Connor's Mag

First I decided to post a cover of Vogue because the magazine that I am working on for the assignment is is going to be mocking some of the stylistic attributes as well as some of the content but swayed in the favor of the "Bro" community. The technique of sticking to two or three fonts and two or three colors on the cover, similar layout, and very similar font/logo for the mast head. As for the fusion of the two target markets for the magazine below I posted a GQ to the right which would resemble the content of my final product, yet still mocking the style of Vogue.

Justin Orris

I picked this because clear and basic headings and the use of multiple typefaces, yet still keeping a unified look.
Justin Orris

Mari's Magazine Style

When we first got this assignment, this magazine immediately popped into my head for two reasons; [1] because it'd been on my mind a lot lately and [2] because I really admire the artistic drive behind each issue.  The magazine is a good blend of keeping readers in the know about current games and related things, and also taking the time to make sure that the issue has aesthetic merit.  For that, I hope to model my own magazine around the same principles - while delivering to a slightly older demographic (Game Informer aims for mostly males ages 18 to 34).  The cover of my magazine will also exhibit an illustration that corresponds with a new video game.  The colors will be a bit warmer this issue example though.  However, I want to keep the clean look of the magazine layout - Game Informer tries not to clutter their cover illustrations - by minimizing the presence of the article previews on the cover.

Carolina's Magazine

This magazine follows basically the same subject matter as I'm looking at for my magazine. I hope to make my design more aesthetically pleasing to draw in the more general public as well as scientifically minded. I think I will be using the reddish-orange (or cool blues) color palette though, which is a common theme throughout scientific magazine's I've looked at. 

Megan's Magazine Cover

I picked this cover to submit because it is very similar to the direction I want to take mine in.  I want to do a high fashion magazine for liberal women in their mid-30s, but take that high fashion and make it applicable to their daily lives. My plans for the cover are to have a picture of a female model with a simple background just like this one.  I plan on having the headlines form around the model, with the magazine title slightly hidden behind the model.

Andrea's Magazine Cover

I'm currently trying to choose between a variety of styles for my cover, but here is one. I really like how Vogue (or in this case, Vogue Korea) uses type in relation to the cover. I also like how they used color in this particular cover. It is very simple palette--black and white with a red accent.

Kim's magazine

This magazine is similar to the magazine I am designing. It has a lot of the same ideas- magazine for mothers in their mid thirties that discusses cooking, cleaning, children, and self-improvement. My image for my cover will either be of a woman (like this) or of a home setting (kitchen, garden, etc). The only difference between this magazine and mine is that I am taking a "green" spin on mine, focusing on how to "go green" at home.

Bailey Magazine Cover

The photograph I took for the cover of my magazine is really similar to this image on Parents Magazine. I had my boss and his little girl model model for me, and the cover shot is when she is on his shoulders holding up a sign. Kinda creepy how close they are. I have similar topics, because a lot of my magazine focuses on families, but the colors in my design will be much different. I have darker and less kiddy colors because 1) it's fall and 2) the magazine isn't all about kids.

Allison's Magazine

This magazine cover is similar to mine. This magazine and mine have the same audience, females in their 30-40s most likely moms. It has an artsy girly feeling to it, but yet there is a style and design present. They both have similar color pallets, soft pastel tones. This uses teal and a salmon color while mine uses light pink and yellow. Also they both have an image that takes up the entire cover.

Liz's similar magazine style

I chose this magazine cover because it explores similar topics and ideas as my cover such as: exercise, nutrition and healthy lifestyles. I want my cover to include a model as the focal picture as well as large bold headlines. The main photo will be the only picture on the cover, the rest of the cover will be taken up by text. This cover also incorporates some of the fonts that I am interested in. Most of fonts used in the large headlines include a drop shadow, which I use in my cover. All of the font are sans serif and the majority of the headlines are left justified.

Sarah's Magazine Cover

I chose the magazine Paste to model my cover after because I like the overall composition of the image and text and how they all work together. I also like the variety of fonts used, it adds a lot of viewer interest and typographical diversity that isn't always common on magazine covers. The alignment of the article titles are also different and unexpected, like the left justified text in the right most column. I'm not sure if I would be able to pull it off, but it is a good source of inspiration.

Matthew's Magazine Style

I chose this magazine cover because it has similar ideas that I would like to incorporate into my cover.  The arrangement of the furniture is also related to the cover line topics as they are not all in a straight line but rotated. Kind of a fun idea.  The one thing I like the best is the placement of the magazine name.  I like how most of these covers from this magazine have a white background with the title block and then a picture of some sort right beneath it.

Terri's Magazine Style

I chose this TV Guide magazine because I would like my magazine cover to look somewhat similar to this.  I want an image taking up most of the background and then having either pictures or article titles to the side. I like how they have the translucent blue with the main theme of the article written in big font. I also like how, even though the title of the magazine is small, it's easy to see and understand what it is compared to the rest of the magazine.

Kayla's Magazine Inspiration

I chose this magazine cover not only because it incorporates similar topics as my magazine will (women, business & fashion) but I also really like the mainly left justified style. I also like the full picture taking up the entire cover and the variety in the text size and color. For my magazine I plan to keep the headlines organized and simple, not overlapping the main subject of the picture. I think the colors and the way this cover is laid out overall is very attractive for the fashion aspect of my magazine, but the organized structure of the text will appeal to the business aspect. 

Sam's Similar Magazine Style

My magazine I think will end up looking similar to In Style magazine. I like the bold title block and band of color across the top of the magazine. I also plan on using san serif fonts, since a family/kids magazine is less formal. I want to overall keep my magazine fairly simply and not too busy, since the images themselves seem to have a lot going on. There is a focus on kids, crafts, cooking, and other smaller details in the pictures that might get lost if there is too much else going on in the layout, text, etc. 

Lizz's Similar Magazine Style

I think that my magazine will be stylistically similar to that of GQ magazine. I envision clean, simple text [sans-serif], with a bold magazine title and headlines, as is demonstrated on the cover above. The spreads will again be simple, but kept interesting as in GQ with colorful blocks delineating different stories, as well as type size. I like the boldness of GQ's images, but plan to highlight products in my photos more so than people, as I am creating a technology/gadgets magazine. Overall, I like the crisp look of GQ, and hope to transfer some of their clean design over to my project.

Bailey's Cause Borders

I used many borders for my poster, mainly in the nutrition label. The meat package has a 1.25"x1" border. The text outside of the packaging is centered, leaving a 5"x.5" border for the top and 1"x.5" border on the bottom. For the nutrition label, I followed FDA regulations from this website
http://www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceComplianceRegulatoryInformation/GuidanceDocuments/FoodLabelingNutrition/FoodLabelingGuide/ucm064904.htm

Overall, I wanted to give a straightforward appearance to the poster, so that directed my borders.

Sarah's Cause Poster

I chose to utilize a border around my poster in respect to the text, but not the image. The border is not consistent on each side because I felt the larger text toward the top was too heavy and would create tension when placed as close to the edge as the smaller website text in the bottom right. I suppose it isn't exactly a border then, but more of a use of space. I feel my border?/use of space is successful because it keeps the viewer's eye within the frame of the poster and does not lead them outside of the constraints.

Matthew's Poster border

I chose not to use a border because of the background I used.  I modified the background to represent a forrest that is green and lush and a body of water in the lower half.  As recycling reflects more than just one specific contained area, adding the border would feel like it was closing it off.  In promoting recycling in my poster, having no borders also represents recycling should also not be contained in certain areas but everywhere.

Connor's Poster- Borders?

For my poster I chose to bleed the images to the edges rather than creating a border to contain the image. Instead of using a border to contain the elements of the poster I opted to use the blue shapes to frame the content. In addition to those shapes I also kept a margin of about .25" from the edge of the poster to maintain a uniform appearance within a gridded organizational strategy. 

Liz's Poster border

I chose not to give my poster a border but instead to make the image (ripples in the water) seem to extend outside of the poster and appear to expand forever. All of my text is well away from the sides of my poster. While my poster does not follow the “Z” pattern, it leads the viewer’s eye down the poster because I created it in the “tombstone” format. I don’t think having a border would benefit my poster. If anything, having the white border takes away from the intensity of the yellow background and bright orange water. And it will also make the images as well as text seem to centered.

Andrea's Poster Borders

I did not put a border around my poster, instead choosing to allow the photos to bleed to the edge. I did make sure my text was within a half-inch from the edge of the poster so it was easier to read. This creates the illusion of a boarder in the lower third of the poster.

Lizz's Poster Borders

On my poster, I used a small border around the entire edge. The edge of the quotation mark on the top matched up with the edge of the magenta text towards to bottom to create a unified border on the right. Everything on the bottom of the poster is about a half inch from the bottom, with the "logo" pushed up a little further to help balance out the heavy left side with some extra space. The border along the right side is smaller then the one on the left, but still pushes the text away from the edge. Along the top, the text is about an inch down from the top, with the bounding shape coming almost to the edge of the poster to add some tension and to draw attention to the text.

Terri's Poster Borders

In my recycling poster, I indirectly used borders around the entire poster.  On each vertical side, the furthest out scrabble letter lines up with the words at the bottom of the page.  At the bottom, the call to action part of the poster creates a sort of boundary between it and the bottom of the page.  At the top, the "G" in green is the closest to the top of the page. If you'd follow your eyes back and forth across the page, the is a small border.

The poster is also split up into a grid, that isn't totally even, but "recycle" and "energy" split the page into three different sections.  The viewers' eyes can follow the "Z" formation across the poster. First by reading the top of the page from left to right where it has "environment" and then follow the scrabble letters from the top right, diagonally down to the left, and eventually the eyes will meet with the text at the bottom.  The tree stump is a sort of "V" formation to the bottom, which also leads the eye to the text at the bottom.

Carolina: Border

My poster creates a visual border (though there is not actually one there) throught the placement of type and objects near the border. For example, the light post, which lines up with the type below it is about a half inch from the edge of the page. The type at the top is following the same pattern. Though most of the images (the streetlight, the blue box, the background itself) bleed off the page, the type standing a safe distance away creates that border.

The words 'Why Drive?' don't follow the existing border pattern, but because most of the x heights on the letters do, they are percieved to be continuing the border.

Allison: Border

I filled the entire poster with an image that I took so I did not include a border. The image that I used had a predominately black background and if I were to add a border I think the effect of the intense lighting would have been minimized. Allowing the black to fade off the page made the impact of the bowl (the focal point of the image) a lot stronger. The border would have been distracting.

Megan's Grid Poster

This poster is definitely done on a grid.  There are five separate vertical columns, with the gun crossing into three others, and the title spanning across the middle three columns. 

Kayla's Poster

My poster didn't utilize an obvious, outlined boarder. In my revisions I worked to move my text around to include it inside the transparent blue strip across the bottom, leaving some room all the way around as an "invisible boarder" to contain the text. Also looking at the poster as a whole, though the smoke at the top is somewhat, "left wandering into the world" as Tony put it, the entire image is on the page and nothing is cropped out, again, implying a boarder by leaving some space so the viewer knows where the poster ends.

SAM: Cause Poster

My poster for diabetes awareness uses a grid format in its design. Although I didn’t use the classic “Z” formation for the most part in terms of where I placed the text in my image, I feel that the layout of my design still moves the viewer from one area of the image to the next. The viewer is drawn in to the highly saturated and visually appealing vegetables, which leaves them wondering “unite for what?”. Which then leads you to the text, first asking a question, answering the question, and leaving the viewer with somewhere to go for more information.

In terms of how I used a grid in my poster, The “unite” image takes up two-thirds (vertically) and the green information bar takes up the last third. The informational text is also aligned on a horizontal grid with the vegetables (top of the pea pods, bottom of the carrots). I also left a ½” border around the entire poster to contain the image. 

MARI: Cause Poster

My poster for our second assignment uses a grid layout - but minimally.  All of my text is centered around the apple to give order to the layout.  The syringes act as arrows, point toward the apple and directing the eye to the focal point of the poster.  The apple is where the message lies; first we interpret that message based on the image.  'What could syringes stuck in an apple possibly mean? Oh, there are unhealthy chemicals being forced into the food' etc. Then as the eye travels down, this interpretation is reinforced by the big text "Do you know what's in your food?"  The rest of the text is additional info about the cause: a quote describing the concern of today's food industry, followed by a supporting organization and how to contact them for even more info.  The bottommost line of text with the contact info finishes the grid layout with a hint of the classic Z formation.  Our eyes travel down and to the left, then reading the line to the right (picking up info along the way).

Overall I kept the poster clean and simple, and used highly saturated colors in order to give it a very manufactured, almost cold-laboratory feel.  Very fake and very unnatural - communicating the unnatural customization of much of our foods today.

Linda's Grid Poster.

This poster is used with grids. The title of the event is placed largely and centered at the top. There are two columns that makes up the information. The one on the left is more descriptive with a paragraph because it explains what the even is. The column on the right is more of the schedule and is outlined.



Justin's grid poster

This is a poster for the Quebec Metal Fest 9. it consists of a main image on top, then two columns going down consisting of the bands playing on certain days. Ending with another a centered group of text with the sponsors split up back in to the two columns.

Sam's Grid Poster

I chose this poster that is raising awareness on water conservation in Africa. Although there is not much to this image, it still seems to be laid out in a grid format. The word water is centered on a horizontal grid line. The words that come down from the letter 'r' also run vertically along a grid line that continues down to the text in the center of the "splash" of words.

Liz's Grid poster

This poster is definitely very grid-like. It contains multiple boxes of pictures that leads the viewers eyes down and back each row of pictures and eventually towards the title of the poster. While this is not an obvious z shape layout, it does possess some qualities of one. You start out by reading the word “childhood” then scroll through the boxes of pictures underneath and eventually they lead you to “OBESITY” in very large red letters, and then towards the facts and other information underneath it.

-Liz Qi

Matt's Grid Poster

I chose this band poster from last year  because of the grid pattern used throughout the piece.  His name is centered but right justified at the top.  It also lines up nicely with the folk exchange festival information at the bottom with his picture.  Everything is lined up at the right, showing the time, folk festival icon and the website.   The left shows the time, and ticket price and address.  The part I like the most about the whole poster is the color palette.

Sarah's Grid Poster

This poster is good example of the grid format. There seems to be 4 columns, demonstrated by the 4 sections of text along the bottom of the poster. The text toward the top, for the most part, also stays within these constraints. The text inside each of these columns is left aligned. Multiple horizontal rows, though less important than vertical columns, are also obvious.

Terri's Poster

This poster is a great example of the "Z" formation in a grid poster. The text is scattered in the Z form from the top left to the right and down to the website info in the center and then information underneath. The top text and the E on Educate on the bottom of the page line up with each other. The yellow circle designs also make the eye move from the upper right to the left middle and back to the bottom right. As simple as the the poster is, it really gets the viewers' eyes moving across it.

MARI: Grid Poster

So...it's not April. Or 2008. But I like the poster and I thought it fit the grid layout pretty well.  The design is simple and clean. The red, white, and blue (though oddly reminiscent of the US flag colors) work well together and the information is legible.  The classic Z layout is incorporated; the eye is immediately grabbed by the 'National Poetry Month' text in the top left corner.  As our eyes skim down and to the right, we read the text.  Our eyes then settle on blurb of a quote/poem, before registering the date of the event, and then the sponsors for the event.  All the info is listed from most important/crucial to least. The date and poem are aligned to the left in the grid layout.  The sponsors at the bottom break the uniform by centering with the main image.

Lizz's Grid Poster

I chose this non-profit poster about because it employs a simple four-column grid. Obviously, the center two columns are highlighted with the red rectangle, as well as the large headlines centered in between the two middle columns. The outside columns are taken up by the photograph in the background. In the red rectangle, most text stays within its column, with the exception of the text near the top which is centered between the two columns, and the information regarding "dinner" & "sessions", which starts halfway into a column. The use of the 4-column grid makes this poster visually interesting, and a successful design. 

Carolina's Poster

This Woodstock poster is an example of the simple four colum grid. The larger and more important type on the right side occupies two fourths of the grid while the two smaller chunks of type fit into the third and fourth gridlines. I found in interesting that only the type on the far right side is centered, there doesn't see to be a reason for that.

Poster: Grid Style- Connor

The grid: this poster's got it for sure. The obvious layout of the poster is in quadrants, but the less obvious grids within are highlighted with the centered text in the lower left quadrant and the upper and lower right quadrants, the text shares a common grid/margin on the left of their respected quadrants.

Allison's Grided Poster

This poster is an example of the grid-like layout because of both the image itself and also the text in the upper right of the page. Its equally divided into halves and also at the bottom dividing the black box and the white keys. The text is then lined up in about a forth of the page. I think its a very bold, simple, and successful poster.

Caitlin's Grid Poster

This grid poster is straight-forward; the text is all flushed right. Each line of text aligns with the one previously (this being both at the beginning and end of said text).  The eye begins at the top right corner, follows the bird's wings down and to the left, and ends with the large text box at the bottom right. 

Kayla's Grid Poster

I chose a poster created, obviously, for the iPod. I really like these ads and I think this one particularly follows the "Z" format we talked about in class. When reading it, I recognize the Apple logo and the "iPod" then the color and image of the person, and then my eyes cross back over and down to the text at the bottom. I also noticed that the left edges of the apple and the "10,000" line up on a grid.

Sam's Grid Poster

This poster is for the UCH Cancer Campaign and clearly uses a grid format in it's design. The white text above the heart, the "give from the heart" and the University Community Hospital Foundation logo is all left justified along the same margin. The poster itself can be divided down the center into two columns, where the "give from the heart" slogan is centered along the division line and the logo and text is in each column.

Andrea's Grid Poster

This poster is arranged using a two column grid. Some of the text crosses both columns and is centered. This is a retro-looking poster, so it breaks some of the traditional "rules" about centered text.

kim's grid poster

I chose this water awareness poster because it shows a professional look and design. A grid system was used here dividing the page vertically in three rows. The left side of the page lines up the block of text at the top with the logo on the bottom. The poster is successful because the large typeface is a focal point which leads the eye into the detailed text and the photo.

Caitlin's Cause Website

http://www.dove.us/#/cfrb/

I chose Dove's campaign for beauty as my website - it reflects mine in such a way that acceptance is the main concept. Dove's campaign focuses on inner beauty and accepting what you find, my cause supports the acceptance of other cultures and what you find.

BIOFuel Site- REally exciting (sarcasm)

So This is the site that I found that was both an advocate for biofuel and a supported informant of biofuels and all that applies to it. This is the most exciting site that I could find that was in support of Biofuels, and thats not saying a lot it has minimal aesthetic which consists of pictures of "clean environment" and the plants where the ethonol is produced. http://www.bfenergy.com/

Matthew's Cause Poster

I chose this poster because sometimes we don't always know if something should be recycled or not, and if it can, how do we go about it. I think it does a good job of explaining this issue very succinctly. Even though this is an illustration rather than a photo I still think the message is very clear and I think it could be done as a photograph and have the same meaning.

Sarah's Cause Website

I chose the website for the Let's Move campaign, launched by First Lady Michelle Obama this past February in order to raise awareness and promote a healthier generation of kids. This ties in to my cause, which is obesity, but focuses specifically on children becoming more active and eating right. I think the site is a very successful design, primarily because of the color choices. The bright hues are both attractive and relevant to children, and the accent colors of blue and orange as a complimentary pair really hold the whole thing together.

http://www.letsmove.gov/

Liz's cause poster

I chose this poster from the energy conservation AwarnessIDEAS because this is the issue that my poster will explore. I am focusing more on water conservation while this poster is concentrating on energy conservation as a whole but I feel that this poster can definitely relate to my cause.  I’m not a huge fan of the text in this poster I feel like it could be a lot more catchy and less boring, but I really love how the earth is depicted as a large orb like shape filled halfway with water. The poster itself is very self explanatory and easy to understand, but yet it is visually powerful and effective. In my poster I also wish to incorporate the earth into my design, and this poster has greatly influenced me for this assignment.

Lizz's Cause Posters

I chose this small series of sexual health awareness posters for a few reasons. First, they clearly relate to my topic of sexul health/education. They also deal with urban myths about sex, or commonly mis-interpreted phrases about sex. It's a funny, ironic way to deal with things that people actually think are fact, and make them question those beliefs about sex. I also really loved the simple sketchy feel of the drawings, almost like they're on the cover of old pattern books. The dialogue is funny, yet blunt and really gets the message across. Overall, the posters are easy to read and understand, but serve their purpose well.