Rather than imparting a new color palette onto the book, the student’s art was combined into a collage forming the color aspects of the design. The idea was to insert as little of the designer as possible into the book and let the students’ artwork shine.
In this case, the saying ‘less is more’ rings true.
Final files were due to the printer just 48 hours after the concept was chosen. This meant populating all student art work and QC-ing the production file to ensure the book was brand compliant and met all technical specifications for print. The limited edition run of books were distributed to all freshman students.