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Again, another piece of book design that I have purchased this year and thought i'd do a quick post on it as part of some research for the design for print module. It is a 32 page A3 book that is printed on A2 newsprint and folded in half like a newsletter. The contents of the book covers music related articles outside the mainstream music scene.

I actually bought this simply because of the stock that it was printed on as the book was sealed up in the shops at the time. But luckily it didn't fail to impress; the layout and overall design of the book is simple but very clean. I'm liking the way the ink almost leaks into the paper and prints onto the other side of the page. From what I can see, a possible 16 column grid was used for the general layout of the book, which offers a refined and consistent design throughout. For the majority of the book, only black was used to print, except for the certain pages where there are photography, in which case a possible process colour print was used.