Wednesday, 12 January 2011

Minimal_Final Magazine.

The most obvious thing i have done to the magazine through development is add a front cover. I'm still not entirely sure if the front cover works with the rest of the magazine content but it doesn't look out of place. The welcome page to the magazine has altered with the "welcome to the inaugural issue" now at the bottom of the page. The blue used to the page has changed from pantone 9400C to 2707C. Mainly because it works better with the front cover and because it makes the type more legible.

The typeface used has now changed. Originally i was using Futura STD for the headings and main body. Now its Eurostile. Reason are mainly down to the fact that i noticed that a colleague of mine was using the same type for his magazine and i wanted to be different. I also feel that it works better throughout the publication. In doing this i also dropped the point size from 8 to 7 for the main body of text. The leading is now 8.5 which makes the columns of text very tight and precise. The numbers for the pages have changed position and are now at the bottom not above the age name. This was mainly because i got sick of the fact the numbers kept changing hight. In doing this more consistency flows through the publication.

Page 06-07: I changed this page because the full spread image was pixelated. I also need a info page about minimalism so it felt right to have this at the begging and to remove the full spread image.

Page 16: This page changed from having four images to a signal one. I had the images in a pattern but this i felt didn't really work. The signal image looks good and works well with the layout. I also got a higher resolution of that particular image.

Finally; i have highlighted the names of the products so they stand out more. Some small details have been changed around the publication that you probably wouldn't notice at first glance. All these small details i feel are very important and make the publication what it is. Minimal has to be quality, without this minimal is just; nothing.


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