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Editorial magazine design (typography 3)

This project was done in my third semester of typography. It was our task to design an editorial magazine from start to finish with all the skills of typography we learned in the semesters before. In this case my requirements were to create a magazine spread of at least 24 pages. It was important that all pages could be divided by 4 or 8 so there aren’t any problems with the printing process later on. The theme of the magazine should be „change of location“.

The Magazine started with thoughts, ideas and scribbles.

I started off by brainstorming with a mind map. Because I am a big fan of skate or art magazines like the popular „thrasher“ or „ray gun“ series I wanted to create something similar. Even though I only designed one magazine, the concept behind the name and structure should not be a one-off. I had trouble getting started at first simply because I couldn’t decide between my many ideas. I liked almost every concept design the same, plus I had a sensory overload of inspiration for my magazine.

To round off the hip hop flair at the end, I took a few of the black and white pictures and printed them out. I then went to the sheets with graffiti pens and wrote all of Yung Lean’s quotes, lyrics and album/song titles onto the sheet. It should look like a graffiti wall in an underpass or an abandoned building. After scanning, I played a little with the contrasts. I liked the effect this process had, so I went with it.

… and more scribbles.

To round off the hip hop flair at the end, I took a few of the black and white pictures and printed them out. I then went to the sheets with graffiti pens and wrote all of Yung Lean’s quotes, lyrics and album/song titles onto the sheet. It should look like a graffiti wall in an underpass or an abandoned building. After scanning, I played a little with the contrasts. I liked the effect this process had, so I went with it.

To round off the hip hop flair at the end, I took a few of the black and white pictures and printed them out. I then went to the sheets with graffiti pens and wrote all of Yung Lean’s quotes, lyrics and album/song titles onto the sheet. It should look like a graffiti wall in an underpass or an abandoned building. After scanning, I played a little with the contrasts. I liked the effect this process had, so I went with it.

Different cover ideas to find the right one.

I mainly drew inspiration from the skate industry, as the magazines are always very free and experimental. It was important to me that a common thread in the design was clearly visible. The easiest way for me to do this was to begin with the front page, the cover. So that I could better invision the content. I made quick cover sketches – none of which ultimately made it into the final product. After my unused sketches on paper I tried out some digital ideas in Illustrator.

I mainly drew inspiration from the skate industry, as the magazines are always very free and experimental. It was important to me that a common thread in the design was clearly visible. The easiest way for me to do this was to begin with the front page, the cover. So that I could better invision the content. I made quick cover sketches – none of which ultimately made it into the final product. After my unused sketches on paper I tried out some digital ideas in Illustrator.

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