The panels.

The panels have gone off to the printer; we had one slight hiccup with some logos that need to be added to the introduction panel, which the printer is waiting for, but aside from that, everything has been checked, and checked again. Below are all the panels.

Title panels

Bosnia

Cambodia

Rwanda

Holocaust

Design update

It has been a while since I posted any updates, and that is basically because I've been busy with all the panel designs. The first round is completed, plus the first round of proofreading, and they are now in the second round of proofreading. I have also gone through each panel and checked the English, so there are at least 3 people checking everything. Below is one of my favourite panels.

Incidentally, I've been to Cambodia four times, and lived and worked there also, and when I look at Romny's image and read her story, I'm reminded of all my friends there; their stories, their families that were killed, and their hearts. Being part of this project is just such a gift.

A film has been made about one of my best friends in Cambodia, Aki Ra. Here is the trailer.

Update on designs

The panels are now being designed. Because a lot of preliminary work has already gone into the main panels, I don't think they will take so long to create, but I knew that the title panels would be the big problem, as they need to include a lot of information in very little space. First, the main title for the exhibition is below. This had to include the message from General Dallaire.

Main panel at 21%.

Bottom panel with Dallaire's message in Bosnian and English, 21%.

The panels together. 15%.

Dallaire's message in Bosnian, 100%.

Title, 100%.

Logos, 100%.

The introductory panel includes information on the exhibition, the photographers, PROOF, organisations involved in the project and a map showing the different regions and stats.

Zoomed out to 15%. This shows the top and bottom panels together. Colour links the countries/regions to their information, as well as the the photographer who worked in that region.

Main panel. 25%.

The map in detail.

Detail on countries.

100%. Information on Rwanda.

Type at 100%.

Bottom panel type - info on photographers. 100%. This type has to be smaller than the main panels, due to the amount of information that has to be included, but it is still easy to read.

Colour links the photographer to the region they worked in.

Text of the introduction to the exhibition, on the main panel. 100%.

There has been one important change to the main panels - the breakout quotes are now on the main panel and the main body of text on the smaller one. This is so you can look down and read the larger body of text more comfortably, but as there will be a lot of people passing through the square where the exhibition is, it was thought the breakout quotes could still be read by them easily, giving them a sense of what the exhibition is about even if they can't stop to read the whole thing.

Breakout quotes on the main panel allow passers-by to get snippets of information about the exhibition, even if they can't stop to read the whole text.

Tri-fold brochure and printer's specs...

Today we finally have print specs, sent from the lovely people who created the Missing Lives exhibition. Big thank you to them!

The large panel, as we know, is 150cm x 86cm, and the bottom panel is 150cm x 25cm. The panel designs will finally begin tomorrow - in earnest!

In the meantime, I created a tri-fold brochure for the US exhibition today. I didn't actually know it was for the US exhibition until after I had designed it, otherwise I would have used the same typefaces as the US version, but alas, it was too late. Never mind - the colours and overall look is the same, so it will have to do.

Here are some photos of the mock up I made, to test legibility and the folds. I've modified it a little since these were taken, and some minor editing will have to be done later.

Cover

Cover, right way.

Inside intro

Inside

Inside close up

Back panel