New Layout

 

Things have been going a lot better this week, after reviewing our layout we decided to try and make it more inspiring using photoshop but also switching it to landscape. This enabled us to use a wider range of imagery but also enabled us to team them up with other images.  I think the mix of a more minimal page against a busier more stylised page works well. We have limited the amount of text allowing the imagery to stand out, we have added symbols, key words and colour palettes to suggest how this trend could be translated. There is a consistency running throughout the book, allowing the pages to flow from one to another. 

Module Removed

Previously we had talked about splitting our book into sections called modules, after working on our layout we realised this was no longer necessary. As we have decided to combine images of contamination and containment together, the idea of 'Modules' no longer makes sense. The contamination and containment imagery will now be distinguished by symbols. 

InDesign Layout Progress

Sophie and I have been working on a layout template in InDesign.  We wanted to create a minimalistic, clean and clinical feel to our book but with a consistency running throughout. As a group we had decided we didn't want the pages to be too busy as we wanted the imagery to speak for itself.  We decided to carry on the idea of the textbook theme so we decided to page the numbers 0.1 onwards. We have had the idea of using symbols in our book to reduce the need for masses of text. Each symbol representing a different key word. Such as environmental, contamination, containment etc. 

Layout Inspiration

Today we went to the book binding work room and spoke to the tutor, talking through what type of book binding we could use. After looking through these examples we came across the book above. The simplicity of it really inspired us, I liked how it was all about the images and their placement. How images were put together, usually these were contrasting , ie colour and composition. The book also used symbols as a key for certain key words that the images were associated with. We don't want a lot of text in our trend book so I think we could use symbols to make our trend clear to readers.