Good is...? - Binding my catalog

To understand how to bind my book, I needed to look at similar examples. I went to the library and found a range of childrens pop up books, along with typography based books. Each of the books I looked at simply glued the pages back to back, to them attach a hard cover in a swiss bind like fashion.

Pages glued together

A thick binding needed, due to the thickness of the substrate and pop up structures.

A small piece of paper holds the pages in place, keeping them aligned, refraining them from fallings into the open bind, to be trapped and folded when the book closes.

Just the front and back edges are glued, here i'm opening the gap between the back to back glued pop up pieces.

Each pages has a small tab, which is folded over, meaning it can be neatly and easily glued.

Good is...? - Looking at layout

Just a magazine I picked up at student union....


I really, really love the layouts within this magazine, I needed to look at layout for both my leaflet and book design. I want to mimic the professionalism seen within the layouts seen below.

Good is...? - Possible concepts - Pop up 3d advent calander

Source: http://www.thepodcompany.co.uk/christmas_cottage_3d_advent_calendar.htm

Good is...? - Pop up book, looking at textures

To make my weehouses look realistic in my pop up book, I wanted to use textures, to recreate the materials the structures are made from. So I looked into downloadable textures, to be able to get high quality images, meaning the resolution of my structures within my 3d book won't be affected when the size is increased.


I was recommended a website by a friend: http://www.cgtextures.com/index.php
I found the site really useful, it had such a variety and range I could use within my designs.I looked at a few which were materials used within weehouses, just a few examples:

Good is...? My top ten possible concepts - Pop up interactive book.

Good is...? My top ten possible concepts - Alphabetical pop up interactive book.

Good is...? My ten possible concepts - Pop up office

Source: http://www.toxel.com/tech/2011/01/30/pop-up-office/


Again looking at the concept of flat pack, using simple substrate. The concept of creating a large, life sized pop up is something I could take into consideration. Ok, creating a life sized house may be tricky to produce, but its something I could mock up to a smaller scale, we were told to think big!


Just imagine, a life size catalogue of flat pack housing, made to scale, in a cheap substrate, so potential buyers can 'live the experience' before making a decision to purchase the home.

Good is...? - Pop up tents