Initial stock considerations were to use one paper stock continuously throughout the publication, which would have some link to the places of interest defined by the author. However, it had been challenging finding appropriate paper stocks to do so, and upon reflection, this consideration could be seen to limit the potential and some practical elements of the publication, for example the sections of gridded paper for designers to work with. If this were in a high-quality, glossy paper stock, for instance, this would be difficult and not very practical for designers to work on.
Based on this, it was decided to use two separate paper stocks, one for the main content of the publication and another for the grids. One important element that should be considered for the sections of grid paper is that it needs to be easy to work with. For this reason, a matte paper with some form of texture on could be used, one with similar properties to that of sketchbook paper. Taking inspiration from the Wallpaper* City Guides, which also has a section of note paper at the end of the publication, this could be of a thinner paper stock, similar to that of newsprint, which is easy to both print on during the production process and practical to work onto with various artists materials. Such stock choice would also work well in combination with the collected material to be bound into the publication, due to their similar properties.
Since the specified target audience of this publication is designers, the publication also needs to have elements which are well-produced and of a high quality, therefore it has been considered that for the rest of the content, a glossier paper should be used in order to enhance the quality of the photographic content.
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