Friday, 20 October 2017

OUGD504 - Studio Brief 01 - Final Crit

1. How well do you think the publication reflects the style of a travel journal for designers? Is this layout too unstructured?

  • The travel guide is very understandable as it utilises photography as a key component to the design. The use of colour in the photographs alone works well.
  • The journal is understandable and easy to process, however there are contradictions such as the sans-serif title and serif descriptive content. Legibility is good, but it's distracting the page rather than keeping me there. Overall though, it's interesting as a travel guide.
  • It works really well - the style is sketchy and therefore reflects a scrapbook/sketchbook.
  • The publication looks really good and inspirational for a travelling designer, it's not even that unstructured - it reflects the chaos of navigating around a foreign country, but in a neater way.

2. Do you think the use of grids to modify the type is too obscure? Does the body text also need to utilise these?

  • The titles being separated works well without a grid, however consider the legibility of 'Park Guell'.
  • Grids are a great touch - it aims the publication more specifically at artists and designers.
  • The type is a little bit obscure, but after reading the rationale it makes more sense. Perhaps include this within the publication for the user to better understand intentions.
  • The titles are legible enough and add interest to the publication.

3. Any stock considerations?

  • A glossy or semi-gloss finish would bring out the photographs really well. Also consider such materials which reflect the texture of a bus ticket.
  • Recycled paper.
  • Good quality paper would bring out the photographs.
  • Matte stock.
  • Note book style, brown (parcel paper coloured stock), textured stock would compliment the colours in the photos. There is also quite a lot of burnt orange running through the photographs, which could be used as the cover of the publication.

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