This is the first draft of my book. I'm still working with a color palette. I wanted to do a simple book that has a lot of white space. 

This is my latest version of my poster. I wanted to do something playful, but sticking with more neutral, vintage colors. Myriad is such a contemporary font, my goal is to show that it is such a versatile font and could be used for almost any time period. 

Myriad poster - First draft

This is the first draft of my Myriad poster. Right now it's really simple and I will continue to add on to it. But this is my general idea. I wanted to stick with a more neutral color palette and I also wanted to create a very clean cut feel. Myriad is obviously a type that is often used, so I want to make sure I incorporate something different and fresh. 

Optima or Myriad

I'm really in between the typefaces Optima and Myriad. Optima is very historic and has a roman/greek feel, while Myriad is modern. I like Optima because of its natural feel, however it has had some negative appeal to some people. Hearing that, I'm having some questions about whether I should follow through with Optima, but here are some of the few inspirations I found.

I like the sans-serif look to Myriad. I like how its contemporary. But since it is used a lot and is associated with the Apple brand, I don't want to get stuck using it it one specific way. Right now I'm going to research Optima the most and see what I come up with. 

Synopsis

Overall, this project was a lot of trial and error. I found it difficult to build the structure, but to also remember to focus on the overall type as the main design. If I could go back, I would have executed the project a little differently. I definitely would have put the tabs on the side of the panels so they could slide out instead of putting them on the top for people to pull up. I also would have made the balsa wood pieces a lot longer. I only cut them 2 inches, but looking at it now I would have made them at least 6 or 7 inches.  My overall goal was to make this project interactive. I want people to lift the panels, flip them, and place them how they want. I think I did a good job at organizing the panels. I put tabs in the order I want people to look at them. I'm happy with how the type transferred. It a few spots it got cut off because of the movement of the paper. I ran into some difficulties because I only had so many materials, so if I messed up once I couldn't fix it. I'm covering Bauhaus for my Graphic Design History class and we need a model, so I'm hoping to remake this model the way I envision it looking with all the changes. 

Choosing Bauhuas

I decided to choose Bauhaus for my project. As I researched and I looked up images that dealt with Bauhaus I visually liked the way Bauhaus is represented. I like the architectural aspect that Bauhaus has. I was first inspired by the tables. I thought the stacking and the use of bright colors was quite interesting. Bauhaus designs do a nice job in connecting everything and making sure each element contributes something. I originally made a paper model of papers stacking like these tables. However, figuring out that I was mimicking the original table set, I thought of different ways I could incorporate the design. I created this model to get an idea of what I wanted to do.



After making this, I found out that this wasn't going to be as easy as I thought. The board wasn't connecting well, and overall the stability wasn't where I wanted it to be. I practiced a type transfer and I really liked how the blue, red and black looked on the book board. It has a really organic and natural feel. As I started gluing I realized that I didn't need the two side panels. I think it would have working if I wasn't putting the rest of the panels inside a box, but it turned out that just the base was the only thing I needed.