The death of print?

Printing and placing

The papers...350 of them!

The paper being printed...

Possible front covers

Possible front page image-me as a reporter...how embarrassing!

Newspaper delivery bags have arrived...

The newspaper delivery bags have arrived, from a lovely company up in Lancashire called Bolmoor. Just need to send them off to get screen printed with the title of the newspaper on the front...

Newspaper delivery bag

For the show i will present the newspapers in a newspaper delivery bag and get someone (possibly a second yr) to hand them out to the people!

I've found a company that will do it, and for not very much money! The main man is calling me tomorrow to disscuss it, but it won't take too long to make and i will hopefully be able to have it in one of the show colours with the name of the newspaper on the front!

A sample of the spreads...

Here's an example of a couple of spreads so far, obviously not quite finished yet! I've done the basic layout (similar to these) of 52 out of 60 spreads.

Revised layout...but what do i call it????

This is the revisied layout for the main 'newspaper book' celebrating the newspaper/ the history of!

Two Issues to over come at the mo...

1. I wanted the back page bright red glossy to represent the modern world of blogging but this is virtually impossible. So do i design an insert done seperatly and slip it in the back??

2. What do i call the newspaper? I need a name that will represent the 'newspaper book', but as i'm no good with words i'm struggling! Help!!

The next three weeks are going to be spent designing it.

I think i've found a printer...

I have found a print company who print newspapers... digitally- the process is a lot quicker and more efficient. The cost is loads lower than the quotes of £5000 i was getting with traditional printers. The quality is slightly different as it's obviously printed differently but I am going to visit them tomorrow to check it out and clarify a few other things in person such as the size, how much more it will be to have colour on back page, when they'll be able to fit me in etc! It's a really positive step as i was worried i was going to have to sacrifice a lot of pages and work to reduce the cost, but this works as a good alternative.

Displaying the newspapers

Just an idea for the show. Displaying the newspapers on a newspaper stand and designing a poster to fit in the wire front. £135 from Trade Wind or the possibility of borrowing one from the Evening Standard? There will probably be quite a number of newspapers so they'll probably be placed around the stand in batches...

Initial layout for the newspaper books

1. Celebratory Newspaper Book: this will follow the same format as the original idea, being able to punch out the pieces to use such as a fly swot etc... However i have placed the uses in history order from old uses to modern ones, finishing with recycling and completing the back page with a glossy, bright coloured finish to represent modern technologies such as the blog. I am still unsure of the dimensions- tabloid/broadsheet/or bigger?? This book is somewhat celebrating the life of the newspaper and would be something you buy to keep and teasure.

















2. Kitchen/Garage Newspaper Book: This newspaper book will be part of the series. You will able buy it at a cheap price for either your garden or kitchen. Every household will need this particular book to create quick, easy and very cheap impliments to help them with day to day stuff, such as an emergency dustpan or an emergency garden kneeler... etc

















3. Kids Newspaper Book: This would be the third book of the series, a small childrens newspaper book with fun activites to keep kids occupied. The red sections will vary slightly each month. Such as the card making page will change depending on the time of year!


As i won't be able to produce the whole series of newspaper books. I will save a page in these newspaper books devoted to the promotion of the rest of the books in the series!

Paper Chickens!

The more i think about newspapers, the more strange uses i find for them! This was a shop window near harrods-paper chickens-brilliant!!!!!

Doodle

I found this doodle i did ages ago, will add to my paper uses!!!

West Ferry Printers Tour-Fantastic!!

The final design...

thenewspaperproject@hotmail.co.uk

I've set up an email address, which i have put on the posters. This means (in theory!) people will see the poster and email me there thoughts and stories to this address. If anyone has pics of themselves or relatives using newspapers for what ever reason then I would be really grateful if you could email them to me, the bigger the collection the better!!!

The Posters

Here are few poster mock ups to put up around London (or through peoples doors) to get some feed back from the public about what they think of the newspaper "checking out in 2044" and if they have any stories or pics of newspaper recycling/uses!

Poster in progress

I designed the poster and then printed it out on to newspaper, which my rubbsih printer didnt like too much then scanned it back in...it needed a few attempts to get it right!!!

Questionnaire?

I would really like to get the publics views/opinions and ultimately there uses for old newspapers. To get this information i've been thinking a Questionniare could be a good starting point. I will then be able to gather the information and use it to create graphically interesting charts and diagrams.

My other thought was to promote a website specific to my project or a blog site or just simply an email address, using leaflets, posters/fly posters etc. Which would enable the public to send there experiences, thoughts and views on newspapers.

Or... Similar to an artist (the name excapes me) who told each household in his area to look out of there window at a certain time on a certain day. He then photographed them. Maybe i could do a simliar thing where i ask households to leave out there 'newspaper use' by the door on a certain day...

Collecting newspaper uses...

I find it fascinating how people re-use the newspaper, and i'm trying to capture moments when newspapers are being used. I was working in the pub earlier and another employee said "oh i'll just try and find some old newspaper to lay these flowers on". I'm looking forward to having a massive collection of photographs representing the uses. I think it could be interesting to see if the uses vary from generations/class etc...

'Recycle' says Metro!

I saw these ads in the Metro. I thought it was interesting that they were, in conjunction with Recycle for London, promoting the recycling of old newspapers. It shows that it is a relevant topic of the present time and a nice little booster for my project!!