Assignment 4

InDesign Project II - comprehensive layout - Design a prototype for a new magazine. Design and produce a Cover, a Table of Contents and a two-page Feature Spread.

PURPOSE This project affords students with opportunities to: (1.) consider how design conveys meaning; (2.) employ design principles as tools of persuasion, navigation, and narration; (3.) select appropriate typefaces, styles, images, and image processes for use; (4.) demonstrate appropriate utilization of space; (5.) create effective image/ text combinations; (6.) create a grid that can be employed repeatedly; (7.) author and (re)present — by means of visual design — issues and ideas; (8.) explore and expand technical and aesthetic abilities; (9.) produce representative materials for presentation in a professional environment

Pages must measure 7.75 x 10.25 inches. No exceptions. This allows bleed areas to print on 8.5 x 11 inch paper, and allows two-page spreads to fit comfortably on a 20 x 16 inch piece of black board.

Pages will include story teasers, summaries and/ or contents. Main story contents can consist of greeking.

Board 1: will contain a Front Cover on the left and a Table of Contents (TOC) page on the right.

Board 2: will contain the opening two-page spread for a Feature Article.

TYPE: Use of typefaces is open; however, using more than two is not recommended. Instead, use different styles and weights within one or two typeface families, to create order and variety. Greeking: You may use greeking (“fake” or “dummy” text) instead of real text, throughout this project. But headlines, standing heads, subheads, bylines, photo credits, folios, pull quotes, etc. — anything other than text — should be real.

IMAGES Use of images is open; however, "borrowed" images (not created by a student) must be high quality, and include a credit line.

COLOR Use of color is open; however, this is a four color process project. All files must be saved in CMYK color mode.

BORDERS, MARGINS Pages must have text margins of (at least) 1/2 inch, all four sides. Permanent text elements (ex: tab text, folios) must have margins of (at least) 1/4 inch. Bleeds are allowed.

FURTHER REQUIREMENTS
Front Cover: logo/ nameplate, tag line, headline, cover art, cover blurbs (3), date, bar code, and price (USA and Canada).

Table of Contents (TOC): mini logo/ nameplate, tag line, date, volume number, issue num contents list (each item in the contents list must include: title, caption and page #), and cover art credit line.

Feature Article: headline, subhead(s) (or a standing head) byline, initial cap, art or photos, art or photo credit lines, text (in columns), pull quote, folio, and evidence of the consistent use of a grid (an invisible, structural design component)

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES 1. Center and mount each pair of pages — with a 1/8 inch gutter between pages — on a 20 x 16 inch sheet of black board. Attach a tracing paper overlay to each board. Use Xacto to trim pages to exact specifications of page. (7.75 in x 10.25 in) 2. Type, on one sheet of letterhead (8.5 x 11 inches), a single- spaced letter of explanation. Check spelling, grammar, punctuation, etc. Turn in pdf of layout in folder on HAS Share drive. Use this naming convention lastname4.pdf (i.e. royal4.pdf).