Initial Blue Print for Book

Der Struwwelepeter 2.0, your childhood nightmares revisited
The Book:
Der Struwwelepeter taught generations of children how to behave. It’s nightmarish tales scared but also entertained many children since its creation in 1845. My version is meant for the people who grew up on these stories. At this point I am not sure whether my version is meant to bring back old fears or infuse humor into them. Either way it is going to be a grown up, slightly abstract and fragmented and photographic version of the original.

To do:
• “Write” stories- I want to take the stories and break them up into fragmented bits of English and German. In the original form they are poems, in my book I want them to have a more post-modern feel.
• Take photographs. (Possibly need to find models- human and animal)
• Layout content.
• Put book together.
• Make decisions (see below).

Decisions:
Feeling
• Bringing back old fears
• Bringing humor to old fears
Photography
• All black and white or small elements of color
• Considering that all images are hands with different props and positions
• Purely photographic or the possibility of other graphic imagery
• Level of abstraction
Type
• Sans serif, black letter or combo
• Ex: Struwwelepeter vs Struwwelepeter
Language
• Primarily English or German or equal
Size and Shape
Printing
• Glossy or matte
Binding
• Professionally bound?
• technique

original imagery

Inspirational Imagery