Interesting layout for breaking up information and limited colour palette










Really like the table of information and the colour combination. It looks like something from the days of 'around the world in 80 days'.



Type going from cover to spine interesting feature



This reminds me of something that Alex showed yesterday, really like the idea of having something this small that's fold away. Probably could use a format like this for my map but not sure how well it would fold especially going down to that size.



The fold out.








Interesting visual, the colour on black makes it look quite electronic



I've included this because it's one of my favourite films and obviously an iconic moment. Just thought it was really clever, reminds me a lot of the rain man poster olly moss did.



Quite interesting curves used





Absolutely love the intricacy of this and how technical it looks. Probably wouldn't ever be able to understand it but visually it's beautiful.

layouts

Some interesting print layouts, mixture of both type and image.



Eventhough there is clearly a lot of text to this layout the designer has managed to break it up really well. Maybe by changing the colour of some of the body copy so that it isn't all one tone. Also by including reverse out block in the center of columns it helps to divide it.



Really clear information, good heirarchy, interesting colour scheme



High end border






Magazine layout, interesting colours, interesting blocks of reverse out and shapes which help to break everything up a bit. Very info graphic feel to it.


Lots of white space, creates sense of expense




Lots of images and some type, very tidy layout, really like this grid





Body copy mainly, using pull out quotes and white space to break up copy

Photos for scuba guide

I've been trying to find some photographs to include in my scuba guide to accompany the descriptions about each type of dive. I've been looking through scuba diving websites and flickr and come across some really beautiful shots. I really want some photographs that make the landscapes underwater seem like a whole other world and quite mysterious. I much prefer the colour tones which are darker greens and blues. I've got in touch with a couple of the photographers to ask if I can use their photographs and so far one has got back and given me permission to use the photographs as long as it's for non-commercial work and I credit him and am still waiting to hear back from the others.

Photograph of cave diving. What I like about this photograph is that there is an element of wanting to see more. Having the scuba divers within shot is a bit of a teaser because it makes me think about what they could be seeing.

Sea turtles on the reef

I though rather than showing just icebergs for the ice diving or the ice entry point, one direction could be to show the animals that you can see in this area. Although I'm not sure how likely it is that you would see these animals.

Photo from a wreck dive. I quite like the eeriness that the black and white photography conveys but at the same time I don't particularly want just one black and white photograph amongst others which are full colour.

Sink hole/cave. The light bursting through the water is quite interesting but not as nice as the light symphony photograph from an earlier post. Perhaps if there were more variations of colour within it.

Exploring a cave

There's something really magical about this photograph, it looks like the divers are on the search for treasure. It's important that whichever images I choose really represent the possibilities of diving and I think this one definitely does that.

Lists of dive locations for each type of dive

Really like these illustrations/diagrams. I like how dimensions/3D angles have been used, and it's so easy to understand. Although the colours work well together, I'm not too keen on the big circles behind the diagrams. It looks good for the top image and the one of the shoe but the third one it's almost anti-productive. Rather than looking at the diagram my eye is drawn towards the circle.

Interesting example of a flow chart, it's good that they've managed to get an element of personality into something so technical and impersonal.

Interesting way of mapping movement, especially how one position moves into another. It's a good way to show the flow of movement as an overall thing but basically useless if you wanted to know each step.

The idea behind this is brilliant. A really inventive way to measure wind and it's effects on solid objects.

Adding 3D elements into data really intrigues me. On this occasion everything has the same depth, but it might be an interesting way to include more data and use depth as another variable.

This time 3D objects are the entirety of data representation, it really suits the subject matter too which is less serious and has a sense of fun.

Just a really simple way of making a pie chart more interesting.

Good way of breaking up lots of information and maintaining interest.

This is really good that even though being in a different language you can sort of understand what it's about through the imagery used. This sort of fact sheet might be a good approach for my scuba guide/map

Love how something so fluid and messy as toothpaste has been replicated in this diagram as being solid and blocky.

Very visual and clear way of communicating goals in different years. I think having an example of 3 different years helps to understand each of the individual ones.