OUGD404 - Studio Brief 01 - Page Designs and Layouts

Catalogues and colour charts have a very rigid structure in order to create clarity between the many different variations of colour, and this was something that I was keen to include within this publication. The basic structure of my pages involve four blocks of colour in four different tints, starting from the darkest at the top of the page and moving to the lightest at the bottom. Each colour is then labeled with an association on the right hand side of the book using a rubber stamp. To increase the personal elements and to add a layer of interactivity to the publication, the right edge of each coloured page will be perforated so that a sample of each colour may be removed and taken away to be used at the owners discretion. To convey the specimen-like aspect of the publication, each coloured page is separated by a layer of tracing paper, providing both a protective cover and an added element of preciousness to the book. The publication itself is A6 in size.

Final grid layout used to construct each page of the publication

Examples of three of the colours and labels within the publication

Each of the pages within this publication will be created and drawn by hand. Although during my initial experimentation I had tried creating the colour samples with a range of materials, from paints to watercolour to felt tip pens, using coloured pencils gave me the most freedom to create the colours that most closely represented those that I was personally trying to convey through my associations.