Trainspotting
ISTD Open | Close Brief. Choose a book (fiction, novel, biography) and consider how I could use typography and experimental formats to amplify the storytelling of a book and give the story a new life. Consider all aspects of book design – typesetting, hierarchy, typographic detailing, pace, format, binding, casing etc. as the conduit in this retelling of the book’s narrative.
In essence, consider how the design and production can express the story and narrative. Using the opening and closing chapter of Trainspotting, I am asked to create a radical reimagining of the content through typography. On the front cover - the book is literally described as the voice of punk. The story is chaotic and in disarray - the type will be just as chaotic and ‘punk’.
