Book Design
"Design and the Play Instinct"- Paul Rand
By Isabella Smithsuvan
Fall 2022 DES115 Typography
Design- The University of California, Davis
For this project, I was given the text from Paul Rand's article "Design and the Play Instinct" and instructed to format the images and text to create a physical book focused on legibility and intrigue.
Attached is a video presentation explaining my creative thinking process, reasoning for artistic choices and book format. I hope you enjoy!
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Annotating the text and experimenting with book size using sheets of paper
Type Study
choosing the font, font size, style, line length
display type + body type
Brainstorming
coming up with layout ideas
Multiple drafts of thumbnail sketches, spread thumbnails, and storyboard thumbnails
The Final Product
