design a book
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- janne760
yeah, i might share some copies if this turns out well.
i will first start with making general outlines, a short explanation of my plans and an estimate of costs for creating and printing. The funds I will try to get from a bookstore here (not a simple one, been rated the best in NL, and one org. rated this one the best in the world a few years back), they do everything really, also publishing. Others I am thinking of will be a local (recently compl. revamped) museum, who have a shared interest in the subject i chose. And the provincial govt.
it will be a lot of pictures, not much text as people don't have time for heaps of text these days, unless it was done by a terribly good writer.
generally i wish to do research on cloth/textures being used in our history (which is pretty rich and inspiring for what i have seen now), also i'd like to do a public request here to people for related info and samples. it'd be nice if a cd-r could be included with eps (and other formats?) with seamless samples of these textures.
a little bit of history will go with it. some old photos and a few spreads with textures being used in modern fashion or at least applied in refreshing ways.
this may take a long while and require a lot of effort,
yet the product must remain SIMPLE + ACCESSIBLE + AFFORDABLE.so: not too much content, not too much depth, not too much items..
yet it should become very attractive and contemporary.
as most of the books on such subjects are rather dull and remain unsold. and that's a shame for the promotion of cultural awareness here. which always seems to be a pretty hot item in this region.