Final Memories Book, ‘Buttoned Up’
‘Buttoned Up’ Linking to the memories I had of being really shy when I was younger, the book is about, growing to cover up the shyness. I have memroies from every age linking to being shy, as I got older these horrible memories got lesser, and less prominent. I grew inconfidence and became more myself as a person, this helped me hide the little shy girl away. My book is about typographically representing these memories, using a height chart.. as a means of symbolising the growing up and away from the shyness. The book is taller than me and folds to fit into a matchbox, allowing the reader to originally be presented with a small reserved designed matchbox, which they will then open up to find a book which grows and grows. This is the final mock up, after at least 10 previous ones. Getting 6 foot of paper to fold into a matchbox has proved quite difficult. It is to be printed onto ‘drafting film’ a thicker, matte alternative to tracing paper, using a laser printer, which will hopefully give a higher quality print.
