OUGD402 - Studio Brief 02 - Typeface, Colour Scheme and Stock

As I wanted the zines to be entirely hand made, where possible, I did not want to print out any copy using digital methods. A tool I have used before within my past works to create type is a customisable library-style stamp set, as it is a relatively quick and simple way of physically mass producing clean and legible type. It will be used throughout the series to provide continuity and cohesion to the zines as a complete set.

customisable stamp kit

hand-stamped typeface

I wanted the colour palette for this series to fairly refined, as I felt the content of the work was strong enough to carry the concepts and the humour without the need for a large range of colours. Therefore the colours used within the zines will be limited to an orange for the inside of The Orange Juice Compendium zine, red for inside of The History of A Colour, and black for each cover of the zine.

I felt that the stock for these zines should be relatively plain, but with a little texture in order to provide more substance to each page. I chose Cyclus Offset in 100gsm, a 100% recycled paper that contains tiny black flecks embedded in the surface. This texture gave the stock a DIY feel and an almost dirty appearance, which tied in nicely to the handmade aesthetic of the series. For the covers of the zines I chose a thick, generic black card stock at about 300gsm.