Romeo and Juliet
The passionate romance and frustrating fate of Romeo and Juliet is expressed in this book of Act II Scene II, the infamous balcony scene. Purple, the colour of passion is used at times of love and affection, while red is used at times of resentment and anger. Romeo and Juliet are never found on the same spread, referring to the challenge of impossible love they face.
Photographed characters show their emotions through facial expressions and an established system of typographic treatment that distinguishes the emotion and intensities of their voices. This system is consistently used throughout all three books, but each book is given a unique ambience of its genre. To read more about the system and design decisions, click here.
Words of love are given curvilinear baselines, visualizing a fluid, soft movement like music travelling in light air. These curves contrast moments of frustration, represented by harsh, angular baselines.
Soliloquies are broken up across spreads. Previous words are shown as soft faded elements that mimic echoes on a stage.
Each play is given a supplemental workbook that holds playful prompts and invite the reader to draw, write, doodle, and express their responses to the scenes. Unlike a traditional textbook-workbook duo, this workbook aims to be friendly, creative, visual and inviting. The pages of the workbook can be torn out, shared, hung on the chalkboard, and placed back into their scene's folders in the books.
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