WEEK 10: The week of November 26th – NOVember 30th
Production & Lab Day
In class:
Final reviews. Lab time.
Homework:
1. Make final revisions to your magazine. Please print, glue, and trim it out. It will be handed in next week.
2. Make a final PDF of your entire magazine (in reader spreads). It will be handed in next week too.
3. Please do your final preparations on your presenation template. You will be presenting this file on the overhead projector next week. And this file will also be handed in.
Week 10 links:
Presentation Format Template (pdf file)
Printing:
How to download/install a PPD for your laptop
How to print your magazine signatures to the Docucolor
How to print your magazine to the Docucolor, part 2
Tips for printing your magazine cover
Syllabus
Week 1 - September 24th – September 28th
Week 2 - October 1st – October 5th
Week 3 - October 8th – October 12th
Week 4 - October 15th – October 19th
Week 5 - October 22nd – October 26th
Week 6 - October 29th – November 2nd
Week 7 - November 5th – November 9th
Week 8 - November 12th – November 16th*
Week 9 - November 19th – November 23rd*
RESOURCES
Style/Concept Board Template (.indt file)
Sections of a magazine: Editorial Order (pdf)
General editorial order of a magazine (pdf file)
Common ad sizes within a magazine (pdf file)
Sample grid structures for a magazine (pdf file)
Flatplan template (.indt file)
Final presentation document (.indt file)
Print Magazine Size Specifications (pdf)
Potential components: feature article (pdf)
Feature article: labeled components (pdf)
Good Body Text Checklist (pdf)
19 Top Fonts in 19 Top Combinations (pdf file)
Type Classifications: Review from last year (pdf)
Choosing Typefaces: Review from last year (pdf)
Choosing Typefaces: Samples (pdf)
Capabilities of screen based magazines (pdf)
Potential Brand Expansion Channels (pdf)
Indesign keyboard shortcuts (pdf file)
34 Typographic Sins (pdf file)
SITES
Mood Boards: Dressing for Different Occasions
Magazine Columns Part 2 (site)
The Future of Creativity (start at 10min into the video for Project Context) video
*Fonts in Use (I love this site)*
How To Choose The Right Face For A Beautiful Body (site)
Selecting typefaces for body text (site)
29 Principles for making great font combinations (site)
Four Techniques for Combining Fonts (site)
Best Practices of Combining Typefaces (site)
Major US magazine producers:
Condé Nast
Ways to produce/publish magazines:
Mag+
Publishers Diversify Their Businesses with Innovative Brand Extensions
Decisive Strategic Shift Toward Ecommerce
When Commerce and Content Converge
7 Ways Print Magazines Are Using Social Media to Engage Readers
How Magazines Use Analytics to Refine Digital Initiatives
The Podcast Opportunity for Publishers
Media Metrics: Industry Trends and Forecasts for Magazines, Digital Circulation,
Social Media, Tablets, Print, Books, Internet Use, and More
Publishing innovations newsletters
Cover Browser: Magazine Covers
Top 40 Magazine Covers of the Last 40 Years
Mashable: Iconic Magazine Covers
The New Yorker Covers 1920’s – 2010’s
Print Magazine Covers 1940’s – 1950’s
Sunset Magazine Covers & Logos 1890’s – 1990’s
Seventeen Magazine Covers 1940’s – 1990’s
Brief History of Magazines (site)
How to simulate gold leaf in Photoshop
How to simulate text burned into wood
How to simulate distressed texture in Photoshop