Case Study: Designing A Library Resource For The College Community
Challenge
Create an informational brochure for the University of Rochester’s Rush Rhees Library. The brochure is resource to inform students and staff of the services the library offers its college community.
Solution
Created in a square format, the library brochure was designed to be compact and offer visitors a handy resource to travel easily. On campus the library doors, are a recognizable icon on campus. These doors were chosen given the beautifully scrolled artwork and heavily wooden carved structure. The doors are symbolic. The metaphor of opening the doors to the library history and its resources made an impressionable cover graphic. The inside pages describe the library’s resources with photos and information that inform visitors and students the library is much more than just books.
Results
This information guide, reintroduce the college community to its services, and the collection of resources that can benefit higher learning.