London book fair references

London book fair

On April 2014 we visited the London book fair as part of the course. This was an interesting experience and I found a lot of reference points for a lot of my subjects and even for my own personal style.

Here are some photos of interesting and/or relevant books I took during the visit.

Komit – Recipes books shaped like different ingredients or recipes that were featured in the book such as strawberries, cupcakes and a pumpkin. The cupcake one even included little metal balls on the cover. The inside of the books had the recipe written one side with a huge detailed picture of the item on the other.

Vemag NGV – Hello kittie cook books featuring different recipes mostly focusing on sweets and cakes. The style of my book will be very similar layout style of these books so I knew these would be a great reference point. Inside was a photo of the recipe with colofull illustrations often overlapping the photos.

Vemag NGV - Fun Food recipe books with a googly eyed cover. The book mostly featured cakes set up in a fun and imaginative manner.

 

Dag Veggie, Studenten Kochbuch – Food pops, a book full of vegetarian recipes that (oddly) were all about being on the end of a stick.

 

Dag Ultimative, Studenten Kochbuch – A stylish looking recipe book with a more sleek design. The style, colours and even the easy layout seemed to point more towards the male audience (though it was in German so I couldn’t read it)

Fun food for fussy little eaters, Unforuntly I dident write down the name of these publisher (doh!), however this was another fun little book with cleverly designed food to look like animals.