A Review of Recycling Container Instructions by Joel Glovier

Work with your colors and shades more

  • Joel Glovier

    Joel Glovier

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    Work with your colors and shades more

    Posted on Jan 24, 2010 at 5:07 PM

    Like what you've got so far. Illustrations seem pretty understandable, although I agree with somebody else who already said that your computer illustration doesn't match the others.

    One big suggestion I would have is work a little more with your shades and colors to bring some style to the design. Remember - style is not just for "prettiness" - it's also a tool for usability.

    For example, you might consider putting a small grey stroke around the illustration boxes. Also - not sure what your area to work with is, but consider giving your illustration images a little more "padding" within the boxes, and a little more top and bottom "margin" (to pull from web terms) to your text descriptions for readability.

    One other thing that bugs me is the spacing on your instructions has awkward kerning - probably due to justifying the text. Why not center align instead so the spacing is not so awkward?

    Also, I would place the *DOT... paragraph at the bottom under neath the illustrations, perhaps aligned with the whole horizontal width of your workspace.

    Projects like this with such "dull" subject matter are tough for design, but this is where design comes in as a very practical solution. Great work so far!