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Daily Patterns: The secret of bowel movement,  | International Design Awards Winners
Daily Patterns: The secret of bowel movement,  | International Design Awards Winners
Daily Patterns: The secret of bowel movement,  | International Design Awards Winners
Daily Patterns: The secret of bowel movement,  | International Design Awards Winners
Daily Patterns: The secret of bowel movement,  | International Design Awards Winners
Daily Patterns: The secret of bowel movement,  | International Design Awards Winners
Daily Patterns: The secret of bowel movement,  | International Design Awards Winners
Daily Patterns: The secret of bowel movement,  | International Design Awards Winners
Daily Patterns: The secret of bowel movement,  | International Design Awards Winners
Daily Patterns: The secret of bowel movement,  | International Design Awards Winners
Daily Patterns: The secret of bowel movement,  | International Design Awards Winners

Daily Patterns: The secret of bowel movement

Lead DesignersKindra Murphy
Prize(s)Honorable Mention
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Entry Description

My project includes two publications: The Bowel Fantasy and Puzzle Solved!, they both explore the possibilities in visual storytelling and are both related to my daily experiences. I chose patterns as the vehicle to support my stories because patterns and daily routines have a shared characteristic: repetition.
Due to my personal physiology, I'm interested in issues with digestion, thus I developed these ideas into an imaginary story. Applying different aesthetics is my method to visually distinguish these two publications; color, layout, and typography are the three things that differentiate them: The style of Puzzle Solved! is clean, informative, and documentary while The Bowel Fantasy is playful and narrative, patterns exist as a leader to guide the viewers into entering a fairytale-like atmosphere. In addition, patterns function differently based on the style of the book; The Bowel Fantasy is a highly illustrative book where the patterns function narratively and decoratively, such as in the position of editorial illustration; Puzzle solved! is report-based, the patterns are functioned as info graphics such as pie-chart and timelines. Moreover, in order to connect the patterns and the content, I bring seemingly newspaper elements to it such as "headlines", "in-depth reporting", newspaper puzzle games (sudoku, crossword, and the answers) and advertisement. I’m eager to integrate patterns in different fields instead of placing it in a completely decorative position.