Negotiated Project - Possible page designs

I loaded the brusho experimentation into Photoshop and played around with the positioning and sizing and found one which I really liked. I used this background that you can see below and made it into the colours of the German flag which I think looks good as well as stays connected with the kids activity book. I really like this because I feel the background looks like the shape of a map. I also altered the size of the titles as when they were going outside of the circle it looked out of control and very untidy.

The inside of the pages where all of the information would be will have separation lines to section the page into different parts to keep it organised. Most travel guides have no lines and just have small sections of text but I wanted to break up the page a little bit. I tried out three different orientations of the separation lines just so I had a choice of variation. As you can see below, I tried two vertical designs and one horizontal and I have decided on the horizontal lines as I think it is rather unique because most guides are set out in a vertical style. I used a generously thick line in the same colour as the border. 

Negotiated Project - Brusho Experimentation

For background experimentation I used orange, black and yellow (German flag colours) brusho ink to create some abstract backgrounds for the separation pages of the travel guide. I used these as they are but the colours and boldness was too much and after playing around with the brightness and contrast settings I realised it wasn't going to work. However, I didn't want these to go to waste so as you will see in a future post I used then in another way which I hope works better.

Negotiated Project - 'Tours'

For the section separation pages I used the same font as the front cover (which I did myself) for the title of the section. I also kept the side border on as I would like this to be a reoccurring thing throughout the guide. I used a light blue circle as the background of the title which connects to the background of the front cover of the kids activity book.  I like how the text comes over the edge of the circle as I feel it has a subtle abstract look. I experimented with the positioning and opacity of the icon and I believe it looks the best when it is at a low opacity and taking up the whole background of the circle. The icon which I used for this section is a sign post illustration as I think this suggests going places and directions. 

Negotiated Projects - 'Events'

For the section separation pages I used the same font as the front cover (which I did myself) for the title of the section. I also kept the side border on as I would like this to be a reoccurring thing throughout the guide. I used a light blue circle as the background of the title which connects to the background of the front cover of the kids activity book.  I like how the text comes over the edge of the circle as I feel it has a subtle abstract look. I experimented with the positioning and opacity of the icon and I believe it looks the best when it is at a low opacity and taking up the whole background of the circle. The icon which I used for this section is a calendar as this suggests keeping dates of events.

Negotiated Project - 'Restaurants'

For the section separation pages I used the same font as the front cover (which I did myself) for the title of the section. I also kept the side border on as I would like this to be a reoccurring thing throughout the guide. I used a light blue circle as the background of the title which connects to the background of the front cover of the kids activity book.  I like how the text comes over the edge of the circle as I feel it has a subtle abstract look. I experimented with the positioning and opacity of the icon and I believe it looks the best when it is at a low opacity and taking up the whole background of the circle. The icon which I used for this section is a knife and fork as this is the usual icon for a restaurant or a place in which you can eat. 

Negotiated Project - 'Shopping'

For the section separation pages I used the same font as the front cover (which I did myself) for the title of the section. I also kept the side border on as I would like this to be a reoccurring thing throughout the guide. I used a light blue circle as the background of the title which connects to the background of the front cover of the kids activity book.  I like how the text comes over the edge of the circle as I feel it has a subtle abstract look. I experimented with the positioning and opacity of the icon and I believe it looks the best when it is at a low opacity and taking up the whole background of the circle. The icon which I used for this section is the currency of the country symbol. In this case Euros. I started out with a shopping cart but I preferred the overall look of the Euro symbol.

Negotiated Project - 'Things to do'

For the section separation pages I used the same font as the front cover (which I did myself) for the title of the section. I also kept the side border on as I would like this to be a reoccurring thing throughout the guide. I used a light blue circle as the background of the title which connects to the background of the front cover of the kids activity book.  I like how the text comes over the edge of the circle as I feel it has a subtle abstract look. I experimented with the positioning and opacity of the icon and I believe it looks the best when it is at a low opacity and taking up the whole background of the circle. The icon which I used for this section is a swimming icon because when I think of 'Things to do' I think of activities whether it be sports, games etc. 

Negotiated Project - 'Get Around'

For the section separation pages I used the same font as the front cover (which I did myself) for the title of the section. I also kept the side border on as I would like this to be a reoccurring thing throughout the guide. I used a light blue circle as the background of the title which connects to the background of the front cover of the kids activity book.  I like how the text comes over the edge of the circle as I feel it has a subtle abstract look. I experimented with the positioning and opacity of the icon and I believe it looks the best when it is at a low opacity and taking up the whole background of the circle. The icon which I used for this section is a front view of a vehicle suggesting the section 'get around' is based around transportation. 

Negotiated Project - 'Things to See'

For the section separation pages I used the same font as the front cover (which I did myself) for the title of the section. I also kept the side border on as I would like this to be a reoccurring thing throughout the guide. I used a light blue circle as the background of the title which connects to the background of the front cover of the kids activity book.  I like how the text comes over the edge of the circle as I feel it has a subtle abstract look. I experimented with the positioning and opacity of the icon and I believe it looks the best when it is at a low opacity and taking up the whole background of the circle. The icon which I used for this section is an eye, I chose this as a kind of play on words with the 'see' so I thought an eye suited the title well.

Negotiated Project - 'About'

For the section separation pages I used the same font as the front cover (which I did myself) for the title of the section. I also kept the side border on as I would like this to be a reoccurring thing throughout the guide. I used a light blue circle as the background of the title which connects to the background of the front cover of the kids activity book.  I like how the text comes over the edge of the circle as I feel it has a subtle abstract look. I experimented with the positioning and opacity of the icon and I believe it looks the best when it is at a low opacity and taking up the whole background of the circle. The icon which I used for this section is the general 'i' icon which is used for information.