Magazine Design: Getting Started
57mBeginner2017-10-31
Authors
John McWade
Designer and Teacher
Course details
The best way to get started in magazine design is to study the greats: magazines like Rolling Stone, Time, and National Geographic. Spend an hour with designer exploring what goes into a successful magazine design. He pages through the digital versions of several popular magazines and talks about what's going on, inside and out. Learn about construction, and how elements like the cover, masthead, lead spreads, and even the contributors page are designed. Discover the role of typography, imagery, and the grid, and find out how to sustain a look from beginning to end. John also poses questions to help you find your magazine's "voice" and make design decisions that will help align the final product with the contents inside.
Skills covered
Layout and CompositionInDesignGraphic DesignAdobeLearning
Concepts
Introduction
- Welcome
Magazine Stands - A World of Design
- I learned design from magazines
- A look at a magazine - Voice
- A look at a magazine - Saveur
- A look at a magazine - ESPN
- A look at a magazine - Breathe
- A look at a magazine - Fast Company
Building a Magazine
- Construction
- The cover
The Front of the Book
- Front of the book - Introduction
- Contents
- Masthead
- Publisher s letter
- Contributors
- Columnists
- Small features
- Product pages
- Front of the book - Wrap up
The Middle and Back of the Book
- Middle of the book
- Back of the book
Making a Magazine
- Making a magazine - Introduction
- DNA of the cover
- DNA of lead spreads - Baby
- DNA of lead spreads - Kids
- DNA of lead spreads - Teens