Design of books after invention of printing

After the invention of printing, the book became something producible and the page construction and layout is started to be analyzed to make organization of text with the page in a proper way. This invention changed the views of designers and creates opportunity for many new applications.

Book design has progress in the historical context with designer and artists like John Gutenberg, Jan Tschichold and Richard Hendel.The printing process is important because it has effects on sequence of the text, size and layout which is not by hand but with new techniques. The design of book is not just page construction but an artwork with its shape, materials, cover, binding etc. In this manner it contains wide features and designer should consider all details. In contemporary design world, the book also affected by multidisciplinary and new developments of technology.

Irma Boom is a well-known contemporary book designer who designed nearly 200 books which contains her creative attitude. She has an unusual usage of formats and typographic approaches which contacts to the reader in terms of the context of the book and this creates and haptic experience. Her one of the most famous work SHV Anniversary Book is a really big printed material which focuses on the history of company. The interesting part of the book is that it is not chronological, the information mixed and it has no page number or any other regular system. “This book is a voyage” Irma says. The discoveries and coincidence makes people’s mind change and think about it. Therefore, design of the book supports this discovery approach with its interesting colors and layout. She has many other works with different techniques. For example one of her book is printed on the coffee filter paper…