Name: IdN v18n4: Mono Graphics
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IdN v18n4: Mono Graphics

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Colour Toning
It is not nostalgia-design, though some of it has a decidedly old-fashioned feel to it, and it is not minimalist design as such, except when it comes to the use of colour. It is what has become known as mono-graphics—where because of budgetary restraints or a self-imposed restriction, the design is printed in only one or two colours. Mono-graphics doesn’t have to mean monotonous. Less colour often makes for more context. We got 9 experts in this issue to demonstrate the incredible visual strength that can be created by using just one or two hues.

SKU: v18n4 Category: IdN

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Mono-Graphics Issue
Neither “nostalgia” nor “minimalist”—though it has a lot in common with both styles—mono-graphic design is best defined by its attitude to colour, which is very much that of “less is more”. Utilising very few colours—sometimes even just one—it turns this apparent limitation into a virtue by concentrating more intensely on the design itself and the impact it can make with a reduced number of hues.

Stripping away the non-essentials and making what’s left work harder is never easy. There is always a temptation to go on adding and “improving”, despite the obvious risk that this entails of gilding the lily. Where mono-graphics are concerned, that option is just not available, so the designer is forced to become more resourceful, more efficient or simply cleverer.

Contents:
Motion Gallery: Infographics
Mono-Graphics: Speaking in a mono tone
Creative City: Stockholm
Studio: Cody Haltom, IWant, Quadrado, The Consult, Unit Editions
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Specifications:
102 pages
6 varying paper stocks
4C process + spot UV + vanish
110 minutes DVD Video included