Chicken Addiction
OVERVIEW
Role:
Project Lead
Timeline:
~ 2.5 weeks (20 hours)
Software Used:
Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator
Project Details
Creating a recipe cookbook centered around chicken, exploring and rediscovering popular recipes from around the world. Why chicken? Because I have a profound love for food, especially various chicken dishes. The motto derived from the cookbook itself is "Life without chicken has to be the worst life decision."
Project Goals
My objectives for this project include learning and mastering pages and prints layout, maintaining consistency in display and style throughout the cookbook, and selecting appropriate typefaces for different hierarchy systems.
In the entire cookbook, I aim to maintain a consistent page layout following the same grid. The page numbers and titles at the bottom of the pages are flipped to ensure that page numbers are consistently placed on the outside of the page. The layout for recipe pages follow a similar structure, contributing to overall visual consistency.
Some recipes have longer ingredient lists and more instructions than others, these huge recipes are placed in their own spacious pages. This approach ensures that everything fits neatly on the page without feeling overcrowded.
REFLECTION
What I learned
Entering this project with enthusiasm, my primary goal extended beyond exploring chicken recipes. As I did research for diverse recipes, I encountered challenges involving both modest and extensive amounts of cooking ingredients and instructions. It is crucial to create a grid system that is not only flexible but also visually appealing (this also makes my life easier).
What could be improved
After printing the final product and have it as a bounded book, I noticed minor issues that became apparent in the physical format. The binding seems to have little breathing room, resulting in a slight sinking of the inner pages. Resolving this concern involves going back to the grid layout to ensure the inner sections have enough breathing space.
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