Crit Presentation Board Template
Solid title band across the top; Archivo capitals with IBM Plex Mono, brick palette. A presentation-board template for architecture students: every board shares one title block and sits on a 24 x 24 grid, so a jury reads the set as one piece of work.
- Boards2
- FormatsA1 landscape, A1 portrait
- Opens inInDesign, Affinity Publisher
- FontsArchivo, IBM Plex Mono
Every board
Portrait boards hold the same content; frames that sit side by side in landscape are stacked in portrait.
Landscape A1 841 x 594 mm
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Board 1 - Idea and project
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Board 2 - Drawings
Portrait A1 594 x 841 mm
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Board 1 - Idea and project
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Board 2 - Drawings
Board by board
What goes on each board, and what a jury looks for there.
| Board | What goes here | What a jury looks for |
|---|---|---|
| Board 1 - Idea and project | Wide hero band, concept text and four diagrams below | One clear idea; a strong horizontal image |
| Board 2 - Drawings | Large ground floor plan, two sections and the room key | Drawing quality: scale, line weights, north arrow, labelled rooms |
Type and colour
Paragraph styles
- Display
- Archivo SemiBold capsProject title in the title block
- Number
- Archivo LightBoard number in the title block
- Title
- Archivo SemiBoldThe one-sentence idea or research question
- Lead
- Archivo LightSubtitle under the project title
- Heading
- Archivo MediumBoard titles and text-block headings
- Body
- Archivo RegularRunning text
- Label
- IBM Plex Mono Medium capsSmall labels above text blocks and info fields
- Data
- IBM Plex Mono RegularTitle-block info, key, project data
- Caption
- IBM Plex Mono RegularImage and drawing captions, scale bar
- Folio
- IBM Plex Mono Regular capsSpare small text (credits, notes)
Colours
- Paper
#F6EFEA - Ink
#1A1414 - Grey
#7B6E69 - Accent
#9E2B25
Recolour the whole document by editing one swatch. All fonts are free under the SIL Open Font License and come in the download.
What is in the download
- Editable InDesign IDML for landscape and portrait A1: the title block on a master, paragraph styles, swatches and labelled frames. Opens in InDesign CC 2019 or later and in Affinity Publisher.
- Preview PDF and board images of both formats.
- The fonts, free under the SIL Open Font License.
- A user guide: the grid, the title block, drawing scales, making the boards read and exporting for print.
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Competition entryKerf
Solid title band across the top; Space Grotesk with Space Mono, blueprint palette.
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Competition entryMortise
Title strip across the top; Unbounded capitals with Figtree, graphite palette. Dark theme for screen and projector reviews.
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Competition entryFascia
Drawing-style title block along the bottom; Syne with Inter, klein palette.