Dona Eustáquia e Floribella em a Aventura na Casa Amarela: um projeto gráfico editorial infantil

Abstract

Happiness has been studied by worldwide thinkers, philosophers and by many different subjects all throughout history. In this context, in 1998 the Positive Psychology was born with the intuit of recovering such studies on “good life”, resourcing from ancient traditions to modern ones. The Positive Psychology has the ambition to to understand the dot outside the bend and restore two pillars, which for many years were left aside: change people’s life for better and nourish its talents. The referred project presents the development of a book that has followed the Löbach methodology as well as the theory’s demonstrated on Seligman’s studies of happiness. Furthermore, it was necessary to research the cognitive aspects of children, beholding the intuit of discovering what age limit would the book be appropriate for. Following the project’s methodology, analysis were made by professionals from the psychology and literature areas. After the story creation section, plus the answer from the professionals, the practical section in the design area begun: a main character was created and a miniature book version was developed, also, after this part, a analysis was made by illustrators. In sequence, a research was made about colour; painting techniques; grid, the book format was chosen and types of typography were tested to find which one would be the most appropriate for this project. Thus, a printed book of children’s literature for children aged 6-8 years was obtained.