Exhibition and Photobook Design
Turning a body of work into books and exhibitions: choosing forms, editing and sequencing for spreads, walls and screens, book structure, signatures and flatplans, layout and typography, papers and bindings, prepress and proofing, offset, digital and print-on-demand production, ISBNs and legal deposit with Library and Archives Canada, pricing, distribution and crowdfunding, exhibition planning with CARFAC-RAAV fees, wall layout and framing, lighting and accessibility, ending in a photobook dummy and exhibition plan.
PHOT-430 Year 4 3 credits 12 lessons · 6 h 57 min
Offered by HSM University · Photography
This is the Canadian version of this course. See the American version.
What you'll learn
- Choose between photobook, exhibition and companion forms for a body of work according to purpose, audience, cost and schedule, and write a project brief.
- Make a master edit and separate format edits, calculate image counts from extent, and sequence for spreads, walls and screens using pacing charts and dummies.
- Plan a book's structure, trim size, extent and signatures, explain imposition, and build a flatplan.
- Design photobook layouts with correct bleed, safe area, gutter allowance and effective resolution, using grids and readable typography, including bilingual layouts.
- Select book papers, bindings, covers and finishes, and calculate paper weight conversions, spine width and book weight.
- Prepare files for offset and digital printing using appropriate printing conditions, ink limits, black-and-white methods, PDF/X-4 export, preflight and proofs.
- Compare offset, digital and print-on-demand production using fixed and variable costs, request and compare quotes on a landed-cost basis, and manage press checks and delivery.
- Plan publishing and distribution, including publishing models, contracts, ISBNs, legal deposit in Canada and the United States, pricing with trade discounts, channels and crowdfunding.
- Plan an exhibition with a proposal, venue assessment, roles, critical-path schedule, budget with contingency, artist fees, loan agreements, insurance values and a risk register.
- Design an exhibition with wall elevations, centre-line hanging, spacing and grid calculations, presentation and framing choices, takeoffs and legible labels.
- Install and light an exhibition safely, calculating aiming positions, illuminance and light exposure, and meet accessibility requirements while designing an inclusive visitor experience.
- Present an integrated capstone with a photobook dummy, production and publishing plan, exhibition plan, combined budget, schedule, risk register and reflection.
Course content
12 lessons · 6 h 57 min total · final exam
- 1 From body of work to book and wall 35 min · quiz
- 2 Editing and sequencing for a format 34 min · quiz
- 3 Book structure, format and the flatplan 33 min · quiz
- 4 Photobook design: grid, layout and typography 34 min · quiz
- 5 Paper, binding and materials 32 min · quiz
- 6 Prepress: files, colour and proofing 33 min · quiz
- 7 Printing and production 34 min · quiz
- 8 Publishing, distribution and funding 35 min · quiz
- 9 Planning an exhibition 35 min · quiz
- 10 Exhibition design and production 36 min · quiz
- 11 Installation, lighting and the visitor experience 38 min · quiz
- 12 Capstone: a photobook dummy and exhibition plan 38 min · quiz
- E Final exam 20 questions
Requirements
Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.
Description
Turning a body of work into books and exhibitions: choosing forms, editing and sequencing for spreads, walls and screens, book structure, signatures and flatplans, layout and typography, papers and bindings, prepress and proofing, offset, digital and print-on-demand production, ISBNs and legal deposit with Library and Archives Canada, pricing, distribution and crowdfunding, exhibition planning with CARFAC-RAAV fees, wall layout and framing, lighting and accessibility, ending in a photobook dummy and exhibition plan.
Part of the Film & Photography stream, typically taken in year 4.