Final Page Design for the Recipes

Wild Garlic Pesto:

Easy Peasy Purple Broccoli Gratin:

The design of the recipes do not have photos or any kind of real life images, so the child with an adults supervision could make a reference to the real life product using the book. Every illustration has directions, arrows, additional information, that has highlights in text, so the young one could catch the information quicker and more efficient.
There is even additional help with ingredients in terms of illustration. The illustrations are the same throughout the pages, so the child could remember, while reading some other information and make his decisions quicker. This way memory is practiced, as well as logical thinking.


 

Final Cover for Sustainable Family Cookbook Season's Eatings

Final front, back covers and the spine for Season's Eatings.
A white outline added onto the title for better legibility. Illustrations were swapped places for better composition and looks.
The spine is left in white, so the colour would not distract from the information, when the books are browsed.
There is added information about the book onto the back cover, as well as the main logo of Local Food Lunches, and a bar code. 
The colours for the title have been changed. Furthermore, the greens have been associated with the main colour of the Local Food Lunches' logo, so the cover would not seem too colourfull.

Colour schemes and backgrounds of the final design

Wild Garlic Pesto:

 Blackboard texture with appropriate colours to create a contrast with a reference in mind (green - wild garlic leaves (theme colour), white - text block and some illustration colour/ visible the best)

Natural Recycled Paper texture to create a contrasting feeling (Garlic Pesto - black) with appropriate colours for best legibility and nice colouring (white - some illustrations, purple - purple sprouting broccoli (theme colour), black - text).

Potential Illustration styles for the cookbook

This illustration style visualized in each of these, is very fascinating, in terms of their legibility and availability to be easily mended by surrounding design pieces. It is easily read, has a simple artistic approach and is very attractive too.

The style is suitable for both, children and
adults, thus it is a good one to use in cookbooks as a reference.


My attempt to create such illustrations for the final piece of design:

And the chosen typefaces:

Potential Covers for Sustainable Family Cookbook

Potential Final Cover:

Season's Eatings would be the title, while Sustainable cookbook would be a subtitle. After presenting it to the class, there were some professional opinions: the problem with this cover is in the typeface. It mixes up with the background texture, and becomes not legible enough. The solution to this problem would be a white outer line, that would distinguish the type and make it more legible.


Potential cookbook series covers:

The covers would be suitable for more gourmet kitchen/ sophisticated recipes with higher cooking difficulty.

London Book Fair!

3x INNOVATIONS!

1.High Contrast Mirror books for babies and toddlers.

You would think that high contrast books and other objects are not very suitable for young people, but these hello baby books are very interesting.

1. The design is innovative in terms of cut outs and materials used. These books are not cheap, but very qualitative.
2. I consider them to be innovative for one simple reason: the company is using plastic mirrors with high contrast simple forms to get the books noticed of their unusual form. The primary colours are used well enough to lead eyes into the middle, and then the viewer's face is mirrored onto it. Very intelligent.
3. The innovation is used very well and accompanies the design beautifully, although if it is perfectly suitable for babies and toddlers, somebody should consult a general practitioner or a children's psychologist.



2.

1. The innovation has manifested itself in cut-outs, geometric forms and colour contrast.

2. I consider the books to be successful, because they introduce children to very useful geometry knowledge in simple pop-ups and cut-outs. The latter makes surrounding design quite complicated, but the spreads are simply beautiful and comprehensible.

3. The design is more than appropriate for children: simple, minimalistic, higher contrast, though lower that the previous one. And all the attention goes onto the pop-ups, that is the main point of the books.



3.

1. Vishy Books has delivered a lot of innovative composition in books. The main innovation is form of the book (in the picture), that has a layout of a simple linear reading experience, though no binding, thus requires folding.

2. The innovation is not so new, but with every different book design and illustrations, it looks new and fresh. The accordion composition lets children be interactive on their own, while unfolding and folding it again.

3. The design has been done very well, offering a linear reading experience with a twist.

E-Books

1. The Wrong Side of the Bed in 3D

-Author/illustrator Wallace E. Keller
-The age range is aimed at probably from 4-year-old to 6-7-year-olds. Mainly, because of the subject matter and the way the book is available to be read: “read to me” (read by the author) or “read myself” when parents and children would like to read at their own pace.

-Linear with some movement added.

-The methods are: 3D or 2D to engage children to look at the book more than once and keep exploring it; the movement is available after the text appears in some very lovely perspectives of the interior' narration, or the choice of reading the book on their own, or having adults to read is very applicable to various types of age and skills; as well as sounds of the characters.

-The learning, or at least the incentive to read is quite engaging. The unusual perspectives, soft nice colours, the character and the moral of the story - all pitch in to create a very welcoming and educational experience.

-The book has a set character to it. The style of it is quite sensitive and approachable, thus making it more interactive would be over the top, and the style of the whole experience might lose its charm.2.

2. Dr. Seuss Beginner Book Collection #1

- OceanHouse Media
- Up until 5-6 years old, because of its educational side: rhymes and word play
- It is a linear production with text as a usual printed book would have.
- Availability for children to carry on with the story on their own and answer questions. As well as sound and narration.
- The book is not exactly educational, though it helps children with pronunciation and word play.
- The example could be definitely improved: there is a lack of movement, in terms of illustrated work. If the book is only aimed to younger audience than 5 year-olds, then it is acceptable to have a book that is narrated to help children with their language. Though if there were older children to read this, it would become plain and fail to interest them after reading once or twice.


3. Alice for Ipad
- Atomic Antelope
- 5years & up, because of its low level of handling complexity, linear reading experience and fun interactivity.
- Linear production
- Children would be engaged with the books fun stylized typefaces, gorgeous backgrounds of paper and other materials, colour line drawings and ability to manipulate objects and animations by touch.
- The book definitely encourages curiosity and children's motor sensory system, as well as logical thinking.
- Alice's pages are quite cramped with illustrations, lines and paper-like backgrounds, so no more illustrations or visual aids are needed, though interactivity could be available more often throughout the book.

Research & Inspiration: Textures

Research & Inspiration: Covers II

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