Jump to:

Project Brief

Background + Objectives

A Diamond Minds Mystery is a children's mystery detective book series portraying courageous, can-do kids driven by loyalty and integrity. In the pilot book, justice prevails and kid power gains the respect it deserves when the students are instrumental in the capture of the jewel thieves who've abducted their drama teacher. Biani and her friends bond through their adventures and become known as the Diamond Minds Detectives.

My Role + Stakeholders

I was the sole designer, and worked directly with the author.

Skills Applied
Brand Design
Logo Design
Web Design
Web Development
Technology Used
Illustrator
Photoshop
CSS
HTML
Business Context

Final Designs

The project started out with a logo design and expanded to include business cards, buttons, and a splash webpage.

Creative Process

Concepts were proposed and explored through a few sketches. Once a few concepts emerged we moved onto exploring a few typefaces that aligned with a mysterious mood. Compositions were iterated on until the selections took a particular direction and were narrowed down.

Sketching: Concept Exploration

Sketchbook of ideas

Iterations: Typography and Graphics

A typographic survey
Iterations

Conclusion

The typeface's unevenness is playful and mysterious. The sparkling diamond references the Diamond Minds Detectives and the culmination of events the kids go through. The logo was used on the book covers, and the sparkling diamond logo mark was used within the text as a page break emblem.

×
Modal Image
Hey, I'm Jacob!
I'm a versatile designer in the San Francisco Bay Area. You can view more case studies in my portfolio for product design or graphic/web design projects. Add me on LinkedIn!