EXPERIMENTING WITH TEXT (DEVELOPMENT)

After staring at the word WONDER for a while, I realised that the O in the word is the only one letter with no strokes. It is made by a closed counter which is like Auggie who tends to trap himself inside a hole, avoiding interactions with people and never coming out. I decided to interpret the O as Auggie and the other letters as the bullies. The bullies are packed and isolating Auggie which the O is placed further away from the W and NDER.  

I then came up with the idea of having the word WONDER repeated with the O becoming smaller each time. This is to symbolise how Auggie is being hurt each time being bullied and that he is becoming smaller and smaller, bounding himself with the circle tighter and tighter. 

Iterations were done with different styles of typeface. I really like the one on the left as the O stands out which visualises the quote "You can’t blend in when you were born to stand out."

It was a productive day today and I felt motivated. The idea above could be the 5th initial idea. I have also added a lot onto the contextual research part and I linked the research to my own design. This was my weakness in Module 403 that I wasn't quite sure how to link my research to my own work. I feel like things are getting better and more on track and I am improving gradually. After all the effort done today, I will be continue working on the back cover of the above design as well as finishing up the design board of Brief 1 which I have been adding on things bit by bit every day.