The project is a collection of 6 redesigns of 6 different subjects including Physics, Literature, History, Chemistry, Geography and Biology. I embarked on the project with the desire to help students like me have a more positive and interesting view of textbooks in particular and learning in general, making subjects no longer an abstract concept, but a close friend you can see through sight, feel, and visualize easily in your head.
HISTORY
Unlike the older version of the book with its dense information, I wanted this book to be able to tell stories through real images, enhancing students' empathy for the dire times of war.
Raising awareness and national pride is the mission of History, that's why I chose Hor Tem Regular and Lost Type with Vietnamese characteristics as the two main typefaces.
LITERATURE
The nostalgia and romance inherent in Literature is what I want to keep in this book. Poems and stories are no longer expressed through words, but also illustrations to give students an overview of each literary work.
BIOLOGY
Organic, combined with a bit of vintage is the style I want to show in this book. To convey a subject made up of natural and scientific experiments in the most friendly and intimate way, colourful and fun drawings are my go-to choices.
PHYSICS
I sacrificed the uniformity of this series in order to bring a variety of personalities to each subject. Therefore, the Physics book is presented in a modern way instead of as vintage as other books. As an arid subject with many formulas, I want to bring a feeling of joy and positivity through bright colours, combined with visual images.
GEOGRAPHY
Geography is a practical and highly up-to-date subject, so I presented it in a more modern and trendy style, and important figures and charts are also highlighted in glaring colour.
CHEMISTRY
Chemistry is a subject that requires an extremely wide and huge amount of knowledge to master, which is mainly focused on reactions and phenomena, so the mindmap with the minimization of information is the most effective method to learn this subject.
The content is designed with lots of white space to avoid creating a feeling of being overwhelmed by a large amount of information, besides, there are soft-color highlights to mark important information, facilitating the eyes to search and learn the equation, phenomenon,... In addition, the white color as the main theme of the book reminds us of a laboratory.