Critiquing other layouts

As a group, we each selected the two grid designs that worked best to be displayed in order to have a quick critique, this allowed me to see what design decisions worked well in other peoples work that I could try out myself.

 I have selected a list of my favourite grid design experiments that were created by my peers today;

 

I loved these pieces as the use of a singular colour works extremely well; I also like how different shades of the same colour are created because of the different collage materials used. I particularly think the blue one would work well as a cover.

This piece is similar to the singular colour collages above, however this one uses two colours. The two contrasting colours work really well overlaid; I will try out this technique myself.

I love these two collage grid designs above as the idea of cutting up the images works extremely well. You can still see what the image is, just in a more playful and abstract way; creating shapes. I think the colour schemes work well too and are clear to see.

I think what works well in this design is the first page; the imagery on its own is strong but the hand drawn doodles/type ties it together and pushes it further; strong combination of digital and hand drawn methods.

The colour scheme works well in these pieces, the two colour schemes both have different aesthetics and the contrasts off the whites/creams work well with the reds/peaches. 

I love these two collages as cover designs as the contrast and proportions between the image and text work really well. In the second one, I love the idea of one block of simple text with a busy background dominating most of the page. In the first one, the ripped text aesthetic works well with the busy background, as well as the range of different typography used.