Graphic Means.

   
So, lets face it. I've rambled on far too often about my love for editorial design on this blog, I think it's probably embedded. It's my favourite area of design, and has always been the pathway I want to take. So when I was scrolling through my twitter feed quite recently, and I saw a link to a video about Editorial Design, I immediately clicked it. I can't help it, it's my calling.

Thanks to Sarah Hanley, who I featured earlier on my blog here, I came across this wonderful video on the world of editorial design before computers became readily available. It's a subject I've hardly thought upon: the lengthy process that once was. Primarily done by hand, with the occasional aide of some quite difficult machines using a variety of different ways to layout type and images on a page, Graphic Means explores the different methods used, and gives an insight into the people who used them.

I think it's important to look at this traditional methods because they are historic: without them, and without those who used them, Editorial and Graphic design as a whole would be massively different. It may even be a lot less advanced. These people and skills are the framework of what we now know to be design. And we may never learn the skills or have the experience they have had, nor will we ever really experience that transition between hand to digital, so this educational video is a must.

Another thing I'd like to quickly point out: the crew behind the making of this video are all women, and that is a huge rarity! Though it will not make any difference to the quality of this film, as I expect it would be brilliant either way, I do think it's important to support my fellow females.

Above you can watch the trailer, or you can visit the video's kickstarter here. They have managed to reach their goal in order to make the documentary, and I for one will most definitely be purchasing a copy.