#CollageZine is an Experimental Editorial Design workshop created by design teacher and multidisciplinary artist Max Yakin Bozek. Among other things, Max has co-founded Elefante Sashimi art-book publisher, Atari-Burroughs zine, and Jopo de Gomina collage collective.

This very intensive crash course was designed to encourage people to publish their own art book or fanzine in a very small period of time. The workshop integrates Form & Content as a whole, in a way that both aspects are constantly interweaving and complemented together.

In 8 hours we will go from the Concept Idea to the Content Generation, to Final Edition (binding included). In the middle, we will grab something to eat and drink, listen to music, play, and have lots of fun.

In conclusion, we will enjoy and make new printed friends while making a little art book from beginning to end. Oh, yes, all in one-third of a day! Are you in? Write us now and subscribe now for the next workshop!


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Workshop Mechanics:

The methodology of the workshop consists in 3 main phases:


01 — CONTENT

ARTWORK & COLLAGE


In this first step, we create awesome original artwork to be showcased in our publication. We make pictures, and posters, draw, write, and generate pieces of art out of recycled material donated by our sponsors and supporters. You are also welcome to bring your own material that best represents your interest.


Materials Needed for P1:

Discarded material to be recycled: All kinds of nice papers, cardboard, and obsolete printed stuff. Good examples are vintage magazines, retro cloths, old flyers, tickets, packaging, labels, instruction guides, wallpaper, textured ribbons, tapes, found objects, newspaper clippings, typographic forms, calligraphy pieces, poems, signs, street posters, old pictures, photo albums, etc. Also all kinds of cardboard and semi-rigid materials for making the covers.


Phase 01 duration: 4 hours


02 — EDITING

SELECTION & DESIGN


After we have made many pieces of content (collages and artwork from the first phase) we select, edit, and organize the pieces in the way we would like our zine to showcase it. For those who will go with a digital finishing, we scan everything into a computer and then design the original mono using Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop. If participants don't know how to use this software they will be guided by the course conductor and helped by other advanced participants. Also, it is possible to avoid this whole step and go for the analog choice: photocopies and real glue cut and paste. Whatever your choice is, after the first version of the zine comes out, we will then make many Xerox-like photocopies of the finished pages to start binding.


Materials Needed for P2:

All these are provided by the venue and workshop organizer: Scanner, Printer, and Xerox Photocopy Machine (you don't need to bring them!)


Phase 02 duration: 2 hours


03 — PUBLISHING

COPYING & BINDING


In this third phase, we gather all the already finished pages and focus on the way of attaching them all together, thinking of a packaging concept, binding system, types of folding, spine management, and different publishing finishing styles.

The last step is dedicated to the cover making.

All participants will get a copy of all the zines made that day in the workshop.


Materials Needed for P3:

Stapler, Stitcher, Thread, Wool, Rubber bands. Also cardboard, cloths, and rigid and semi-rigid material for crafting the covers.

A printer and Xerox-like Photocopy Machine will be provided by the workshop organizer to make the copies.


Phase 03 duration: 2 hours