// Design Research Portfolio //
I wanted this book to have a very calm, quiet and unheard feeling - to mirror the way in which survivors are silenced by the attitudes and behaviours in Orkney. I achieved this by constricting the layout to allow for white space to create a really paired back design. I chose to float the chapter pages over the image using reversed out type which created a ghostly effect. I used images of Orkney and young people and I stripped them back to black and white to create more of an impact, as I feel that black and white adds to the calm and quiet feeling. I chose to blur these images out so that the reader is not sure what the reality is. I wanted to give the effect of a bad dream, and confusion, so that the viewer could begin to see how survivors feel.
I feel that the pairing of the black and white with the blur creates a really abstract image, where the viewer can recognise that it is a seascape, but it is almost a struggle to look at. I chose to use the layout to help create a connection between the viewer and the survivors.
My typeface choice stemmed from the Tak A Stand account, as that is where I originally used the typeface. I really liked this typeface as it has a variety of weights, and it is quite a soft sans serif, but it has subtle sharp edges. This typeface choice mirrors the idea of beauty at first, until you see the more dangerous side.
