This is my cover so far, I am am working on the feel of the report at the moment. I want it to be simple in layout and colours to enable the type and content to talk for themselves.
I have decided to present my report in the style of a booklet. The booklet format is both practical and relevant to the content of the report. It will also fit in well to my portfolio.
Hi Sarah,
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting your mock-up.
I think you could take playing with the spacing much further. At the moment you have used different typefaces - how about using a single typeface but really exaggerating the kerning and leading?
Do you need the vertically orientated type on the right? At the moment that looks like it is the title - which it isn't. The title should have most prominence. (Not that I am suggesting you should put the title vertically!)
You need to work out how much text you will have and consider whether having a booklet for the proposal is worth it. If there are only 2 pages inside it might look a bit thin? Not sure - try it and see. (Obviously for the final report you will have much more text so it would make sense.)
Catherine
Hi Sarah,
ReplyDeleteit's looking interesting - maybe you could go even further with the spacing to exaggerate it's importance. Also maybe the Report Proposal grey vertical title band on the cover could be smaller? I think the interesting title that illustrates the proposal's content/question is the most important aspect of the cover and it does ted to dominate slightly.
Every thing else looks great - be interesting to see how you handle the 1,500 words. Thanks for showing us a visual! Any comments people?
I think some colour apart from the grey and black would make it look better as because its all about typography its going to be very black and white.
ReplyDeleteAnd I think having some type as image type thing could look nice, some massive letters, examples of kerning etc, especially for the cover could look bold and interesting and then have the content a little more subdued.
Rachel Irwin