The diploma thesis is aimed to present life in student dormitories and everything they
need to take care of before they move there in a useful and fun way to all future
students. The purpose of this was to collect all the key information for future students
in one place and to present it in the form of a student guidebook or manual.
In the theoretical part, we first focus on guidebooks, describing their characteristics
and historical development. Then, we explain what graphic design is, what are some
of its fundamental principles, how they can be put to practice and what computer
programmes we can use to achieve a refined graphic product. Lastly, we present each
of the student settlements in Ljubljana individually, including the information such as
which dormitories they are composed of, what is their capacity and which city bus
routes connect them to the faculties or the city centre.
The experimental part describes the ways and procedures used to carry out the project.
First, we present the design, the selection of colours and the size of the chosen format
for the product, as well as the reasons behind these choices. We continue with the
precise description of designing and preparing each graphic element used in the final
product individually: that is, the calendar, the maps, the graphics used for maps and
the key. With each element, we also present the tools that were used to design it.
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