After all members of the group had created several ideas, these designs could then be added together and put into a sequence for the activity booklet. As the initial ideas included colours within some of the designs, our initial reaction was to use glossy paper that would display them professionally to the audience. However we felt that they were not engaging enough for the audience and therefore decided that the colour would be taken away. This way the designs could be interacted with by the audience in the form of a colouring book.
As other members of the group were focusing on different modules the book also includes the use of a maze and an interactive sticker section, both of which would be reflective of the activities found in children’s book. After gathering all the pages together for the book, we needed to decide what format the outcome would take. Therefore, we looked at the different stock used in children’s activity books and the types of colour that were used, where necessary. The group found that the best option to take would be to either use glossy pages for the front and back cover or to create the entire booklet using sugar paper. The sugar paper option was chosen as the paper is frequently found in books that allow for coloured pencil or paint to be applied.
In terms of the front and back page, the group decided that there needed to be a childish element to the visual presentation. Therefore, the idea was to show glipses of the content in the form of a collage. However, after trying this idea the group found that there would be an issue with printing white as the printer that would be used was CMYK. Therefore the front and back cover were changed to include one of the sketches as well as the maze, with the title of the book in black outline. The group also chose to use yellow as the use of bright colours would be ideal for the childish context of the book. Furthermore, the inside of the book would be off-white so that colour could be applied to the different sections of the book by the viewer.
By choosing this particular stock, the book could then be produced while keeping the cost down, which would reflect the money saving nature of students. It would also show the same materials that are likely found in childrens activity books. The next step would be to add the pages together and print the activity book, so that it can be reviewed in peer critique to finalise ideas that need changing. Our concerns for the critique were the ways in which the cover might be changed and whether the stock was appropriate for the context.
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