Editorial Design: How to Make a Magazine
The Printing
A course by Lars Harmsen , Creative Director and Editor
About the video: The Printing
Overview
“Everything can go wrong when printing, because at this point you hand over your work and have to trust the skills of others. So it's important to be there as much as possible. Not only to test, but also to create trust, to learn, to see differently and to take something away from this experience for future projects. ”
In this video lesson Lars Harmsen addresses the topic: The Printing, 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
“Welcome to the next lesson. Today. we'll explore printing. print sheets. printing machines. and techniques in detail. Benefits of printing sheets. So. that means I'll start with a bit of theory first. And then we'll examine some print samples to more clearly demonstrate the entire process. In today's there are considerably more methods for producing and printing magazines. Offset printing remains the most widely recognized technique. but digital printing has gained significant traction as well. has indeed entered the market and is particularly appealing for smaller volumes. offering unique ...”
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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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