When Travel Meets Graphic Design
So for those of you who don’t know, I’m a Graphic Designer. I graduated from LSU with a graphic design degree, and currently work in Baton Rouge in a communications firm. When I was in school, I would always seize the opportunity to mix my love of graphic design with my love of traveling. Of course, the projects assigned to us didn’t always allow that…
But, during the end of my senior year one of my professors gave us a completely open assignment. We could literally design anything we wanted, it just had to be something we were passionate about. So DUH, I chose to make travel the focus of my project. I wanted to be able to showcase my travel photography and stories from past trips.
So, I ended up creating a book called Wanderlust: A Diary and Travel Guide to Western Europe. Basically, the purpose of this book was for the potential reader to read about my experiences and get inspired, as well as learn about the featured countries. It featured 8 cities – Paris, London, Rome, Barcelona, Dublin, Prague, Amsterdam, and Innsbruck. Each “chapter” contained summary of my time there (in English and whatever language is spoken there), an infographic of facts and figures of the city, and a “Must Do” list with my top 5 recommendations for tourists to do while there.
I had so much fun making this book and its still one of my favorite projects to date, probably because I got to mix graphic design with something I’m SUPER passionate about – travel! So I thought I’d share 🙂 Just looking at these photos is making me want to go back! Le sigh…
