Making Water Machines
This is the fourth book Ioana designed and illustrated for Iridescent, and the second one published.
Having worked together with Iridescent for years on children’s science content projects,
she was able to author the visual direction of the book and push for the inclusion of the educational reference content,
with particular affinity for history and the larger perspective of individual lessons.
The design of the book is based on the idea of a collage of educational material.
This was born out of the need to tie the visual content together since the activity photos were of a variety of colors.
But it is also based on the desire to make it fun for children to look through.
As the book contains advanced science and engineering information, the design intends to visually stimulate, raising curiosity to learn more.
Book Design
Graphic Design, Illustration, & Some Content
Dimensions
115 pages, 7.5″ x 9.25″
For
Iridescent & ONR (US Navy’s Office for Naval Research)
Translations
Haciendo Máquinas Acuáticas, Spanish, 2014
This is the fourth book Ioana designed and illustrated for Iridescent, and the second one published.
Having worked together with Iridescent for years on children’s science content projects,
she was able to author the visual direction of the book and push for the inclusion of the educational reference content,
with particular affinity for history and the larger perspective of individual lessons.
The fonts used cater to the transitional age group between kindergarten and high school for which the book is very generally intended,
combining a sketchy font with a more serious, and more legible, humanist/friendly font for the text.
The design of the book is based on the idea of a collage of educational material.
This was born out of the need to tie the visual content together as the activity photos were of a variety of colors.
But it is also based on the desire to make it fun for children to look through.
As the book contains advanced science and engineering information, the design intends to visually stimulate, raising curiosity to learn more.
Blank pages which are meant to be filled in are not left entirely blank, but provide some encouragement for sketching.
Warm and vivid colors are used throughout in larger family groups that relate to one another.
No one chapter has the same colors.
The fonts used cater to the transitional age group between kindergarten and high school for which the book is very generally intended,
combining a sketchy font with a more serious, and more legible, humanist/friendly font for the text.
Ioana conducted her own research for the scientific illustrations and diagrams, though the client served as advisor.
Blank pages which are meant to be filled in are not left entirely blank, but provide some encouragement for sketching.
Warm and vivid colors are used throughout in larger family groups that relate to one another.
No one chapter has the same colors.
Ioana conducted her own research for the scientific illustrations and diagrams, though the client served as advisor.
Work/Credits
Book Design, Illustrations, Reference Content (image curating & text): Ioana Urma.
Text: Paige Teamy.
Science Advisors: Sheila Patek & Suzanne Cox.
Reference Image Authors: See book.
Activity Photos: Heather D’Augustine, Mariana Rutigliano, & Cristiano Meira.
Edited by: Tara Chklovski.