It was called 'Timeline', illustrated by Belgian practitioner, Peter Goes, which tells a visual story of the whole of the earth's existence, from the big bang all the way up to today in a beautifully crafted document. You could literally learn so many things by looking at this book, and I'd argue that it would be more useful than a history GCSE textbook!
Timeline explores every period in history in immense illustrative detail, including famous milestones, monarchs, and just everything important that has ever happened in the existence of planet Earth. I know that is really vague but I can't explain it in any other way. I especially love the intricate attention to detail in terms of narrative, and the way that the information is displayed in a double page spread 'mural' sort of layout, using a restrictive colour palette, which gives it a much higher quality finish. As well, it can be appreciated by any age group, old or young with a really strong educational purpose.
Having researched his website, I noticed that Goes doesn't practice within a really restrictive 'style', and that his tone of voice is relatively broad in terms of imagery and context. For example his work exists among a range of categories such as children's books, prints and t-shirt designs, editorial illustrations for the WHO, banners and logos, greetings cards etc., which really reinforces my faith in wanting to be an adaptable practitioner, rather than being restricted to working in one format.
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