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The making of the Higher School of Economics printed materials design

Overview   Process   Real Life  

Starting to work.

Searching for style and solutions.

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The art director cuts off the excess. Showing possible directions to the client.

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The client chooses a couple.

Adapting letter-based features for use with Russian text.

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Then coming up with specific solutions for openings based on the content.

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Simultaneously thinking about the covers.

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The client rejects the designs that will not be approved by the academic board.

Putting the approved features in order and assembling a mini guide.

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Finalizing the covers based on the client’s comments.

Testing the features with Russian text once again and rejecting several more.

Making sketches of new plaster objects.

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Choosing those that will make it into the booklet.

Photographing and retouching the shoe. Creating models and rendering the rest of the objects.

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Trying out the rules by typesetting a real booklet.

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Client: It looks too academic and dry. Too much plaster. You need to add some color.

Trying to make a step to the side. Starting with the cover.

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That’s too much of a sidestep.

We get the idea to color all large areas of black in blue.

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Typesetting the final version and preparing for printing.


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