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Design
The format will be same as last year: A5 full colour, 100% FSC recycled stock, uncoated 120gsm, vegetable-based ink, 28 pages. 1000 copies.
- different colours
- higher ratio of words to images
- maybe get more onto pages
For the cover a composite of fragments of the Market of Ideas page from SwarmTV: http://www.swarmtv.org/website.asp?page=Market%20of%20Ideas
For the Brechtian Introduction tiny images of the slides used for the Disclosure presentation running down the side of the text. There are some documentary images here.
Design won't be done using open source software due to time pressure and lack of knowledge.
Open Publishing
Things are happening in software but not so much in the way of templates and ready-designed projects. Some methodologies would help make design process more accessible.
http://ospublish.constantvzw.org/
http://openpublishing.ngoinabox.org/
http://www.openclipart.org (currently offline)
http://www.openfontlibrary.org (currently offline)
http://www.opencontentlibrary.org
http://www.libregraphicsmeeting.org/
Design Method
Current State of Design Methods on Wikipedia.
This on http://www.methodagent.com makes 'design' look impossible in the time available.
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/method/
Constant ZVW's Print Partys and How To Print A Booklet In 19 Easy Steps. Constant ask whether open source tools imply a different culture of design and different expectations.
http://www.yanone.de/typedesign/kaffeesatz/
Open Source Software for desktop publishing
Gimp for pixel-based 2D imaging
Scribus DTP application
Inkscape for vector graphics
http://openpublishing.ngoinabox.org/
http://www.koffice.org/krita/
Fonts
Open Font License
http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=OFL#3b878279
http://www.typeforge.net
http://fontforge.sourceforge.net/sfds/index.html
http://www.gnome.org/fonts/ - Bitstream ‘Vera’ (OFL Verdana version)
http://www.unifont.org/
Free Libre Open Creative Commons Fonts
http://osde-info.vox.com/library/post/free-libre-open-creative-commons-fonts.html
Free-to-use fonts
http://moorstation.org/typoasis/designers/klein03/deco02/circulum.htm - hand drawn
http://www.alvit.de/blog/article/20-best-license-free-official-fonts - enjoy some of the blog aesthetic
http://www.praegnanz.de/essays/ - click the letters. Scripto-narrow might look good small. District Thin is nice also.
Visual Research
Hyperlink metaphors in print - http://www.hypulp.com/entries/hyperlinks_in_print_iii.php
http://www.geuzen.blogs.com/now/
http://designpowerrelations.blogspot.com/
http://www.helveticafilm.com/
http://www.rogerteeuwen.nl/weblog3/
http://www.alvit.de/handbook
http://www.limov.com/colour/swatch.lml?c=CFC
Web swatches - http://www.smashingmagazine.com/category/color/
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