Use two contrasting ink colours to distinguish parallel editorial voices, carrying each colour into its associated images and navigation details. Build spreads on a narrow-column grid, but vary column starting positions and alternate small archival inserts with full-page photographic pauses. Reserve black text and original-colour imagery for a distinct catalogue section. For a new subject, replace the film material with relevant archival images and assign the two colours to meaningful content types rather than copying the original subject divisions.
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French New Wave in two colours
A film-history book with blue and ochre text streams, tinted archival portraits and stills, narrow-column spreads, full-page photographic pauses, a pale map, and a full-colour film-poster catalogue.
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Contemporary book design about the French New Wave, combining portraits, text, and archival-style imagery.
- Color
- Vivid blue and white with warm cream, beige, and muted ochre accents.
- Type
- Clean sans-serif typography with prominent headings and compact body text.
- Framing
- Asymmetrical editorial layouts balance portrait photographs with text columns and generous whitespace.
- Structure
- The book is shown through portrait-led pages and spreads, text-heavy layouts, and a compact page or image index.
