Making the Final Booklet

The design process of the final booklet was done entirely digitally, although I experimented with different handmade techniques I did not feel like any were appropriate for making the booklet in the style I wanted. In my rationale highlighted that ease of use should be of greatest importance while still taking into consideration modern design techniques and trends. I believe by making all of the content digitally I met this requirement, whilst also taking into consideration the way in which modern wayfinding systems are designed (including alternative techniques) informed by my research. All pictograms were made using the pen tool in illustrator, I used this method to create them as I wanted vectorised images to reinforce the idea of clean cut graphics against the old images to create contrast. This is also the method I used to create the asterisks and the arrows.

All old images for my booklet were collected from Leodis Collections, which is a collection of public photos that have been gathered over decades, they include photos from up to the 17^th century. All of the photos I have used are from the 20^th century and different varying decades, I believe this in keeps with the theme of the system as even the past photos show the way Leeds is constantly changing.

To put together the booklet as a whole I used InDesign, this allowed me to get each page gridded correctly to create a consistent design and also align everything in a way that looks to a professional standard. This also allowed me to give the best design methods to be able to know how the final print would turn out. As a whole the experience of designing the booklet from pictogram to layout design has helped me develop my skills in creative suite highly.