Bridgend's Heritage

Bridgend is a town in Wales with a deep personal history. The Bridgend Heritage Network (founded in 2012) came up with the project “Stitching Together the Rural Landscape” to capture the history and heritage of Bridgend. This is done through digital stories, audio recordings, poems and pictures. It says on their website that, “The project aims to look at different historic themes and bring communities together to share the stories and experiences which link them together.” I was particularly in the graphics that Bridgend's Heritage have produced to interest a younger audience.

The below logo is used on the children's documents. Again, a colourful character has been introduced, an owl. The shapes are simplistic and colours bright, but not overwhelming. I feel that a more suitable font could have been used, however. Though this one appears quirky with it's square letters and serif flicks, I think a more modern typeface could have been adopted, perhaps a sans-serif one.

Print-outs are available on the website and these include activities to get children more involved in Bridgend's Heritage. The design is bright, interesting and colourful. Images break up the text so that it never seems overwhelming and small activities, such as spot the difference, add fun elements to the educational papers.

Each "Tale and Trail" comes with an activity sheet, such as spot the difference, a story and a map showing the trail and notable features to stop by.

Story for Blackmill:

Cover.

Interior of story. Colour is complimentary and vivid. Quirky borders and illustrations stop the text appearing boring.

Spot the differnce. Each spot the difference is an illustration that links to the trail.

 Map. 

The character logo is present to explain information and create more activities, while the trail is clearly and understandably marked due to its simplicity, for only basic information of the path has been included. Again, colour is a strong part of this design. Green signifies nature and covers most of the image. However, the pink and purple of the logo breaks this up and offers an interesting contrast.

Other maps:

I really liked the idea seen on the Kenfig Pool map, which included illustrations of different types of birds. Next to this, a text bubble asked which of these birds the viewer could spot. The same was also done with the shape of leaves. This adds an extra activity and makes the map appear more exciting. It is also educational and will keep the attention of children throughout the entire trail.

Other graphics for different locations can be seen here: http://www.bridgendsheritage.co.uk/bridgend%27s-heritage/downloads.aspx

References:

http://www.bridgendsheritage.co.uk/bridgend%27s-heritage/downloads.aspx

http://www.bridgendsheritage.co.uk/