The Journal of Jean Chevalier.

DESIGNING FOR iBOOK

We went to work straight away on the layout and formatting of the iBook, and once an agreed upon layout had been reached with Jersey Heritage, we could look into further detail with the look and feel.

We received a series of illustrations by Jackie George to go with each individual extract of the Journal. Noticeably they complemented and reflected the style of illustrations produced during the English Civil War era, and we were very impressed with the detail and quality.

17th CENTURY TYPOGRAPHY

Concentrating on the aesthetic of the iBook, we spent some time researching typographic styles from the 1600’s, and produced a small series of initials to start at the beginning of each extract. As most of the extracts were 4-5 paragraphs in length, we also looked into the functionality of scrolling text per page.

REPLACE TEXT

This project was great fun creatively, and also very interesting from a historic point of view. Reading some of the stories of events that happened right here on our doorstep was certainly intriguing to see how much things really have changed since 400 years ago.

The Journal of Jean Chevalier iBook is now installed at The Jersey Museum for visitors to read, so when you’re next paying a visit be sure not to miss it, it really is worth a read!