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Plan of the week

The plan of this week was to make sure that my work is completely finished before I hand it in. I have met all my goals for this week and submitted it today. I really liked this brief given by Pentagram. It was my first foray into the world of editorial design, and I learned a lot form this brief. 

I have definitely improved my editing skills by designing my own two page spreads and I am definitely more confident when it comes to creating unique and hopefully beautiful layouts. Since this brief is now finished I'm going to doing some posts on some of the designers that I have come across during my research and I will also put up my final supplement designs. 

Plan of the week

So the plan for this week was to completely finish my basic layout plan for the supplement and then get started on creating the content and deciding what images to include.

Thankfully I have completed all of my allocated tasks for this week I have...

• Finished my basic layout.
• Chosen a suitable designer.
• Researched my chosen designer.
• Decided on content
• Decided on images.

Because I have done all of my tasks for the week I'm also at the point where I have my final outcomes for this brief. I'm not at the point where my supplement is 100% perfect for me yet but I thought I'd put some images up of what they look like now.

My designs may change slightly when it comes for the final outcomes as they're not completely ready yet but this is the general look of some of my pages.

So onto next week. Since I'm nearly done on this brief next week will mainly consist of making sure that my final outcomes are completely perfect. I also plan on going over my written sketch work. This includes all my research, ideas and development, I must make sure to include all of the drawings and work I have done for this brief.

Plan of the week

So only my fourth 'plan of the week'. The plan for last week was to really start thinking and exploring some of my own initial idea for the brief, which I have done. During the week I looked at some ideas for the front cover of the editorial supplement and how I can incorporate the logo, as the brief says I must include it. I also started to make a very rough draft of my layout and started to create measurements and layouts.

So onto this week. Well I plan to completely finish my basic layout plan for the supplement and then get started on creating the content and deciding what images to include. To do this I must choose a specific designer that who has worked with the typographic circle, which will require a lot of thought and research. Once I've chosen my designer I will then move onto putting all the content into my layout design.

Next Monday I'll review on the plan has gone and if I have achieved all that I have set out to do.

Plan of the week

So this is my third 'plan of the week'. Last week was all about getting research for the new editorial brief which was fun actually, the magazine the brief is about is definitely out there and I haven't personally ever read it but it had very interesting layouts and spreads.

All my research that I decided to do in the second plan last Monday is finished, and the plan for this week is to really start thinking and exploring my own initial idea for the brief.

Next Monday I'll review on how my initial ideas have gone this week and how far I have got in the brief.

Editorial Task & Digital Skills

In class we were given a task to help with the new editorial and typographic brief. We learned how to set up a basic 2 page spread and all the measurements that you use. I then looked through some magazine and mocked up a spread of my own.

This is a photograph of the first double page spread that I designed. After I tried it roughly on just paper the class then moved on to trying it on the computer in a digital skills lesson.

This is my final digital spread that we did in the lesson.We used Indesign which was hard to get the hang of first but after you master the basics its quite simple and an easy tool to use when it comes to creating a spread.

Plan of the week

This is my first 'plan of the week' and its not Monday but I doubt it really matters.

This week I will mostly be doing... (a little bit of fast show humor)  ... Research. So I've just started a new module 'Typographic & Editorial Design' and for this week I must do two research tasks.

Task 1 is to pick one editorial designer from a list and research them. I picked a nice man called David Carson. I've already done this research task and I must say I really like his work. He's a American born graphic designer who became very famous in the 90's. My favorite piece of work of his that I found whilst researching is his cover for 'little white lies' magazine.

Little White Lies Cover

To me this is such a unique cover and I only wish I bought a copy when it came out, I've always like the idea of text over image and I think this cover does it perfectly. From the light delicate drawing of Natalie Portman to the strong unyielding use of type and placement. The films not bad either, just a bit weird in some places.

Task 2 is to pick one typographic designer from a list and research them. I picked Andrea Tinnes, I have started this task but not completed it yet. From the research that I have done already I can say she has some really cool typefaces out there one of my favourites from her website is DasDeck.

DesDeck Font

It appeals to the sci-fi nerd in me, what can I say give me a strong lined sans-serif type with slight curves and I'm in geek/typeface heaven.

I guess next Monday I'll review on how my research has gone this week. I bet you can't wait can you.