I tuned into the Bound Art Book Fair, specifically to watch Jade Montserrat in conversation with Nikita Gill (just because I am a fan of artist Jade Montserrat's work).
Both women shared a few of their favourite publications, specifically zines - and I was really inspired by the late 90s zine Riot Grrrl that Nikita shared.
She said: "There's something friendly about a photocopied, informal zine." and it got me thinking about the form of my own physical publication. The Riot Grrrl zine was made specifically to share information about the radical movement, and the hand-done, photocopied elements helped curate the punk aesthetic, and furthermore the zine aesthetic.
I think that publication needs to be well balanced, but I definitely should keep these design elements in mind. My publication needs to be informative, and easy to understand. It also needs to think about how information is laid out on the page - because I don't want any wasted space. Finally, I think that after all of these elements are considered, I should try and relate it somehow to this classic zine look.
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