The making of the CSKA’s One Thousand Victories and One Defeat in Soccer Programs two-volume book design
Starting to work on the mock-up. Stylizing it to match the time period.
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Removing the stylization, going with a single design for the entire book and elaborating it.
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Adding details from the programs, this makes things much more interesting.
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The designer sends in cover sketches.
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Preparing half-titles. We want them to contrast with other openings. Trying to multiply large numbers and pictures.
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Larger.
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The edition has a few openings with graphics and interesting statistics. Decorating one of the bonus openings with Igor Sokolov’s cartoon renditions of the team’s players.
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The opening on CSKA emblems contains interesting facts in addition to the pictures.
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Deciding to add line drawings to illustrate the facts.
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Doing the same for the opening on soccer balls.
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Coming up with images for facts about trophies.
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While we are preparing the book, CSKA wins a couple more cups.
Pictures for the first two facts look boring, trying to find a way to make them more interesting.
The legendary confrontation of the curb and the kerb?
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A Jolly Roger made of Saint Petersburg’s coat of arms?
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The trophy is in a puddle of water and Peter the Great is crying? No, a trophy placed in dirt just won’t work.
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Or what about this: Peter the Great is crying and a soccer ball is in a puddle?
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Or maybe the cup is under rain and there’s another guy instead of Peter. It’s both about Moscow and horses, the nickname of CSKA players.
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The art director asks why the horse has such a silly face and the ball is being pierced. Making the horse look smarter.
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Without the spear, the guy becomes a regular mounted knight. Bringing back the spear and moving on to endpapers.
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The endpapers show the evolution of the team’s uniforms over time and reference programs featuring a review of the team’s colors.
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