WEEK 5: The week of October 22nd – October 26th
Cover DesigN & TOC
In class:
Review magazine covers and masthead design samples. Review stylistic variety and trends for Table of Contents pages. Brainstorming and Masthead Design.
Demo: Indesign. Setting up your magazine cover. Blurb demo
BREAK
Peer-to-peer feedback groups and small crit groups with me (half the class).
Lab time.
Homework:
1. Generate sketches for potential masthead logotypes. Most likely your designs will be a letter mark or word mark. Circle your top choice. Take your choice and generate more sketches & digital variations.
2. Design a sample cover based off of your established style/concept board. Place rough version(s) of your masthead design into your layout. Print the cover for next week.
3. Next week alumni will be here to review your work. Please print out your (work-in-progress) cover & masthead design and your articles. Bring your laptop to show your summer homework digitally (magazine name & tagline, your synopsis, reader personas, and mood board.)
Week 5 links:
50 Sketches Template (pdf file)
Print cover terminology (pdf file)
Magazine barcode (eps file)
Magazine barcode 2 (png)
Vanity barcodes — small sampling (site)
Background colors for barcodes (site)
Table of Contents Designs
Pinterest Table of Contents
Recommended
5o design techniques that mades these magazine covers awesome
*Cover Browser: Big Selection of Magazine Covers
Historical Magazine Samples
Magazine Art (covers and ads)
Top 40 Magazine Covers of the Last 40 Years
Controversial Magazine Covers
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
Esquire Covers 1
Esquire Covers 2
Vogue Covers 1900‘s – 2010‘s
GQ Covers 1950‘s – 2010‘s
Time Covers 1930‘s – 2010‘s
Brief History of Magazines (site)
For fun:
How to simulate gold leaf in Photoshop (site)
How to simulate letterpress (site)
How to simulate text burned into wood in Photoshop (site)
How to simulate text in metal (site)
How to simulate distressed texture in Photoshop (site)
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