For me at least, the start of the Man Booker month is slow. I do not
wish to imply that I am sitting around drinking cups of interesting
coffee. No, I am reading, formulating design rationales, then reworking
them.. One of the aspects of the Man Booker is that one usually sits at
the same table as ones author, they are alive. Trust me, it is not
often, as a book binder that one works with living authors and the like.
So when they ask 'What inspired your design?' it is best not to be
fumbling around in the dark for the next thing to say. The sections have
been trimmed, sewing positions marked and the end papers made. Let
sewing begin.
http://themanbookerprize.com/fiction
This book is complicated. The dialogue is in dead conversation. By this I mean that the characters in the book are dead. The dialogue is layered, contradictory and paced. I have the beginnings of the design bouncing around my sketch book, brain and backs of Red Lion Menus.
http://www.red-lion-barnes.co.uk/
