A year in nature
To present twelve of my poems about nature, I designed a small booklet, chose colours to represent each month of the year, and packaged it with a tick list for readers to complete.
Contents
Over the space of a year, I wrote, collected and edited a set of twelve short poems inspired by nature, one for each month of the year. I presented them in a small paperback booklet to match their brief style.
The package includes the poem booklet, a tick list and a pencil.
Tick List
The tick list features all the birds mentioned in the booklet to encourage the reader to get out in nature to find them.
Colour
I developed the idea of using colour to illustrate the poems instead of imagery, as it was the best way of keeping consistency throughout the book.
Each poem’s title page features a bold wash of colour that helps to evoke the feeling of that month. I used the same colour for the poem’s text to keep the design harmonious.
Centre spread
For the centre spread, I broke from the standard grid by typesetting the poem so it took up the whole spread.
As the book progresses, the different colours help to transport the reader’s imagination to each different month.
