Invisible Cities is split into many categorys with 55 cities in total. Given that they are all very different and the brief suggests to complete just four tales I feel I should deconstruct all of the cities by analysing the text in its entirety and then proceeding to take the most interesting/expressive cities out of the 55 and then select four that I will work with more closely to discover my more refined concepts, these four cities can then be used as subjects for examples of visual and typographical experimentations throughout the remainder of the project.
Input Slideshow of the four pages with my chosen cities on here
Images from Ipad of deconstruction of chapter one cities here
After deconstruction and analysis of the cities it not only allowed me to find the most interesting and expressive but also gave me much better insight by allowing me to build up my own opinion of the text rather than simply examining others deconstruction of the book. Given that perception is a key theme of this book and so the consideration of myself and my thoughts is as vital as others I think this will assist me greatly moving forward with competition brief.
My four chosen cities for experimenting fall within several chapters but all share some very similar themes, this variance in execution but similarity in theme will allow me to treat them not disimilar to a brand, with repeating visual elements that are consistent throughout but different pace settings and hierarchies that keep the reader engaged with the content throughout.
treating the cities as a brand allows me to engage most of my preivously learnt knowedlge, given brands commonplace occurence within my studies, I have a plethora of techniques and process on how to develop them while still allowing me to create different styles of experimentation within this newer format of publication and editorial design, actively pushing me out of my comfort zone, but still allowing me to draw on my specialist techniques learnt previously.
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