The design
The book is divided into six ‘chapters’ each dealing with a piece of art from the Louisiana Collection; Klein, Hockney, Calder, Jorn, Richter, and Armleder. Every ‘chapter’ begins with a hand-written headline and a full-spread close-up photo of children engaged in creating their own version of the artwork.
The system of the book is to constantly alternate between how-to guides and art history made relevant for children. The books are hand bound so that some of the pages can be ‘opened up’; introducing a do-it-yourself guide for children explaining how to make your own artwork using the same techniques as the artist. If the reader — instead of opening the ‘activity flap’ — turns over the page, the chapter’s given piece of art and technique is explained in a lively and down-to-earth language.
These are examples of the 'chapter pages' introducing a new piece of art, and its technique.
If you open the 'activity flap' you'll find a how-to guide to making your own art using the same technique as the artist in question.
If you instead turn the page, you can read about the given piece of art.
This is intentionally a very colourful book, and the colours’ flow throughout the book has been considered carefully in the design.
