The Next Wave Festival
This program for The Next Wave Festival, a signature production of The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), features a multi-tiered typographic hierarchy, using nuanced signals of separation to direct the reader through the content. Historic black & white photographs, juxtaposed with leading edge event imagery, denote the past and present while celebrating BAM’s long legacy of artistic and cultural contribution.
2020
Publication Design
Typography
Advisor
Jennifer Cole Phillips
Recognition
Indigo Design Awards 2022, Gold Winner︎︎︎
STA 100 2021, Winner︎︎︎
AIGA Flux Competition 2021, Winner︎︎︎
Publication Design
Typography
Advisor
Jennifer Cole Phillips
Recognition
Indigo Design Awards 2022, Gold Winner︎︎︎
STA 100 2021, Winner︎︎︎
AIGA Flux Competition 2021, Winner︎︎︎
Challenge
Design a brochure for Next Wave Festival 2021 to help audiences learn about the event and the organization.
Design a brochure for Next Wave Festival 2021 to help audiences learn about the event and the organization.
Solution
The main building of BAM is a classic theatre with a history of over 100 years, which forms an intriguing contrast with avant-garde and experimental shows that happen in it. The brochure captures the contrast by juxtaposing monochrome historical images and the performance still in fresh colors.
The main building of BAM is a classic theatre with a history of over 100 years, which forms an intriguing contrast with avant-garde and experimental shows that happen in it. The brochure captures the contrast by juxtaposing monochrome historical images and the performance still in fresh colors.
The up corner of the page is cut out to create a moment that coordinates the past and the present of BAM. The idea of cut-out corner and layering is also applied to cover design.
