Final Book

Cover

A book that try's to encapsulate and pay homage to heritage of  the raw and mechanical nature of the Kelham Island and other industrial areas that have been gentrified/regenerated, through the sturdy raw materials that would of been manufactured (steel works) on Kelham and the mechanical process' used to create the book (bolt binding, pop riveting, drilling, screwing).

Content is then added to this industrial base of raw materials through spray painting the title onto the steel cover, depicting the deterioration of the island and others like it, before the regeneration / gentrification. The spray paint being a tie to the defacing of the steel works and other buildings around Kelham Island.

Outer Bind 

The outer sheet (steel) metal covers and bound together using a hinge, with the inner two wood parts connected to the metal sheets using a bolt bind. The hinge being the only strong enough bind to keep the two sheets together, while keeping to the 'industrial' aesthetic; and the bolt bind being the most aesthetically pleaseing way of bonding the metal sheets to the wood while also keeping to the 'industrial' aesthetic. 

Inner Pages

The paper stock inside the book presents a similar metal aesthetic to the cover, keeping a continuous aesthetic, tying the two parts together. The content on these pages presents the contradicting opinions of the Kelham Island who are split between the positive (regeneration) and negative (gentrification) impacts the changing of Kelham Island has brought up.

With the aim of keeping the mechanical/industrial theme coherent throughout the book, the paper stock is bound to the cover using a adhesive which would be used in the industry or a workshop to bind two materials together; this has produced a mechanical like flow to the book, where the pages flick between in a motion that is reminiscent of a mechanical cog moving around/over.

The pages are arranged in a concertina fold, clearly presenting the double page spread when the book is laid flat. Each double page spread is individually  bound together using an adhesive to give the paper stock this 'pinched' rigid form, reminiscent to the strong form of a thin steel sheet. The paper stock used (135 gsm), allows for the paper to form these pinch points at the top of the page. giving the reader the physically handle to move the material, a subtle homage to the hands on process of the  working of steel on Kelham Island.