type layout right side

taking the inspiration form the crit with pat and using sauaages to categorize the countries seems fun so i made some illustrations of the sausages.

As for the right-side, Pat came up with the idea of illustrating the sausages the different countries are known for. The initial designs were cleaner and with a solid fill but that did not keep with the overall ascetics of the map so far. In making the sausages more detailed creates a more humoristic vibe over the right side. They are laid out in their approximate size as to add whimsy of it. Another idea from the critique was to come with clothing recommendation along with the trip so for each county there is some suggested outerwear with a slightly unhelpful sentence as to what or why. these items are based on the approximate weather in each country during March approximately so they might be a complete miss. The type is set around the illustrated clothing as to make even more of a pain to read. The grid helps to have an order in this design the design is made around the grid of the folds, so it is an 8x8 grid. This way the design of the back was easier to achieve. 

ben also wanted be to make paches that you caould put on jackets 

The final back designs packed full of information, there was an idea to add a fact about each country but in order to have some open space in the otherwise packed design that was not taken forward. 

There is also a short rationale you can read when the map is folded down and an explanation of the hotels and restaurants so there is minimal confusion as to what it is while still keeping some of the mystery of it.

 The first attempt took inspiration form constructivism typography as all of the type was interlocked. The restaurants are green whilst the hotels are black so you can distinguish them. after some feedback they said that it was very late two thousand which is quite accurate. 

The initial idea for it was to split it up into the different countries and have them portrayed almost like cityscapes along the edge of the paper, but the rag was so extreme that it hurts to view. The different countries have such varying amount of stops so it is a bit awkward. 

To make the right side a bit more inventive Pat said to introduce roadside food and snacks that you would find in the different countries. Illustrating well-known sausages from the different countries they are to be incorporated into the typographic layout. as to sort the ragging problem all of the names of the stops got altered the kerning so that it would be justified, just a bit extreme. The route does not have to be all that legible as none in their right mind would set out on this journey. This created a playful take on the otherwise quite neutral typeface. The spacing creates a clear divide between the countries so that people can interpret sausages to the countries if they know a bit of how the languages are set up. 

the drastic kerning is really fun and it does not take itself all that serious. 

when I showed this design to Ben he thought that it was too busy so i removed the facts and focused more on making the layout right with waht was already there. 

at frist, I was not sure which side the rationale should be at but after taking a look at it this did not seem right and my peers also agreed. The lighter layout works alot better as it allowes you to caually take in the diffrent parts of it. 

as the final version of the side, the rationale has slight increased kerning and the information about the page has large kerning as to show that the text has two different types of purpose