Graphic Design Pathway Booklet - front cover, double page spread, numbers

These are my designs for a brief given to re-design a Graphic Design pathway booklet.  I produced a front cover, double page spread and number pages and restricted the colours to black and white. During the development stages I took into consideration the potential user of the booklet and so decided to use a schoolbook, homemade approach. I used the idea of a textbook cover as the front and textbook pages as the theme for the double page spread. This works well with the casual handwritten text. The overall design is relatively simple for maximum impact and clear communication.

Book Binding

  

  

  

  

  

Here are the pages I designed in response to a book binding brief.  The ideas for the book pages were inspired from three randomly selected words,

Site - Iceland

Object - Paperclip

Body- Twins

After brainstorming these subjects I began to focus on paperclips as the linking element to my designs. The use of paperclips is present in each page as I have used it as a continuous line which gives the overall piece fluidity. I chose to use 'twins' as the overall theme to my book and expressed this through use of typography and illustration, the continuous line represents the constant bond between twins and I depicted the DNA of twins by using paperclips. The subject of Iceland is shown through colour, I selected the red and white colours from the flag of the country to add interest and striking qualities to the appearance of the book. I really enjoyed the design processes involved in this brief especially learning the technique of pagination and book binding, it is definitely a process I would like to use in later projects.

Thinking outside the bubble

This is one of four designs I made in response to a brief set by Leeds college of art to progress on to interview stage.  I was given 4 symbols, a speech bubble being one of them, to use to express my creative ambitions as a graphic designer.