Booklet - Layout Example

This week, me and Rhys were able to put the majority of the booklet pages together as we had received almost everyone's montage, personal information and their bio. Plus I had now taken the majority of the group's photograph, however Harriet and Jon refused to have their photograph taken so that they could take their own. I was frustrated again because we wanted the entire group's photos to link together with the style and background. Eventually, we persuaded them to take it and were only left to need David's photograph. In the end, because he would very rarely turn up to lectures he sent his own photo, that vaguely linked with the style of the rest, but I had to edit it so that it looked a little similar.

This is the booklet page example for my personal pages.

 

Entire Group - Photographs

As we needed personal images of ourselves to put into all aspects of the exhibition, from the booklet to the website, me and Rhys decided that we should take the photographs in the same environment at the same time. As I personally own a DSLR camera, I took it upon myself to bring that in and take everyone's photo and then edit them as in my own time I have taken photo's of interests and edited them a lot.

We chose to take each photo against a white wall and the student could wear whatever they wanted to represent themself best. I chose to wear a smart shirt as I thought it would look professional but still casual.

  

Personally, I think they came out really well. Although I stated on the facebook group for everyone to have their photo taken on the day I was bringing my camera in, some people did not show up and some refused to have their photograph taken. This was really frustrating because yet again, it haulted the process of completing things.

Booklet - Gathering Work

Me and Rhys were continuing with the booklet and needed everyone's details and montage for their personal page. Fortunately, the Web Team were after the same information and work as we were, so once we chased them up for it we were able to get the majority of the groups work.

Some people had either chosen not to read the facebook group which was decided upon in week 1 to be the hub of communication, or they just had not done the work altogether. This haulted the entire process as we couldn't put together the final book until we received this information. Myself and Rhys put across facebook that we needed the work constantly, and as usual a few responded with their work straight away and the rest came in over time.

Here is my montage for my personal work. It includes work from my degree over the 3 years, and work that I have created in my own time at home.

Booklet - Front Cover Ideas

After creating the front cover design and hearing feedback from the group, I decided to create a few different examples to return to the group with. I chose to use a few different colour scheme ideas for the background, so that the logo stood out and was not blending in.

This design uses the very first layout of the cover I created with the added details. This was the reason why a few suggested I needed to create alternatives, to see if anything looked better.

This black and white version works well as the logo stands out but I thought that it looks too basic and without the colour, it would not stand out as much if it was placed somewhere with other booklets. It doesn't catch the eye.

Here I used a different shade of blue, green and purple for the two designs. It works okay but I didn't think that the colours match well together, and personally the original purple and blue design worked the best, it just needed to be altered so that the logo was not drowned out.

For this layout, I chose to change the position of the logo and shrink the details. However, the group decided that the details needed to be large as they are the most important thing for someone reading.

Booklet - Layout Design

This week, me and Rhys wanted to come up with the design for the inside of the booklet. In the tutorial, we were shown different examples of booklets from different exhibitions or companies and some were really inspirational. The two of us set out to use these examples to produce our own layout that was well crafted and easily readable. This is the idea we produced.

We wanted each individual student to have their own double page so that it could include more information and better spacing for the display of work. The left page would be used for the information of the student and the right page a montage of the student's work.

Left Page
We wanted the name of the student to be displayed in large font down the side of the left page, so that when anyone was flicking through the booklet, they could see the name as they flick through and open the page of the student they were interested in looking at. Then the personal photo in the top left corner so that it's the first thing they see once opening the page. This will be a circular image as the group wanted to classify students in the subject fields that they wanted to be known best for.

The page also includes a small section for all their personal information. This could include mobile number, personal email, LinkedIn profile and a personal portfolio for their work. Lastly, the large section of the page is for a personal bio of the student. This will give a description about the student; what type of person they are, what they are interested in, what are their best skills and what they plan to do once graduating.

Right Page
Me and Rhys decided that the right page should be a montage of the student's work. We want each student to create a montage of their chosen work in their own style, so that it shows off the talents they want to be seen and are most proud of.

Graphic Team - Final Logo

After everyone in the graphic team presenting their logos to the rest of the group, the final design was chosen from the majority vote. The final design is the following image.

Jonathan produced this logo which everyone thought worked really well with the name and Space theme. The basic shape of the logo links in well with the name of our exhibition 'Atom'. The next step for myself and Rhys was to take this logo and create ideas for the cover of our booklet. I suggested we create a star filled space for the background, with a colour gradient overlay of purple and blue as the colours we decided upon to use for all designs included blue, purple and silver.

This is the basic design that I produced, and from here I will create different variations on this with the rest of the information needed for the cover of the booklet. For example, the ARU logo, dates/times of the exhibition and qr code.

Graphic Team - Logo Designs

The first step to creating all of the products the team decided on, was to come up with a logo idea. It was delegated between the group to produce ideas over the last week to present this week to the entire group. Some of my personal logo ideas are below.

This was the first design I created. I put the idea across to the team to use a 'Space' theme for all the designs so for this logo, I used the star filled image and then added a rainbow overlay. I personally like the logo but when I received feedback, the groups stated that the words were a little difficult to read.

These 3 designs I created are pretty basic. I wanted to experiment with all types of logos, so that when I put them across to the entire group, there was a variety to decide upon.

A few more that I created. Personally, I liked the last one the best as the background with the gradient and speckled dots makes the word 'Atom' come to the foreground of the image better.

As previously stated, we decided upon my idea of using a Space theme, so for this image I chose to create a futuristic font and use an image of the earth as the 'O'. I believe it adds depth to the logo and it's something different.