Book research/inspiration 1

I came across this book in one of the lectures, it is a book called ‘Humans And Other Animals’ by Artists Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin. It is a fun A-Z book in sign language that makes the reader ‘listen with there eyes’ which is what i want to portray in my own book. Its a visually simple but very effective way of displaying text and photos together. a quote from the artists explain the visual process in more detail: “Its vocabulary and grammar are constructed in physical space and the deaf are, unsurprisingly, much better at processing visual information than the rest of us. Sign language is ideal for teaching children something about how to look and understand the visual world.”.

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I like The way they use bright colours against a black and white background, the contrast between the two colours works well and catches the eye to what is the main focus on the page. The use of random imagery also works well with linking the words displayed, leaving the reader having to link the two together, very effective. In addition to this i like how the type used is very simple and clear which relates to the overall style of the book. I will take a lot of inspiration from this book as it is similar to what i want to achieve in my own work.

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Book research/inspiration 1