Deconstructing the book / Adding the Secret Agent

Assignment
You have been designing a ‘traditional’ book, considering fine typography and grid structure. In this next part of the project, you have the opportunity to subvert Howse’s text—and experiment with expressive typography and book design—by introducing a second text into your book: Joseph Conrad’s novel The Secret Agent. In Conrad’s tale, a band of anarchists plot to destroy Greenwich England’s Royal Observatory, which is the location of the Prime Meridian and standardized time. The new text will likewise destroy chapter 7 of Howse’s book.

For Tuesday, April 6
Design a Cover (Front and Back) for your book, incorporating the following text:
Title: Greenwich Time and the Longitude / The Secret Agent
Subtitle: Constructing & Deconstructing the Book
Author: Derek Howse / Joseph Conrad (respectively)

The Cover (Front and Back) should reflect the overall concept and design of the interior of the book. Consider how you want to convey the intersection of the two books. Make sure that you consider the Front and the Back cover. Also consider how you want to connect the writer with his work, as well as the subtitle. For Tuesday, we will review your cover design, along with all 4 interior sections of your book (Contents / Introduction / Chapter 5 / Chapter 7.

For next Thursday, April 8
Bring in a full printout of your entire book, folded, full-size so that we can discuss the entire book. This full printout includes: Cover, Contents, Introduction, Chapter 5 and Chapter 7. Bring in your final plan for constructing the book as well.

I will be handing out the final project assignment next Thursday. You will have two weeks to construct the final version of the book (Due April 22nd), but we will be working on the new project as well.