Blog 02｜Publishing Forms
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The one that stood out to me during Danny Aldred’s artist book talk on Tuesday was “The slapdown”. It’s interactive and sensory color palettes are interesting to me.
The responsibility for the preparation of this book is Damara Kaminecki, [drawing & concept], Jeremy Schmall, [text ; Sara Parkel, Mark Wagner, Amy Mees, & Cat Glennon, production].
The slapdown
The book is bound on a red iris linen bookcloth board with a black foil title printed on the upper board and the publisher’s name printed on the lower board. Boards arranged in flag book binding with letterpress printed Perma Dur concertina spine and 2 ply die cut museum board flags in the shape of arms and hands.
The title and imprint are printed on the outside of the accordion bar binding. Further text is printed on the front and back of 16 illustrations of arms and hands, which are mounted on accordion bars that form the spine of the book.
side of spine
book page opening and closing
The book does a fantastic job of sensory intercommunication, through the opening and closing of the kinetic paper arms, the sound of simulated clapping can be heard, and the words are combined and recombined in a crazy library of curses and curses. Both poetry and architecture evoke the dog-eat-dog tension and petty theft in a crowded urban setting.
It’s a clever combination of irony and functionality for readers to explore.
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The binding method of the banner book makes the pages overlap and contain more information, and the cut-and-paste pages can also be pieced together into a complete content.
A schematic diagram of the production of a disassembled banner book
Books bound in the same form are also the accordion book by Hedi Kyle, which can display logos with a single image, written text, or combine all logos into one large image.
Art Book—Janet Reynolds
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