Context of Practice: Production Problems

As looking for alternative printing methods was the only way to produce the outcomes physically, the sticker pages were created and sent off to a sticker making company whilst the book itself was sent to Blurb, the only printing company that does one-off publications and delivered.
The flags were also printed at another company which does textiles printing.
The stickers were extremely over priced but if these were to be mass manufactured all elements involved in this brief would be able to be produced at a larger scale for cheaper. They were misprinted at A5 size to which I had to wait another week for the proper A4 size.

The flags were printed well however with great colour. The book on Blurb was terribly printed, with printing lines in the colour, finger prints and scratch marks. I considered getting this reprinted but it would have wasted time and money. All of these production problems could have been solved to ensure fully functioning and higher quality outcomes, however with the current situation this was impossible.
Seeing everything physically however was highly beneficial as it meant I could see what I would change to the designs and production were it to be produced again.

eg. Inner cover I don't think works well: the stroke text feels messy and the pages would benefit more from some vivid illustrations like repeated different coloured sports balls, almost like the sticker spread page.

The intro spread could also be more colourful and impactful, the text is easy to read over and ignore. Perhaps very large writing across the whole spread would be interesting?

The sticker pages themselves are interesting but could be developed in a more interesting way. As a mock up of what it could be however it works well in presenting the idea. The different alterations in colour for each sports ball on each spread simply reflects potential for additional stickers on the page.

PHOTOGRAPHY

Photographing the outcomes was really difficult without a camera and in my house as the lighting isn't very good anywhere. This was very frustrating. U would normally scan the work however I don't have access to this either.