Science Snacks by Shekar Menon

Shekar Menon
2026

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The booklets feature a textured cover page made out of handmade paper while the inside pages have a clean finish.
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Each activity is represented by a bright color with the layouts steadily balancing imagery and typography.
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The layouts have both vertical and horizontal orientations allowing the booklets to be turned around in all directions.
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A few examples of the backside of the booklets.
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Each booklet also features an icon illustrated in a whimsical style that best represents the respective activity.

I created a hypothetical series inspired by real hands-on activities from The Exploratorium, a public learning laboratory in San Francisco. This series includes ten DIY ecology-themed experiments based on the museum’s Science Snacks. Each activity is designed to be simple, engaging, and portable – packaged in a pamphlet format to make ecological exploration easy and accessible in any setting.

The design is inspired by clinical lab files typically used in professional laboratory settings, giving kids (the target audience) a playful sense of working like real scientists.

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Jennifer Cole Philips