THE PROCESS MANUAL

The Process Manual: A Manual Explaining 7 Different Processes was created as an exploration intended to issue notice of new relationships between a set of books that I selected from the Marriott Library at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. The book focuses on processes that professions go through on a daily basis and how they tell their own story. Each section connects through similar thought processes and/or materials, while teaching the reader about the process itself.

Each section in The Process Manual is printed on a unique type of paper to embody the feel of each profession. Examples of this are: the architecture section is screen printed on a material used by architects for drawing called mylar. The computer programming section is printed on continuous stationary that is a type of paper used for printing computer codes. The sculpture section is printed on gray metallic paper to mimic the shine from metal.

The idea for this book was inspired by Super Welcome to Graphic Wonderland by Thomas Bruggiser and Michel Fries. Bruggiser and Fries approached twelve European designers and asked them to design an entire chapter for the book using their artistic freedom. When the book came together, each section was completely different in subject matter and style, but still cohesive in purpose. This use of a book was interesting to me and I took this when creating The Process Manual.

View the digital version of The Process Manual here

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The processes discussed were sourced from the following books: Super Welcome to Graphic Wonderland (Bruggiser, Fries); Printmaking Techniques (Ayres), Paul Rudolph: Dessins D’architecture: Architekturzeichnungen: Architectural Drawings (Rudolph, Futagawa); Making Maps: a Visual Guide to Map Design for GIS (Krygier, Wood); Windows 10 Development Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach in HTML and JavaScript (Kumar, Goudagere Nagaraj, Rawal, Rohilla); Hands-on Digital Photography: a Step-by-Step Course in Camera Controls, Software Techniques, and Successful Imaging (Schaub); The Art of Painting: Step-by-Step Instruction and Demonstration in Color Mixing and Painting Techniques, Selected from the Grumbacher Library (Brooks); and Sculpture: Tools, Materials, and Techniques (Verhelst).