Editorial Design - Becoming Donald Iverach Cresswell
Project brief
Develop a unique concept for a hardcover printed book dealing with someone whom I perceive to be a person of worth or a person whose story is worth telling. Through conducting thorough research on the subject, an editorial concept and narrative strategy must be developed.
Original text should be written based off of the research conducted and a design concept should be developed for the book. All images and/or illustrations must be self-generated.
Project deliverables
- Self-generated writing based on interviews
- Two different endpapers
- Title page and imprint copyright page
- Contents pages
- Contents pages
- One completed chapter consisting of four (or more) spreads
- Three additional chapters, each consisting of a minimum of two spreads
- Three additional chapters, each consisting of a minimum of two spreads
- Flats of book covers; dust cover and inner cover
- Flats of chapter spreads
- Single-chapter pages
- Full written work
- A3 presentation boards (four to ten are allowed)
Design strategy
Becoming Donald Iverach Cresswell is based on a man's journey through life being the best he can be, whether this is in the workplace or at home, or just in general. The book runs in chronological order starting from when Donald was around 13 years old up to the present day when he is in and out of retirement. Donald has always loved anything to do with building or fixing things, helping others where he can, his job as an IT guy at the airport, and his beloved cars.
Because of this love for all things technical the illustrations in the book took a technical drawing approach, taking inspiration from blueprints and car manuals. This love Donald has for cars is what mainly drove the story forward and provided a lot of the imagery presented, somehow in all the chapters a car is involved directly or indirectly in building Donald as a character. The colours were inspired by technical manuals and books found in the airports, they also complement Donald's calm, kind and fun nature and approach to life.
Process work
Above are some photos (both found and taken by myself) that inspired the story and visuals.
Mood board for layouts and illustration style.
Media exploration and style development before and after moving to a digital drawing style as seen in the final illustrations.
Rough storyboard layouts before digitising the illustrations and layouts properly.
Presentation boards
To view the flats of the box and cover pages click here.
To view the flats of the chapter spreads click here.
To view the single-chapter pages click here.
To read the text only click here.
