# Week 4 - Zine editor

In addition to this week's assignment, Daniël van Kesteren and I were Zine editors.&#x20;

### **THIS WEEK'S ASSIGNMENTS**

#### **Assignment 0 - with the entire group**

Produce a class zine on the RISO printer together, 2 people will be editors this week. Individual contributions in the form of zine spreads. Write a text of approx. 150 words and create your own image.

Reflect on your process and discuss how you _engage in a dialogue with the material through experimenting_. How do the materials and the techniques you apply shape your thinking about the design? What kind of tools do you use in various stages of your creative process and how do they each facilitate different engagements, how do they help establish new thoughts?&#x20;

[https://www.notion.so/Week-4-Zine-3edb24f3fbd04c4881028640e2425cf5](https://www.notion.so/Week-4-Zine-3edb24f3fbd04c4881028640e2425cf5)

The theme we wanted for our zine this week was a blueprint look. We are using blue 80 gram paper, and white RISO ink.&#x20;

![Inspiration for our zine - Daniël van Kesteren & Thijs Uffen](https://2472482582-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-LzaCPWnWmmX17D0w0O3%2F-M4DyDZoRnHrEvgmdPzZ%2F-M4DzfW5ivJAwUej8g5d%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=18ff4fa1-78b1-4008-8d8b-982b4e26af8b)

After collecting each spread from our fellow students, the file we were going to print looked like this:

![The zine spreads in Adobe Illustrator - Thijs Uffen](https://2472482582-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-LzaCPWnWmmX17D0w0O3%2F-M4DyDZoRnHrEvgmdPzZ%2F-M4E-iDwZGwM1A9aYzJg%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=234656d1-f734-43df-be55-2cb211bce0a2)

To print the spreads accordingly, I used the ordner that Desiree made. In this way, you can see which spreads need te be put together on a paper. In the illustrator file, the top spreads are the fronts. The bottom ones are the backs. Each position of the spreads corrospond with the back and fronts for printing.&#x20;

The printing went smoothly. We learned bookbinding in this week, so I used a technique we learned : a simple pamphlet book stitch.&#x20;

![Example of a simple pamplhet stitch - Thijs Uffen](https://2472482582-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-LzaCPWnWmmX17D0w0O3%2F-M4DyDZoRnHrEvgmdPzZ%2F-M4E18o8FFfncw77x4WZ%2Fthijs_wk4_simple_stitch.jpg?alt=media\&token=18e0da4e-cf1f-412a-b3ba-a57ef956ad96)

To make the stitches, I had to punch holes in the paper first. In the makerslab there is a hole-puncher, but I didn't know how to configurate it correctly. Luckly, a staff member of the makerslab was so kind to help me out.

![Using a hole puncher - Thijs Uffen](https://2472482582-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-LzaCPWnWmmX17D0w0O3%2F-M4DyDZoRnHrEvgmdPzZ%2F-M4E258r66DOF3F8smf_%2Fthijs_wk4_hole_punching.jpg?alt=media\&token=2a7cdbe5-a5f6-483f-9d6d-dfd1f4fbfc38)

The final zine looked like this, I am happy with the end result.

![](https://2472482582-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-LzaCPWnWmmX17D0w0O3%2F-M4E5ZLCOJZ-Sd0AYsOs%2F-M4E70xucf5ijS344rLE%2Fthijs_wk4_zine.gif?alt=media\&token=79482cc4-d66e-43f9-9890-4547c8b5bc1b)
