Magazine+Page+Design

=Magazine Page Design = Magazines are everywhere—just look around! There is magazine for every topic you can think of, and probably even more than that. Somebody has to create the design for all theses magazines, and it may as well be you!

Project: Magazine Page Design
Create a magazine page design for the WHS magazine: "The Talon". The design may include 3 different "events" (articles, cartoons, spotlights, etc) or one major story.

//**Group Project: **// With 2- 3 students per group, each student will need to contribute their ideas, strategies and work ethic in order to finish the page design. The page design can include comics, photography and artwork, articles and points of view, anything the students can imagine in a magazine, with a focus on the target audience (in this case, high school students).

> You must include your name next to each article written. You must also include the names of any students who contributed in anyway, including photos, drawings or sculpture, etc.
 * Specifications: **
 * 8 x 10 inches / .125 bleed / .5 margins
 * One page or a two page spread.
 * Black, PMS 200 text with full color images - Gradients are acceptable.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 23.4px;">Body Copy font: Palatino, no larger than 10 pt
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 23.4px;">Sub-Headings: Arial (Any Style)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 23.4px;">Headings: Any Decorative or Script font

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 30.42px;">Step One: Write the Articles
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 23.4px;">Yes, you must write! AND, you must read! Follow the design process using this worksheet:

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 23.4px;">Choose a topic that interests you, and write 100-250 words (around 3 paragraphs max) about the topic. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 23.4px;">Have a member in your group read your article.

//<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 23.4px;">Have your English teacher check out your writing! //

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 23.4px;">Remember, your target audience is the community at The Waltham High School, <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 23.4px;">choose a topic that you are interested in reading, and others will be too. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 23.4px;">Consider these magazine article ideas: >
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 23.4px;">What it’s like being part of a after school group, band or sport team
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 23.4px;">Playing an instrument, creating art
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 23.4px;">Favorite game or game system contrast article (are you PlayStation or Xbox?)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 23.4px;">Write an article about being in school; your favorite class or school group
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 23.4px;">Write your own story about an event or fictional story
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 23.4px;">Interview someone in the school; student, teacher, custodian...
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 23.4px;">Include one of your drawings, and then write about the drawing.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 23.4px;">Include one of your photographs, and then write about the photo
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 23.4px;">Write about your neighborhood or family

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 30.42px;">Step Two: Collect Images
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 23.4px;">Start collecting images to enhance your magazine article. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 23.4px;">The image could be a photo taken by you or someone else in the high school (please no Internet photos!).

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 23.4px;">A drawing, illustration or painting, a photo of a sculpture, or even a scan of some texture or pattern. Consider collecting as many as possible—you may not use them all, but they may inspire your design in some way!

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 30.42px;">Step Three: Set-up InDesign[[image:magazine-layout-7.jpg align="right"]]
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 23.4px;">Create the page layout in InDesign, remember the margins and bleed setting!

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 23.4px;">Keep “facing pages” checked on when creating a two page spread.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 23.4px;">Create separate layers within the document to keep things organized (text layer, photos, graphics) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 23.4px;">Create the PMS 200 swatch. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 23.4px;">Start laying out the design.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 30.42px;">Step Four: Adobe Photoshop
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 23.4px;">Use the leading digital imaging software to crop images, make selections and remember the resolution! <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 23.4px;">300 res / .Tiff

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 30.42px;">Step Five: Design! Design! Design![[image:magazine-layout-11a.jpg align="right"]]
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 23.4px;">Try different layout on copied pages. Each student must create a page design idea with the exact same articles and images. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 23.4px;">Pay close attention to Advanced Typography features, including; leading, kerning, widows, rivers and orphans.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 23.4px;">**Objectives** //(students will learn)//
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 23.4px;">Page Layout using Adobe InDesign
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 23.4px;">Advanced Typography including: Leading, Kerning, Widows, Rivers and Orphans. Column Guides and Text Wrap
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 23.4px;">Pantone Matching System color swatches
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 23.4px;">File Extensions and Printing Considerations

<span style="color: #c93213; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 30.42px;">Resources
//<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 23.4px;">Check out these websites for information and inspiration: //

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 23.4px;">Behance Network: The Creative Professional Platform <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 23.4px;">@http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Modern-Design-Magazine-13/110328

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 23.4px;">Best Design Options: Design Ideas and Tutorials <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 23.4px;">@http://bestdesignoptions.com/?p=4076

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 23.4px;">Magazine Art from the Golden Age of Illustration <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 23.4px;">@http://www.magazineart.org/

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 23.4px;">Print Magazine <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 23.4px;">@http://www.printmag.com/

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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 23.4px;">Fast Company: Years best magazine design

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