Jennifer Moy

For my final book, I did an abc book with some pop ups and cut outs. The book’s style is simple, but fun. I tried to stick to that, but doing a pop up brings too many ideas to my head so I had to narrow everything down. I did a lot of trial and error. I thought up my own designs and also looked at other pop ups that I liked and tried to do something similar. I looked back at my abecedarium project and used some of the ideas there (jigsaw, umbrella).

I tried to stick with a limited color scheme. Black, white, green, and yellow (rainbow page is an exception).

This is the cover. I used a book cloth. The color is pearl white (from Talas). I like this because it’s simple, but there is a metallic finishing to it and the texture is soft.

This is the first pop up spread. It pops up as a circular structure with ABC hidden inside.

Next is the dove. Just white.

Flower

Gift

H

I

HI

Jigsaw

Kite

Lemon, Lime. When you start flipping the page open, it turns from a lemon to a lime.

Map, MTA, Manhattan. I like doing these kind of cutouts. It reveals something hidden underneath.

Nail. A nail going through a wall. I decided to use the green I used for the flower page.

OFF, ON. It took me a while to get this working. I really wanted the O to be like a light switch. It would say OFF with the O grayed and then when you flip the “switch” it will turn green and say ON.

Popcorn. The popcorn pops up, representing the o in popcorn.

Queen. Another cut out.

Rainbow. This isn’t necessarily a rainbow shape, but represents the colors of the rainbow.

Stairs

Telescope. Just pull it up and look through the hole. You will see outer space. I think this page doesn’t go as well with the rest because it diverges from the color scheme a bit. I really wanted to use space images because what else do you use a telescope for? I also really like astronomy.

Umbrella. Half of the umbrella is cut out revealing smaller umbrella pattern.

VW. When flipping the page, the V will turn into a W.

Xray.

Yarn. A very fat Y is cut out completely and yarn is in the background. I wish I had real yarn.

Zebra.

THE END.

The aftermath of part of my room. I also took over the living room for a bit. My room was a mess two weeks ago from all the packing and moving since we were getting new floors (1st and 2nd floor). That’s over now, but my room has become a mess again. Time to clean.

PS I do not like working with glue! The entire book was assembled with glue. Jade 403.

My final project is still a pop up book. I decided to change the size to be smaller because of the limited resources of paper I have. I’m trying to not violate the grain of the paper.

I am doing an ABC pop-up book. I liked doing the ABC pamphlet book, so I am going to do a pop up one now. It’s not going to be the same design at all. The letter “P” page right now has a pig that will pop up. In some pages I will try to make the letter itself pop up. Here are some of the pop ups I’ve played around with:

The pig and flower were templates that I found. The trees I drew up in illustrator and cut it out. There are two layers. One blue sheet in the background and when you open it up, the trees layer comes out. I’m thinking of putting another layer in between to make it more three dimensional.

I went to the EAB book fair last year for fun. It was at a different place. Last year, there seemed to be more space even though it was just one hallway (“The Tunnel”). This year’s space feels a lot more cluttered, but there were still some great stuff to see.

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Here are the videos that I watched to do the coptic binding.

Coptic stitch binding part 1

Coptic stitch binding part 2

Coptic stitch binding hardcover

The first I place I went to was somewhere really close by to where I work. It’s called Kwik Copy on 37th between Madison and 5th.

I really do not like this place. The guy was very rude. I would ask him something and he would talk to someone else for a few minutes and come back to me… So he had said that an 11×17 would cost $5 because the minimum purchase was $5! Then I started to ask him about the trimming and folding. He was rude again and said he wouldn’t answer my shopping list. I had to have a project that I actually need to be printed for him to give me prices. So I left.

My next stop was a staples on 34th. The address is 16 E 34th Street.

The customer service there was so much better! An 11×17 double sided color print is $3.58. To trim a stack of paper is $2 per cut. So if I had to trim 4 sides on a paper, that would be $8. Kind of pricey. To fold would cost 3 cents per page, not per fold. So even if I had a three fold brochure, it would still cost 3 cents. Cost to do a pamphlet stitch is 25 cents extra. The binding, which includes the plastic spiral, wire spiral would cost an extra $4.62 (20-30 pages). They have a special offer going on now until November 14. Staples reward card members get 50% back in the mail for all these printing services. I think it’s a pretty good deal. I have a rewards cards and it’s free to get one if anyone was interested.

I was thinking about making a series of books. Some will be pop ups. I think pop up books are fun. People of all ages can enjoy it.

I’m not sure exactly what I will make pop up yet. I will try to not make it too complicated for myself.

I did a picture book (japanese binding) on a fashion photographer named Tim Walker. I love his work. While interning at MD70, I got to see lots of photographers work and Tim Walker was one of the ones that stood out to me. Here are some spreads of my book. My book consists of 9 pages, a front cover, and a back cover.

I kept the style pretty simple and elegant. I played around with the layout for some of the images. I love how Tim Walker uses so many elements in the image, but its not distracting.

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This was my first time going to PS1 MOMA. I’ve been to MOMA on 5th Ave countless times, but I haven’t visited PS1. Once I arrived, I felt like I was at a party. It was a very nice day so lots of people were outside eating and there was a band playing too. The books were fun to browse through. Some were ordinary and some were extra ordinary. Out of all the books I’ve seen, there were a couple that really caught my eye. Read the rest of this entry »

A list of books styles

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