(F39)_Job:01-40630 Title:RP-Designing the Editional Experience
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8 DESIGNING THE EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE
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What Is Editorial Design?
Editorial design is a discipline of communication design
that specializes in publications of a serial, periodi-
cal nature, which are unified by a distinct editorial
or creative vision, are produced at a predetermined
frequency, and are made available by subscription
and/or strategic distribution.
A more tangible way to define editorial design would
be to say it is the design of magazines, newspapers,
and journals. But what is a magazine, newspaper, or
journal in an era where the form reading takes is not
tied to a single medium such as paper? Is a magazine
defined ...