Atlas of colour

My atlas is largely edited in InDesign and exported into pdf.
the follwing link is my upload of the pdf file containing the actual pages used in the construction of the atlas book.
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?wwmyjnm2euu

Content:

the lecturer once describe a certain students work as having a 'narrative' as the navigation. it was the 'weather report' atlas i think.

so i decided to use it as my example, and create a 'tourist guide' like atlas decribing a fictional island called the Zumthor Island.

i used the face map of Peter Zumthor as my first page, to bring all the work together.
all of the other work is in some way related to each other, and the face map is what brings them together.

i must confess however, the only element that brings them together is the written element, the narrative describing the fictional island.
i think it would ahve been better if i actually thought this whole exercise throughoutly and did all the exercises so that they are related to each other intrinsically, rather than needing a thought-out narrative.

Construction:

unfortunately for me, i decided to be economic and use any material i can find. that is, i didn't want to spend much money to get good quality photo paper/ cardboard.

the book is bind together by string.....
originally i wanted to do the concertina / accordian fold format, but i once saw an actual binded book from the last round(round 2 workshops)so i thought it would be okay to make a book.
(a book is after all easier to navigate than a long accordian bookblock in my opinion)

the tunnel is constructed mainly by improvisation(so theres no scanned images yet). there is no hand drawn element, and it entirely made of colored paper.
the pdf does not show the tunnel, but each frame is a jungle scene, that corresponds to the previous Color Window exercise and the 3d color wheel. to sum it up, the tunnel shows a certain 3d color wheel, trying to blend into the background of the color forest.
i try to make each corner blend into the background, the blue corner blends into a blue bush, the yellow corner blends into a yellow branch, and the red corner blends into a red tree trunk.

the color hues of the prism isn't entirely the same as the background, but at least it demonstrates some color blending.

Reflections:

overall, i think this workshop is the costliest, due to the printing cost!!
but i suspect, i may have traded cost for quality.

i used home low grade materials for construction, and i feel that my atlas doesn't even compare to some of the other atlases that uses fantastic binding, and paper.

there're really professionally made bookblocks in this round, and if there is one thing i would change in my approach if i had to do it again, is being more vigilant/professional in my construction. of course, i will have to spend more money!

in terms of the skills i learned in this workshop, is that i think i am more confident in the use of photoshop and editing skills.
the widespread use of photoshop in all exercises help me improve me skills in the program.
i also come to appreciate the world of color and texture and form. of course, as an engineer, this is not so significant, but i do think color gives us an extra dimension in our experience of life.