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Design and Typography:
Wagashi (The art of five senses)

Wagashi is a project aims to create a digital book utilizing formal grids and historical font of choice, followed by informal grids and trending contemporary fonts. Therefore, the title of the book that I chose is Wagashi, also known as the art of five senses.

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Design Process Sketches

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Two different layout sketches were produced before creating the digital book. Upon careful considerations, Layout 2 was chosen to produce a simple yet informative outcome of the book as the layout compliments better with the title "Wagashi". 

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Wagashi signifies the quintessence of Japanese culture. Wagashi can be categorized into summer wagashi, spring wagashi, autumn wagashi, and winter wagashi just like the four seasons. The first section is designed using formal grids which consist of column grid and modular grid. The second section of the book is designed with informal grids with a trending contemporary font. 

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The picture shown above is one of the pages with the application of a formal grid (column grid) paired with a serif font " Theonot Didot Regular". 

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The picture shown above is also one of the pages in the second section with the application of formal grids paired with serif font "SocheliaDEMO". 

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