Process Journal (Design, layout, color, font, printing, unique)

BOOKS
Design (layout, color, font)
Based on the survey and also my opinion, people would like for the photo of each recipe to take one page. In other words, one page for the recipe and one page for the photo. It is revealed that teenager’s most favorite book format is comics. For the cover of the book, they would like for it to be colorful (more than 5 colors). Their opinion happened to be the same as my idea and my most compatible book form. As I have said in this research, colorful layout and comic form of book are my favorite things. As for the font, I do not ask them the question about font in the survey because since this personal project refer to myself as one of the resources. I only ask some basic things about the recipe book to people in order to know about their taste. I decided that the font should be big and of course, stand out with the colorful background (cover). For the inside of the book, the font should not be too ordinary in order to create interesting sense.

The comic is drawn by myself, with the font of the comic also being written by me, and also the coloring will be done by hand so that some of the recipe book will look natural. The designed characters in my comic will be the guide who explains about the origin or information of each of the foods in the book.

Overall this is the structure of my recipe book:
Cover
The picture of the cover
My intention of creating the recipe book
Table of content (each country section)
Title page of the country (with different design for each country)
Comic panel (discussing the background of the food)
Recipe of the food
Full page photo of the food
And so on until done (number 5-8)
Notes from me

Printing
It has been decided for the book to be hard cover and the pages of the book to be thick.

Unique
Based from the survey teenagers classify a recipe book as unique by “Big food picture with recipe (one page picture, one page recipe) with background of the food in comic format. Their most chosen answer is also the same as my thinking. By looking at this, I can conclude that it is very rare for people to see comic inside a recipe book. That was what I called unique, something that people rarely see or have never seen before. As for me, I have never seen a single recipe book with comic inside. It is very rare for me to be interested in a recipe book, so I decided to make the first most interesting recipe book that I can think of. I let out all my idea about “interesting recipe book” to my personal project.

How the information suited to the project?
The information suited to the project by letting me know the basic things to do later in the creating process of my recipe book. By doing the research above, I know the structure of the recipe book, layout, color, design, printing, and the font. Later in the creating process I already know what to do because of the information. They are the basic things that make up my project and my focus which is the book. One important thing is the “unique” part. Unique is my specification which has to be accomplished in this personal project. I know what people classify as unique and finally I can create an extraordinary recipe book that people rarely see.
Is the information reliable (authority)?
The information came from a survey and myself as the references. It is reliable because i take them from majority of answers and I find them reliable because they quickly answer my questions. As for myself as the references, I can answer the questions quickly since I can answer them based on my likings.
Is the information accurate?
The information is accurate because a survey, unlike a website cannot be found in another source because it is a direct information come directly from other people. As for myself, of course it is accurate because it comes directly from myself. To answer the questions and express my idea in my personal project, I simply let out my likings, interests, and ideas.
Is the information objective/not biased? (Objectivity)
The information is direct and there is no comparison, moreover the choices for my survey is objective so the information it gives is also objective. As for my idea, my information is also objective because I simply let out my idea without comparing my taste or interests to other that don’t like.
What information do I still need?
As for this part, the information is enough and all the section is this topic is filled out.
What new questions does my research bring?
The answers of the survey give me one single question, this time the answers happened to be the same with my ideas. My question is “If the answers are not the same with my idea and I keep on using my idea, will my personal project satisfy them?”