{"id":3670,"date":"2023-07-11T20:43:35","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T04:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/?p=3670"},"modified":"2023-07-12T16:42:14","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T00:42:14","slug":"mushrooms-of-bc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/testa\/mushrooms-of-bc\/","title":{"rendered":"Mushrooms of BC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-2\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/PXL_20230712_034956595-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3688\" width=\"604\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/testa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/PXL_20230712_034956595-1.jpg 805w, https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/testa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/PXL_20230712_034956595-1-322x480.jpg 322w, https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/testa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/PXL_20230712_034956595-1-768x1145.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Re-design of decades-old and divergent templates for the Royal BC Museum handbook series, culminating in the jewel of the guides, <em>Mushrooms of British Columbia<\/em>. In the 30+ years since many of the museum&#8217;s handbooks were published advancements in printing, photography, workflow, and digital formats means a small team\u2014myself in design, an editor, two authors, and a proofreader\u2014could make a big impact for the museum&#8217;s publishing wing, and readers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Book Design: Mushrooms of BC\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RWBF6brwe7A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/PXL_20230712_035059609.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/testa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/PXL_20230712_035059609.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/testa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/PXL_20230712_035059609-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/testa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/PXL_20230712_035059609-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/PXL_20230712_035126695.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/testa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/PXL_20230712_035126695.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/testa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/PXL_20230712_035126695-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/testa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/PXL_20230712_035126695-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The no.1 challenge in producing the 500 page guide was not making it a thousand pages. Typography, colours, and a hierarchy of headings and subheads were developed to fit each entry to a single page, interspersed with interpretations, field notes, anecdotes, and a new standard in the museum&#8217;s handbook taxonomy particularly adapted to, well, taxonomies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/PXL_20230712_035135460.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/testa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/PXL_20230712_035135460.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/testa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/PXL_20230712_035135460-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/testa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/PXL_20230712_035135460-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/PXL_20230712_035231899.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/testa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/PXL_20230712_035231899.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/testa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/PXL_20230712_035231899-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/testa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/PXL_20230712_035231899-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/PXL_20230712_035200620.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/testa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/PXL_20230712_035200620.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/testa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/PXL_20230712_035200620-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/testa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/PXL_20230712_035200620-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I incorporated InDesign best practices and a depth of paragraph, character, and object styles to accommodate quick updates to the guide\u2014already in its third printing in two years\u2014and for future guides and formats, be they small (see the subsequent <em>Shrews &amp; Moles of BC<\/em>), larger (<em>Plants of BC<\/em>, anyone?) or electronic (ebook-ready). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Published September 2021, paperback, 504 pages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-5\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/PXL_20230712_035220693-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/testa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/PXL_20230712_035220693-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/testa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/PXL_20230712_035220693-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/testa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/PXL_20230712_035220693.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/PXL_20230712_035151813.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/testa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/PXL_20230712_035151813.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/testa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/PXL_20230712_035151813-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/testa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/PXL_20230712_035151813-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-8\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/PXL_20230712_035244909.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/testa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/PXL_20230712_035244909.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/testa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/PXL_20230712_035244909-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/testa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/PXL_20230712_035244909-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/PXL_20230712_035311454.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/testa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/PXL_20230712_035311454.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/testa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/PXL_20230712_035311454-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/testa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/PXL_20230712_035311454-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/PXL_20230712_035045482.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/testa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/PXL_20230712_035045482.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/testa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/PXL_20230712_035045482-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/testa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/PXL_20230712_035045482-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/PXL_20230712_035003841.MP_.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3674\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/testa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/PXL_20230712_035003841.MP_.jpg 900w, https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/testa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/PXL_20230712_035003841.MP_-360x480.jpg 360w, https:\/\/jeffwerner.ca\/testa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/PXL_20230712_035003841.MP_-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Re-design of decades-old and divergent templates for the Royal BC Museum handbook series, culminating in the jewel of the guides, Mushrooms of British Columbia. 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