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Close up of a page from the waves book, showing a timeline of rights gained and laws passed. 1972: ERA, Eisenstadt v. Baird, Title XI; 1973: Roe v Wade.

waves

Design Choice created, designed and illustrated this 96-page, hardbound 6x9in book exploring the history of women’s rights in America.

  • Publication Design,  
  • Illustration,  
  • Layout,  
  • Print Design  
The cover of the hardbound Waves book is a full bleed texture of magenta material with a title plate that is white framed with decorative borders. The book is on a grey lace background.Interior spread of the book. Left hand page is a full bleed, monotoned magenta collaged image of a woman protesting with a dictionary entry overlayed. The right hand page shows a one column page of copy with generous margins.Interior spread of the book. Left hand page is mostly white with a black etching illustration of a woman and set in a transitional serif typeface, in magenta the Margaret Meade quote: ‘Every time we liberate a woman, we liberate a man’. The quote crosses the gutter onto the next page. The right hand page shows a one column page of copy with the quote bisecting it horizontally.Interior spread of the book. Left hand page is a full bleed, monotoned magenta collaged image of a girl protesting. The image crossed the gutter and covers a quarter of the next page. The right hand page shows a one column page of copy.Close up of the interior the book.Collaged illustrations of four women representing the different waves of feminism: a suffragette from the 20s, a hippie looking woman from the 70s, and two professionally dressed women.

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