WEEK 8: Cover and Feature Article
In class:
Review Cover and Article spreads.
BREAK
Magazines in the new publishing environment.
Navigational graphics for screen content.
Homework:
Refine your magazine cover and your feature article. Print out your refined work for class.
Create a small library of navigational graphics that visually fit within your brand style. These navigational elements would help to guide your reader through your article content for the screen. Navigational elements might include: jumpline buttons, swipe, down arrows and/or scroll through informational cues, play video graphic, caption/photo description reveals, etc. (The number of elements you make for your navigational library is dependent on the content of your article.)
Recommended
Major US magazine producers:
Condé Nast
Hearst Corporation
Time Inc
Meredith
Major storefronts for digital magazines:
Apple App Store — Newsstand (iPad)
Barnes & Noble (Nook)
Amazon.com (Kindle Fire, Android)
Google Play (Android and Google Chrome)
Sony Newsstand
Next Issue (iPad, Android)
Zinio
or sometimes you can go straight to the magazine’s site and download their app or view their embedded magazine online.
RESOURCES
General editorial order of a magazine (pdf)
Print magazine size specifications (pdf)
Potential components of a feature article (pdf)
Sample feature articles with labeled components (pdf)
Sample grid structures for a magazine (pdf)
Common ad sizes within a magazine (pdf)
SITES OF INTEREST
The top 10 ways to create digital magazines
Some feature capabilities of digital magazines: promo reel
Some interactive features of digital magazines
Sample digital magazine promo: Wired
Sample digital magazines iPad vs iPhone