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Bilingual publication of Alice in Wonderland

For the minor Graphic Design I followed at Edinburgh Napier University we got the assignment to make an bilingual publication. I choose Alice in Wonderland and designed it in a way that you could read some parts in English and Dutch only with the help of special glasses, transporting yourself through the curiosities Alice finds herself in as well.

how does it work.
The book is written in Dutch and English, with the Dutch on the left side and English on the right.
When Alice finds herself in peculiar situations the text is written in blue and red letters which are overlapping. The blue text is in English and the red is written in Dutch. The blue letters are canceled out when putting on the blue glasses, so the red letters will become visible and vice versa. So if you want to read the English text, you have to put on the red glasses.
Also, the red and blue text is placed in a way that it fits the situation, so sometimes you have to do a bit more than putting on glasses, for example twisting the book to be able to read the text.