Graphic Design: Create a Magazine

Graphic Design: Create a Magazine

“We have come to the end of this course. Well done and thank you for following! We hope we have succeeded in sharing our passion for editorial design with you and that you have enjoyed discovering this discipline in more detail. Now is the time to prepare your project (or finish it). We encourage you to make your own creation, taking the time to seek inspiration. To help you, we leave you below a summary of the different steps to follow. Take care to document the steps of your creation. We would like to see it in the presentation of your project. Also add a brief explanation of your process, your progress, and any difficulties or doubts you may have encountered. The concept Choose the concept or theme of the magazine you are going to create. This may be based on the presentation of a typography, but you are free to think of something completely different. Then think about how you might format that.

The composition grid Compose a grid and templates adapted to the content of your review. This is where you will design the paragraph and character styles. The text Then import the texts that will be part of the review. Remember to keep text hierarchies in mind. The layout With everything you have prepared so far, start laying out the different inside pages of your magazine. Here you will need to think about the flatplan, content pacing, and page development. The cover You will also need to design a front and back cover for your magazine. Materials Choose the type of paper and binding you will use. Images and export Retouch and prepare your images for printing to reduce the number of possible errors when exporting the file. Then export the files. We look forward to discovering your projects. So don't forget to share it with the community. To do this, click on the “Create your project” button. We will respond to your posts and questions as soon as possible, but in the meantime, we encourage you to watch what your comrades have been up to and comment on their posts. The creative community is always very constructive and caring. See you soon !”

Partial transcription of the video

“Final project That's it, this Domestika course is coming to an end. Congratulations and thank you for following it with us. It was a pleasure for us to share with you our passion for editorial design and topics that interest us. We presented you several projects that we have carried out in the Syndicat studio, which we founded. It was about signage, graphic identity, curating exhibitions, but above all editorial objects. We were delighted to share our influences with you, all the studios that interest us in their curiosity, in their interest in practices. I am thinking of Mevis Van Deursen,...”

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Course summary for: Graphic Design: Create a Magazine

• Level: Beginner
• 92% positive reviews (24)
• 1253 students
• 5 units
• 16 lessons (2h 11m)
• 1 download

• Category

  Design

• Software

  Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

  Design, Editorial Design, Graphic Design