Monograph

"Monograph is a monthly publication from Creative Review, provided as an additional benefit to all subscribers. Each month, it showcases a personal project or body of work. Monograph is distributed with subscribers' copies of the magazine only and will not appear in newsstand copies."

As with the Canteen publication collected over summer, the main things that attract me to this feature booklet focus around the format and page layout. Particularly influential is the extent to which the document is image driven with minimal informative text. The format itself is A5; an aspect I consider to be quite rare within the industry. Yet the logic behind it makes complete sense from a printers perspective given the standardized paper sizes worldwide.

The feature that tops it off for me though, is how a thin sheet of trace separates each printed side of the publication. This gives an unexpected tangible quality to make such a straight forward document appear more diverse. It also enhances the exclusive connotation given by the description on the cover.

This is most definitely an attribute that I would like to explore within my own design for print. I am a keen admirer of the smaller details that make something feel more personal.

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