Faculty of Design

Graphic Design

Xhilda Çuko

Make Break: Self-Reflection Book

Make Break is a self-reflection book that document how my design practice evolved over one year. The tension between structure and experiment, the blue and orange side, turns the book itself into a physical experience.

“This self-reflection project takes the form of a dual-sided book that examines how my design practice has evolved over the course of one year. By revisiting and featuring my own projects from different assignments at Design Process 1 and Design Process 2, the book becomes a reflective archive—allowing me to observe patterns, shifts, and contrasts in my approach to layout, typography, and visual thinking.The book is structured around two distinct yet connected visual systems—orange and blue—which represent my movement between structure and experimentation. These colours recur throughout my work and became a clear way to frame how my projects shifted over time: from controlled, grid-based compositions to more bold, experimental, and expressive outcomes. The orange side emphasizes breaking the grid and visual tension, while the blue side reflects organization, symmetry, and restraint.”