OUGD504 - Studio brief 01 - Stock choice

Stock consideration is crucial to a book for many reasons, it can enhance the aesthetic, add durability as well as versatility. My book will be 40 pages so a lower gsm is needed to allow the pages to flow better. At first I looked into G.F Smith specialist papers but I realised I didn't need an expensive stock that would be no different to something that is offered at the college. For the main pages I chose a 120 gsm white matte stock, this stock is a clean white paper which can help highlight the images more. 120 gsm weight is commonly used for books too so this informed the decision. For the cover I chose the same stock but in 200 gsm, the white cover will allow the cover design to be more prominent in the polythene bag, the higher gsm serves as the softcover for the book.