Proposal:
Gather a complete knowledge about one single thing and make that accessible for the public.
Zoom in, take it to pieces, analyse it and include every detail that, in your opinion, makes it complete. Present your findings in a way you think most suitable.
Solution:
A printed book has been created that looks at the thaumatrope. A printed book was selected for the medium as it has a physical link with the printed nature of original thaumatropes. The book has been designed to connote a feeling of movement, such as you would get from physically spinning the thaumatrope.
Some of the imagery has been created by making photograms in the darkroom.
The book is presented in sections that are a logical way of describing what a thaumatrope is to someone i.e. what is the object, how does it work, the history and the applications of the thaumatrope today.
Imagery has been used that has a feeling of movement within it, such as spinning objects and the overlaying of offset patterns. The text and lines have been arranged to create an additional feeling of movement and give variations of speed within the layout.
The colour palette has been kept simple in contrasting monochrome tones to reflect the contrast of the two sides on a thaumatrope.
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