DIA image selection grid

DIA image selection grid, editorial, minimal, dark

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Dark guideline slide on imagery, with a four-by-three grid of varied artworks demonstrating the museum's inclusive image range.

Summary

The imagery-direction slide: a "IMAGE" header and a note on inclusivity at left, with a tidy grid of twelve museum artworks at right showing the breadth of work to draw from.

Visual description

Near-black charcoal field beneath the thin olive top bar. A large light serif "IMAGE" header sits upper left over three lines of sans-serif copy about images creating inclusivity and reflecting the broad range of creativity the museum offers. The right two-thirds is a four-column, three-row grid of small artwork thumbnails in mixed orientations and eras: oil portraits, a Japanese woodblock print, an abstract figure painting, landscapes, a contemporary photograph of a contorted dancer, folk and modern works, and a pixel-grid abstract. The varied palettes pop against the dark background. The running footer sits on a hairline rule at the base with "20", "BRAND GUIDELINES", and "BRAND ASSETS".

Key takeaway

Proving a stated value (inclusivity, range) with a dense, deliberately mixed image grid instead of a sentence. The dark backdrop lets every artwork's own color carry the slide.

Reuse notes

A reusable pattern for an image-direction or art-direction slide: state the principle, then show a wide sample grid as evidence. Works best when the sample images are genuinely diverse in subject and palette.

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