MAGAZINE DESIGN

EVALUATIONBy James Fox

INITIAL RESEARCHThe research I advised to myself consisted of questionnaires and general research in magazine layout and house style. Also, how I would depict my own work and how that varies the evolution of my magazine design outcome. Below is a contact sheet of some research I did into the house style and layout of magazine page spreads.

PRODUCT RESEARCHFor my product research I completed a task based upon magazine design analysis. For the given task I compared a variety of different front cover and content page designs and analysed them to a extent in which I knew the differences between and had a known indication of what to do with my final magazine design.

LOGO DESIGN

The house style I used for my magazine design layout was Kozuka Mincho which I thought had a catchy ring to it. Also, the dimensions of the text really accumulated well with my magazine design as I stuck by the look of ‘Sharpy but Smarty’ which really depicts the extents of the layout that my magazine has provided.

MAGAZINE COVERShow the images you edited for your cover say what you did and why you think it worked well

This is a basic front cover layout that I designed to help me to enhance the house style and cover lines, headings, etc. This is a more advanced front cover that I produced for my final major project as you can see the similarities to the two front covers has been enhanced and I’ve tried to add more factors to the page such as cover lines and subject title, Free testers, and exclusives etc.

CONTENTS PAGE EDIT

This is a basic layout contents page that I designed to help me to enhance the house style and other factors such as imagery and layout. This is a more advanced contents page that I produced for my final major project as you can see the similarities to the two contents pages has been enhanced and I’ve tried to add more factors to the page.

DOUBLE PAGE SPREADShow the Double Page Spread you designed say what you did and why you think it worked well

This is a basic layout for my double page spread that I designed to help me to enhance the house style and other factors such as imagery and layout. This is a more advanced double page spread that I produced for my final major project as you can see the similarities to the two contents pages has been enhanced and I’ve tried to add more factors to the page.

PEER GROUP FEEDBACK

For my feed back I produced a questionnaire which then I had to calculate the results here is a demonstration.

STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF THE PROJECT

StrengthsPhoto-shoot – I took a lot of photo’s so I had a lot to choose from.

The pictures I took were clear and took in lighting so they were easy to edit.

WeaknessesLayout – The idea I had in my head didn’t come out on paper as I thought they would.Article – Writing the article was fairly easy as I had pre-production.