Magazine Layout

Create a six-page magazine feature article

The Brief

Create a six-page magazine feature article combining text, pictures, call outs, and captions, and making effective use of white space

Trim Size

8.375 × 10.875 inches (213 × 276 mm)

Learning Points

  • Designing with a layout grid

  • Understanding the importance of paragraph styles

  • Working with captions and sidebars

Tools

InDesign, Photoshop

Fonts Used

Tisa, FontAwesome

Inspiration

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Along with book design, magazine design is a fundamental typographic skill. Every graphic designer needs to be comfortable setting up and working on magazine layouts — otherwise, we’d have to admit that print is dead, and we’re not ready for that.

For most magazine work, you’ll be working ...

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