09.04: Brainstorm

Theme Ideas:

How to be your own best friend/ How to know yourself (something along those lines)

-About my growth and what I went through that makes me who I am

Audience: adult

Touching upon darker subject matter

Chapters:

  1. Why i am the person I count on the most (intro/ background) will be incorporated throughout
  2. Introspection- deep dive into yourself and your emotions, how you interact with others, and why
  3. Acceptance- accepting yourself, learning to reward yourself and not punish, understanding that you are you and that is okay
  4. Identity- having a strong sense of who you are, letting go of people and habits that are holding you back
  5. Flourish- end goal of happiness and unmasked version of yourself

Physical Book Ideas:

-photo driven + expressive type

-black and white photography

-portraits

-flower symbolism

-physical manipulation of photos

-translucent paper

-smaller book: want to feel personal

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japanese stab book maybe?

09.06-09.08: Typography Exploration

I really want to use a typewriter-like typeface for my book but I was having a bit of trouble finding one that I felt wasn’t super basic looking. I ended up deciding to go with “Prestige Elite” because of its irregularity and fluidity while still having that very classic block look that typefaces like “Courier” have.

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I then made typographic pallets using only “Prestige Elite” to help me play around with hierarchy. I have a pretty clear idea of how I want to utilize the type with images, but I know that as I am actually designing the book I am going to be changing things up.

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