University: 2014

2015 Applied Arts Magazine 
Student Awards Contest Winner

Conceptual Design

The concept behind Celestial was to take three things I felt passionate about; Roman mythology, Greek mythology and Space and combine them in an original and creative manner. By connecting each planet in our solar system with the gods and goddesses of both Roman and Greek mythology that share their names I was able to create a book of contrast. The book depicts the characteristics of the gods as well as the planets that bare their names and allows the reader to understand the reasoning behind the names. It is the first of any kind like it and does a beautiful job displaying the beauty and individuality of each planet.

Book Design, Package Design, Illustration

The outer box which holds the contents of Celestial is a light, durable casing, that simply lists hand-drawn planetary glyphs down the centre of the cover. The inside cover displays a silhouette of the sun juxtaposed against the planets to show scale. An interior sleeve provides explanation on each planetary glyph. Each spread contains a digital drawing of the god, their symbol, their planetary glyph, against a texture of the planet’s surface, as well as a brief on each god, the planet, and the symbol. The spreads are loose-leaf and are held together with a black rope loop that may be removed for full examination.