WEEK 7: The week of November 6th – november 10th
Monday's Class: Lab Day / Friday's class: Holiday
In class:
For Monday’s in-class only:
Peer-to-peer review and small group critiques. Lab day.
For Friday’s in-class only:
Holiday.
Homework:
1. Design/Refine your Cover & Table of Contents page.
2. Final check-ins for your cover and table of contents next week in small groups with me.
3. Keep on designing...
Syllabus
Week 1 - September 25th – September 29th
Week 2 - October 2nd – October 6th
Week 3 - October 9th – October 13th
Week 4 - October 16th – October 20th
Week 5 - October 23rd – October 27th
Week 6 - October 30th – November 3rd
Week 7 - November 6th – November 10th*
Week 8 - November 13th – November 17th
Week 9 - November 20th – November 24th*
RESOURCES
Style/Concept Board Template (.indt file)
Sections of a magazine: Editorial Order (pdf)
General editorial order of a magazine (pdf file)
Magazine Page Size Options (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)
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)
50 Sketches Template (pdf file)
Print Cover Terminology (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)
Combining type with Helvetica (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
When Commerce and Content Converge
7 Ways Print Magazines Are Using Social Media to Engage Readers
How Magazines Use Analytics to Refine Digital Initiatives
Magazine lettering projects (video)
Five Key Trends for Magazine Media in 2015
Digital Innovation in magazines
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
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