'The Architecture of Sound' was my first self-written and designed book, created for the AIGA Minneapolis — UofM. It discusses the topic that was discussed in my final thesis presentation long before. I chose to write about the lack of collaborations between musicians (rock bands, orchestras – any musically creative group of people) that we see today in the music industry, the motives behind the increasing 'single-star' phenomena, and how it impacts directly the quality of the music that we listen to.
The sound waves on the cover represent the musical collaboration of different individuals in a band and their respective instruments (traditionally lead guitar, bass, rhythm guitar, drums, and vocals), and they are continually displayed through the whole book in the 5 color line that starts on the cover page until the colophon.
I wanted to create a vintage feel reminiscent of the '60s and '70s and the music of that time, the color palette also reflects that intention and adds some playfulness to the book, while the dark green bitmap pictures unify and give character to the piece.
The body text and title font display contemporary serif fonts that offer a modern contrast while still matching with the proposed format. The use of larger margins give the text a classic quality and improves readability with the serif body text font.
The main title font was created to mimic the shapes of the waveforms, following the same outer-lines that define them. The typeface was named 'Flintstones' since some of my peers thought it resembled the famous stone age cartoon's feel — a little more 'retro' than what I was going for.
