As an introduction into our new, editorial based project. We were tasked to, once again get into groups and then create some rough sketches of layouts based on a chosen topic, the topic my group was given was titled, “Wallpaper, In or Out?”
After some deliberation as to whether or not we wanted to change the topic, we decided to stick to the Wallpaper title and began finding articles to create a layout around. My article was relatively short in text so i knew i would have to use large amounts of imagery in order to prevent my work from looking to empty. Due to the modern trend nature of the article i decided o create a very modern looking finish to my design, keeping it simple yet effective. I think i did this well, the large image showcasing Wallpaper alongside well placed body copy and headings. However our group lacked consistency throughout our 8 pages, using different fonts and varying pace throughout, others did not go for the modern approach as much and so the results looked too contrasting. However from this exercise i have learnt much about the editorial process and was able to look at some more successful outcomes from other groups, this task served as an interesting and valuable introduction into editorial design as well as a welcome re-introduction into the programme Adobe InDesign, I will be using InDesign a great deal more over the coming weeks so, using grid systems to create a piece of editorial design in roughly five wees time. If i were to do this exercise again I would correlate more closely with my group as well as experiment more with the grid system, rather than keep with the relatively simple 3 column grid and 12.7mm margins that our group used throughout the entirety of the workshop.
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