Editorial Design: How to Make a Magazine
Material and Processing
A course by Lars Harmsen , Creative Director and Editor
About the video: Material and Processing
Overview
“Which paper do you produce best with? And what processing methods are available to you to produce a remarkable magazine? This lesson could also be a whole course unit. Nevertheless, I would like to give a little insight into paper and production - because that is also an essential part of good design. ”
In this video lesson Lars Harmsen addresses the topic: Material and Processing, which is part of the Domestika online course: Editorial Design: How to Make a Magazine. Discover how magazines are designed alongside the founder and editor of Slanted Publishers, and learn to tell stories through layout, color, and typography.
Partial transcription of the video
“material and processing Welcome to the next paper lesson. A cool lesson actually because you learn a lot and can do a lot wrong. Here are a few material samples. In our office, both in Munich and in Karlsruhe, where Julia is sitting, all the shelves are at the back full of paper samples. We cannot work without paper samples. I don't have a picture with me. It certainly looks different for everyone. But paper with its colors, with its texture is a very important topic in everything that has to do with editorial design. You can certainly also visit one or the other website... Paper is importa...”
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Course summary for: Editorial Design: How to Make a Magazine
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Areas
Art Direction, Branding & Identity, Editorial Design, Graphic Design, Storytelling
Lars Harmsen
A course by Lars Harmsen
Lars Harmsen is a creative director from Munich, Germany. Following an internship as a print media designer, he founded the design agency MAGMA while still studying visual communication. He is also a founding partner of the creative agency Melville Brand Designs. In 1996, he created Volcano Type, an independent font foundry with more than 200 different typefaces. In 2004, he started the web blog project Slanted, dedicated to typography and design, which was complemented by a magazine under the same name the following year. This project has grown into what is today Slanted Publishers, an independent publishing and communication company. In addition to his many endeavors, Lars has been teaching design and typography at the Fachhochschule Dortmund since 2011.
His work, recognized at home and abroad, focuses on typography as well as corporate and editorial design. He is also chief curator of the artist's book series 100for10 and designer of Makers Bible. He is the author and designer of many photography, typography, and design books, including Yearbook of Type, Typodarium, Photodarium, and numerous photo books.
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