Designer Timeline Accordian
The accordian book shows 4 side-by-side timelines : the life events of the 2 designers, relevant landmark events,
art & design and important historical, economical and political events at the time.
01. CHALLENGE
The main challenge of the assignment is fitting in large amounts of different types of information into a single piece of design. The accordian starts with a 1-spread (1)intro & overview of the designer (black background). Entering the actual timeline, the reader can find the (2)designer’s life events in sans-serif type blocks along with pictures, (3)art & design events in bigger tilted pink serif type blocks, and (4)historical events in the bottom beneath the line.
02. STRUCTURE
To seperate the 2 designers, I came up with a back-to-back flip structure, where readers can start from either side
of the accordian.
of the accordian.
03. VISUALS
Since the 2 designers vary a lot in style, I used the same base outline structure
for continuity but added on different design features according to their individual features.
Kazuma Nagai is known for vibrant geometric and illustrated posters, therefore I used a bubbly
pink and fun jumbling type for his cover. Sylvia Harris is a pioneer in social impact design, delivering
useful information with a minimal look. I used a more restrained visual language for her section.
for continuity but added on different design features according to their individual features.
Kazuma Nagai is known for vibrant geometric and illustrated posters, therefore I used a bubbly
pink and fun jumbling type for his cover. Sylvia Harris is a pioneer in social impact design, delivering
useful information with a minimal look. I used a more restrained visual language for her section.
04. POP-UP
Each designer’s hero moments are pop-up structures.
The precise cutting and folding was a pain but definitely worth it.
The precise cutting and folding was a pain but definitely worth it.