Booklet - Preliminary designs

These are the three booklet ideas I had to go along with the Charlie Parker museum space exhibit.

This first booklet would be an accordion fold document with the biography information about Charlie Parker on one side and information about jazz and bebop on the other.

This second design would be a square booklet with a really simple design. Large titles with paragraphs of text and photos on the facing pages.

This third book is the design I've decided to go with. This is similar to the square design, but is slightly more complex and intriguing with vertical and diagonal elements. Right now, all of the copy content is included, but the design is not completely finished.

More planning, exploring, designing

An attempt at spacial planning:

Elevation of the walls and floor plan:

Front and back of the stand alone wall:

Scale mockup:

Bebop Icons

Experimentation with some iconography to represent bebop jazz and Charlie Parker. Here are some non-computer studies with various mark making tools.

Some photography stuffs

Other inspirations

Some typography

Charlie Parker Wordlist

Some words to describe the sound of bebop, Charlie Parker's life and legacy, and all things p2-related.

Bebop:
Free-spirited
Gliding
Liberating
Independent
Escape
Relaxed
Unrestrained
Casual
Peaceful
Calm
Enjoyable
Fun
Upbeat
Loose
Rhythmic
Expressive

Charlie's Life:
Free
Driven
Troubled
Dark
Confused
Sad
Talented
Challenged
Fettered
Melancholy
Depressing
Distressed
Accomplished
Intelligent
Passionate

Final Cereal Box Photos

These are the three Rice Krispie cereal boxes I designed that best embody the requirements of the project. One design represents energy, one broadcasts confidence, and the final conveys comfort. I believe the "comfort box" best conveys the message or story that the rice krispies represent: a healthy and fun start to the day for the whole family.

This proposed box represents comfort through the hand lettering and familiar Kellogg's homegrown style.

These box represents energy in the way that it is continuous all around the box, always moving you forward and encouraging you to turn the box and explore the design.

This box shows confidence in its bold use of type and the statement it makes without being immediately legible.