THINKING THOUGHTS
The Waiting Room Words Project
In conjunction with NSW Arts & Health
This project was completed in my last semester at University, where we are
given a brief in small groups that are from a real world client. We must work
along side the client, address their needs & by the end of semester have
complete the brief to perfection.
This task involved a lot of communication, teamwork, leadership, delegation,
collaboration, reflection & constructive criticism between both the client &
our group & also within the group itself. The project that eventuated from
the brief was highly appreciated & respected in the design community &
wider community & went on to double its expected print run.
Our brief was given to us from NSW Art & Leadership Program & the Institute
of Creative Health where we solely communicated with director, Helen Zigmond.
Our brief required us to take a collection of written contributions from volunteers
explaining how the creative arts has influenced and aided their health or recovery.
With this brief having an immense amount of emotion & raw material behind it, we
had to make a huge effort to make sure we do this brief not only justice but make
the contributors proud.
explaining how the creative arts has influenced and aided their health or recovery.
With this brief having an immense amount of emotion & raw material behind it, we
had to make a huge effort to make sure we do this brief not only justice but make
the contributors proud.
The Waiting Room Words Project is a project that appeared in the form of a small A5
sized book. It is read in the waiting rooms of both rural and urban health care centers
all throughout NSW.
sized book. It is read in the waiting rooms of both rural and urban health care centers
all throughout NSW.
The book will offer a meaningful and reflective experience. The book provides those
sitting in waiting rooms an opportunity to escape from the tedious and anxious time
waiting for their appointment. The book is a doorway leading to thoughtful reflection
to ones own memories and experiences of creative arts.
The design direction we decided to take for the brief was to use the type to create
interest & expression whilst having abstract imagery to support that suggests
movement & a direction throughout the book. Whilst we wanted to include imagery
we wanted the text to be the main focus, doing so through clever typesetting &
use of shape & direction.
Overall we wanted the book to appear to be a reflection of the content, doing justice
to the ideas & reflections creating interest through design to keep the reader engaged.
Thanks for checking this out!
- Jess
