FMP Research and Development

The third week of my Final Major Project and I have decided the books I will take forward into the development and redesign stage is The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo series by Stieg Larsson originally designed by Peter Mendulsund I have furthered my research throughout the week on more famous book covers also 

FMP - Research

Going further with my FMP I have continued my research into novels and non fiction books such as Haynes manuals 

I have also continued my research into penguin and the use of their grid system into my own work 

Looking into next week i will experiment with different printing techniques with my own work

FMP - Research

In the past week I have done substantial research on famous novels with a series of mind maps. Then moving on to look at the history of book covers and the techniques.

The history of penguin books has been an important start to the research of design of book covers so that's where I started moving on to look at my favourite book covers historically famous and my own personal favourites then finding the designers of those covers and there other artworks

Then to finish I researched book sizes and paper sizes that books are produced and published and contacting paper companies and asking for paper sampling books 

My Final Major Project

Today I am starting my final major project for my graphic design course 

I have been deciding which area of design I am best in specializing in and the area I most enjoy going from branding, to narrative to magazine 

After lots of deliberation and deciding I have decided that my idea is that I will be redesigning book covers for famous series of novels

Today I have researched into famous novels and book series to focus my ideas Onto a very good positive to this FMP.