Chicago/Architecture

book design / blue + red + black

My senior project, Chicago/Architecture is a Hardcover book highlighting the top architectural milestones in Chicago's history. The goal of the book was to create a more engaging and fun approach for showcasing academic material. The limited color pallette (derived from Chicago's official colors) and overlap effects gives the compositions dimension and contrasts the complexity of layouts while the halftoned affect pays homage to printing techniques and aesthetics of the mid-century when many of the iconic additions to the Chicago skyline were designed and built.