Алиса в Страната на чудесата. Тенденции в съвременния пространствен книжен дизайн за деца
Alice in Wonderland. Tendencies in Contemporary Book Spatial Design for Children

Summary/Abstract: This article deals with the present day issues of the design of books for children seen in the context of spatial design. The focus is on the latest in the field of design - trends are examined according to the work of the book designer as well as in the context of contemporary requirements for books today. The author introduces the concept books for children as a spatial object and some specific terms, together with an emphasis on the potential of children’s spatial books as link between games and intellectual activities, presenting the stages of their evolution so far. The elements in the process of the creation of the product from a visual aspect are presented and the specifics of the work of the engineer with the bending of paper are examined. The author turns to the result of the creative process and the theory on the subject, outlined on by world famous designer of spatial editions for books for children - Robert Sabuda, David A. Carter, Katzumi Komagata and Kveta Pacovska, with an emphasis on their latest work. An attempt is made to outline the latest trends in contemporary spatial design in the field of the publishing of children’s books. An analysis if made on the state of Bulgaria spatial book design for books for children and comments are offered on the quest of students from the Books and Printed Graphics specialty in the National Academy of Fine Arts. The author presents a technological discovery of Joseph Jacobson and a group of researchers from MIT and expresses view on how it introduction on a mass scale would affect the potential before children’s spatial books.

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