After the completion of the studio brief 'Design for Print' I feel much more aware of the details and requirements that are needed when it comes to designing a piece of editorial work. This module has been highly beneficial to the way in which I work and set about starting a project making me feel much more confident when it comes to producing a final design.
Specifications like grids, guidelines and colour management are a lot clearer to me now and make much more sense than they did at level 4. I know feel more confident in my abilities to talk to publishers and printers and understanding requirements such as binding methods, paper stocks and finishes.
There are some elements of the publication that I produced that could have been better however I now have the skills and knowledge to identify the correct processes that could be used to make these amendments and with additional time and funding I feel confident I could produce further publications at a high standard to be marketed for sale.
Despite this I still feel editorial design and publishing is not the area of design I want to specialise in however many of the skills I learnt from this module are transferable into other areas of Graphic Design such as design for screen, branding and packaging etc. The processes and disciplines I learnt were extremely beneficial for enhancing my practice.
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