted on this blog last …

This work is a tribute to architect, inventor, futurist, and New Englander, R. Buckminster Fuller, who spent his youth in Massachusetts and Maine. Structurally, the book is an allusion to...

From choosing the right color profile to sizing a document for binding, creating a design that looks good in print requires that you plan for the printing

Self-publishers wishing to publish print books may find that the casewrap vs dust jackets vs paperback decision can be a tough one to make. What are the important differences?