Layout
For the layout, I focused on creating clear sections for the featured profiles so the reader had an easy-to-consume overview. The historical woman’s name stands big and bold as a focus point. Her profession and living years is written in blue cursive; easy to find and at the same time giving a decorative flair to the otherwise straight and square layout.
It was important for me to let the reader meet the women in the book, so when we had access to high quality photos, I opted to make a whole spread with the featured woman.
At the start of the project, there was a request to present all the women in alphabetical order, but due to the nature of the image assets and text length, we had to rethink this aspect.
The women are introduced to the reader more or less in chronological order from their birth year. Some liberties with the order had to be taken to nicely fit everyone in without awkward spacing.