Month: December 2019

I did the index of the book! I had too many ideas and had a lot of trouble narrowing them down to good ones. Since the index was not going to include page numbers, I felt that the purpose of the index was to just show the chapters of the book and not where to find them. With this in mind, I wanted to stray from the standard linear form that most indexes follow, which is why I played with different ways of arranging the content. I liked the theme of time and travelling through time, which is why I decided to put the chapters onto a clock face. I also put a little plaque on the bottom that said “travel through time” to really drive that point home.

Initially, I was going to draw the names of the surveys and their dates in typefaces from that time, but I felt that the clock face would still look too plain. I put patterns and little elements from that time period in addition to the dates and chapter names in the background to make it eye-catching.

I would give myself 9/10 for this index. I felt that my index reflected the research I did prior to making this, and that it would give the viewer an idea of what the sections would be about. I think everything looks great, although if I were to do this again I would change the look of the survey 4 section (steam and the speed of light).

Typography/Zine 

For my final history book assignment, I did a typography zine. I had trouble choosing what to make my zine about. Initially I was going to make it about key typographers of the time, then I changed it to exclusively Bauhaus typography since they were so iconic. I noticed that the zines done before me were super neat and very aesthetically pleasing, however they were rather text-heavy and I would find myself glazing over the text. I made sure to put in as many pictures as possible in addition to copy so that there could be ‘breaks’ from reading. I was inspired by how Grace printed and pasted a picture of Behrens for her zine, so I decided to incorporate printed images into my zine as well, which worked really great since I’m sure my drawings could not produce the same effect. I felt that putting straight text would be boring to look at, so I made certain words stand out by making them a different font, or put them into speech bubbles and boards.

On the 4th page I summarized the writing on that page in a meme format, which I hope was translated well. I did this because I wanted to present the information in a funny, yet understandable way. Nothing captures one’s attention more than a meme, and it adds to one’s understanding if they understand memes. 

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Judy pointed this out but the information on the zine did not seem to have an ‘order’ and was kind of all over the place, and I agree it seems like that. There was a lot of information to work with so I put whatever sounded the coolest, which made the zine unable to flow as smoothly as it should have. 

I would give myself a 9/10 for this zine. It was my first time making a zine and I was incredibly pleased with the results. Someone suggested that I could have made some of the copy in the style of Bauhaus, which I agree with, so I’d definitely do that if I were to do it again, but otherwise I’d keep it that way it is.