Final folded format

 

Above, are some videos showing my final folded format, and its front cover. 

To begin the construction of my book, i marked up every image against the guidelines that i created on my digital copies (refer to folded formats development blog) in order to make sure that every section was equal. I used a craft knife for this to ensure a close cut.

 After i had all of my pieces cut, i arranged them into their corresponding pages and stacked them up in my desired order. I chose not to order them in any specific way as the whole idea of the book is that it is a mix and match, so i alternated the pages between Florence's different ages. After this, i punched holes through each of the panels and attached little metal rings to bind each section together. This is one area that i could have improved upon- The rings held the sections together however they were very flimsy which allowed the sections to splay out so if i were to do this again i would have considered book binding instead of this method in order to keep them together a little better.

I attached the cover last which then completed my book. 

One issue that i faced when i received my prints, was that some of them were cropped at the top and bottom. After speaking with the company that printed them, we concluded that this was an error on their part and although slightly disappointed that my book didn't have the professional finish that i had hoped for, i'm still extremely pleased with the outcome. I think that the interactive nature as well as the overall aesthetic of the illustrations appeals to a young target audience as intended, and i managed to pull the mix and match idea off exactly how i wanted to. 

Perhaps as a development, i could have added some text on the reverse of each outfit, just explaining what Florence was experiencing in that specific stage of her life in order to give a little more context, but either way i feel that this is still given in a more simple form, just through the visuals.