Layout, Typography, Publishing Design, Illustration

Five Senses Garden

Publishing Design

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Five Senses Garden is an interactive exploration of the human senses using different aspects of nature. Inspired by the simple joys found in your backyard or along a favorite hiking trail, the book invites readers to see, hear, touch, taste, and smell the world around them, as well as the pages of the book. Some spreads include a tactile, interactive feature that speaks to its respective sense, such as a pull out recipe for taste and an actual soft-to-the-touch page. As a robust publishing project, I put emphasis on typography and photo treatment, creating a uniform style that was evocative of the human senses and applicable across diverse spreads.

A white book cover with the title "Five Senses Garden" in red text, featuring a small flower design below it.
Open book showing a table of contents with sections titled 'Smell,' 'Taste,' 'Touch,' 'Sight,' and 'Sound,' with corresponding page numbers and topics like herbs, blossoms, and sunlight.
Open book page titled "Sense of Smell" with a printed image of flowers and a text description about the importance of smell in nature.
Open book with red pages featuring illustrations and descriptions of thyme and basil.
Yellow plant silhouette with leaves on red background
Solid orange color background
Stylized plant with leaves on a red background
Yellow treble clef musical note on a vibrant red background, stylized and pixelated.
solid orange background
Open book showing guide on growing thyme and types of basil with pictures of different basil variations.
Open book displaying a page titled "Sweet Pea" with a description of sweet pea flowers on the left side. The right side features an artistic, pixelated image of pink and purple flowers with green stems against a pink background.
Open book displaying text and an image of Lamb's Ear plant. Text describes the plant's characteristics, care, and uses.
Close-up of a book page discussing Lamb's Ear, featuring text about the plant's characteristics and uses. The background is predominantly red with some decorative patterns on the left edge.
Close-up of a product packaging with 'Sweet Pea' text on pink background, including descriptive text about sweet pea flowers' fragrance.
Open book showing a section titled "Squash Blossoms" with a description and images of squash blossoms on the left page. The right page has a red envelope adhered and a handwritten recipe note listing ingredients and instructions for cooking squash flower blossoms.
Shadow of hand making rabbit silhouette on a wall with leafy branch shadows.
Field of pink flowers with trees in the background under a blue sky.
Open book displaying a page titled "Sense of Sight" with a landscape image of grassy hills and trees on the right.
Open book showing a page with a gradient image of dappled sunlight shining through leaves, and a silhouette of a rabbit. The text "Dappled Sunlight" and a description of the scene are visible on the right page.
Open book with a page featuring the word 'Shameplant' and an explanation about it, with leaf illustrations on a pink background.
Open book with a printed image of autumn leaves and text titled "Deciduous Trees"
Open book with a green page on the left featuring leaf-shaped cutouts. On the right, a close-up photo of mulberries.
Open book displaying a page titled "Sense of Touch" with text and a pixelated image of a white flower and cactus on a green background.
Pop art style collage of colorful zinnia flowers displayed in a grid layout against a green background.

@ Tyler School of Art and Architecture

Instruction by and thanks to Scott Laserow