InDesign is used to design and create magazine layouts and other documents meant for printing like posters, leaflets etc... it has specific settings for a printing project, like bleed settings and text columns. Whilst researching some form of artworks for InDesign I happened upon the Behance account of Ivan Kolygin I really liked his design of his Art and Design magazine called Single. I liked his choice of colours and the way he distributed his layout. so I decided to try and replicate it, albeit without copying his design exactly.
Figure 1: Front Page (Behance)
Figure 2: Layout (Behance)
Figure 3: Layout 2 (Behance)
I looked for a tutorial on designing magazines on InDesign, it was mainly for the techniques used and the tools necessary rather than the 'how to' of designing itself.
I started working on my magazine which I decided to do on Vintage photography. I chose some of my photos to include in the magazine and started browsing for fonts that I thought would suit the theme that I had in mind. Eventually I opened a new document with the required settings for an A5 magazine with 5mm bleed and three columns. I started placing boxes and text and deciding what looked best and eventually got the desired design.
Figure 4: Work Space (Original Source)
Figure 5: Work Space 2 (Original Source)
Figure 6: Front Page (Original Source)
Figure 7: Spread (Original Source)
References
Photoshop Creative TV, (2018). Indesign CC tutorial | designing magazine page - YouTube [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fT-C9R-4o-w [Accessed 3/11/2018].
Behance, (2018). Magazine about Art & Design on Behance [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.behance.net/gallery/28908801/Magazine-about-Art-Design [Accessed 3/11/2018].
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