THE BOOK IS FINISHED!!!! WOOOOOO! As you can see the open spine binding was a huge success.
Unfortunately the embossing I was hoping to do wasn't available to do within uni facilities as I planned to created an etched metal plate using the laser cutter but the embossing bed at uni doesn't allow for metal plates. Instead I decided to just print the braille as it still has the same secretive and un-readable effect fitting in with the books concept.
Due to the changes in stock that I made some of the braille also had to be printed onto to the black paper. Luckily this actually looked really effective.
As you can see when the book was bound the contrast between the black and white stock looks really striking and effective. I think the content of the book is really bold and due to the content being hidden the actual design decisions making it striking is a huge positive and works really well.
In this image you can see how when the acetate is backwards you can see the type on the black stock, this allows/hints to people how they can be able to read it.
As you can see the type cannot be read with the white stock behind which was my aim.
Until you place behind the card and success! you can read it.
One of the brilliant qualities of using open spine binding is that each spread has a different pattern running down its spine, this just looks really original and you can tell the time and effort put into it being hand created.
Another benefit I wanted from this (as you can see in the photo above) is that this type of binding allows you to open the pages out completely flat for complete ease of reading.
The last reason for using this kind of binding was related to the books content. The concept was about revealing the secrets of the conspiracy theories, so I liked the idea of also having the spine 'exposed' to be suggestive about the concept. This method also meant there would be no title on the spine so it could be hidden away on a bookshelf.
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