Ophelia, I like what youve chosen to do with the background instead of the colorful crumpled paper. It gives it a little more professionalism. But I feel like it's not working for me on spread 4-5. The texture in the background is clashing with the ripped paper hole you have surrounding your infographic. Maybe something surrounding the infographic that doesn't have as much movement and texture?
I think I actually like the pages better without the color now that I see them in all white. I also think it looks a bit more CEO like with it's clean look. For the 4-5 spread, I think I would get rid of the crumpled paper border completely and have that ripped paper effect take up the whole page instead. The ripped paper is a really intriguing photo and I think would be more effective without the border cutting it off, especially since they're 2 different textures. I'm liking how this is coming along! Great work!
Ophelia – I see that you are reducing the colors, which proves the “Less is More” theory because I think when you do use color now, it serves as a more successful design emphasis.
We spoke about making the logo icon a bit smaller, and use the same colors (either greens or blues) for both the MBDC letters and the icon, to help unite them a bit more.
Pages 2/3 are working well together now. I do think you need a bit more negative space above your headings – so they appear to clearly belong to the words below them, not above them. And, I wonder if you have thought about FL for the subheads (Overview and Eligibility)? If they sat above the body copy FL, then you are encouraging us to continue reading down into the paragraph – which is a good visual hierarchy technique.
Pages 4/5 – yes, I agree that you probably don’t need the crumpled paper here at all – instead you could use the space to begin talking about the Certification process, with the different levels of Achievement sitting on the next page.
The heading really doesn’t make sense. It needs to read something like: WASTE MATERIAL Disposed in the Classroom WASTE STREAM.
Ophelia,
ReplyDeleteI like what youve chosen to do with the background instead of the colorful crumpled paper. It gives it a little more professionalism. But I feel like it's not working for me on spread 4-5. The texture in the background is clashing with the ripped paper hole you have surrounding your infographic. Maybe something surrounding the infographic that doesn't have as much movement and texture?
Overall, great job so far!
Ophelia,
ReplyDeleteI think I actually like the pages better without the color now that I see them in all white. I also think it looks a bit more CEO like with it's clean look. For the 4-5 spread, I think I would get rid of the crumpled paper border completely and have that ripped paper effect take up the whole page instead. The ripped paper is a really intriguing photo and I think would be more effective without the border cutting it off, especially since they're 2 different textures. I'm liking how this is coming along! Great work!
Ophelia – I see that you are reducing the colors, which proves the “Less is More” theory because I think when you do use color now, it serves as a more successful design emphasis.
ReplyDeleteWe spoke about making the logo icon a bit smaller, and use the same colors (either greens or blues) for both the MBDC letters and the icon, to help unite them a bit more.
Pages 2/3 are working well together now. I do think you need a bit more negative space above your headings – so they appear to clearly belong to the words below them, not above them. And, I wonder if you have thought about FL for the subheads (Overview and Eligibility)? If they sat above the body copy FL, then you are encouraging us to continue reading down into the paragraph – which is a good visual hierarchy technique.
Pages 4/5 – yes, I agree that you probably don’t need the crumpled paper here at all – instead you could use the space to begin talking about the Certification process, with the different levels of Achievement sitting on the next page.
The heading really doesn’t make sense. It needs to read something like: WASTE MATERIAL Disposed in the Classroom WASTE STREAM.
This is coming along well.