Art Direction and Publishing: From Concept to Print

Overview

“The interior layout of the magazine is done. It's time to move on to making the cover! It must be strong, unique and related to the content of the magazine. Here we will discuss the specifics of the cover and explain the choices we have made for our magazine.”

In this video lesson Akatre addresses the topic: The Covers, which is part of the Domestika online course: Art Direction and Publishing: From Concept to Print. Learn how to establish an artistic guideline for a successful publication project, from the initial concept to the final printed design.

Partial transcription of the video

“Covers Images, typos and texts are well organized. We are going to see, now, the blankets in this lesson. First the title of the magazine. The title of the magazine can be a real headache to find. For us, this was obvious. The word Ertaka is Akatre reversed. Here we have the front cover and the back cover. Here we play with the word Akatre on the back cover which is hidden and which plays by mimicry with the name of our magazine which is called "Ertaka". This idea of creating a magazine with the people we work with is an idea that should have been born for more than eight, ten years. So we ...”

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Course summary for: Art Direction and Publishing: From Concept to Print

• Level: Beginner
• 76% positive reviews (17)
• 677 students
• 4 units
• 12 lessons (1h 19m)
• 1 download

• Category

  Design

• Software

  Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

  Art Direction, Editorial Design, Graphic Design