Tuesday, 31 May 2011

PONYSTEP MAGAZINE LAYOUT- E MAGAZINE




PONYSTEP MAGAZINE. A NEW PUBLICATION AVAILABE TO VIEW ONLINE.

FREE MAGAZINE TEMPLATE FOR INDESIGN

http://www.designfreebies.org/design-templates/indesign-templates/free-exclusive-adobe-indesign-magazine-template/

Would give us a template to work with, however, it may look better if we design our own on indesign.

BERLIN FASHION WEEK, MODERN DESIGN MAGAZINE

GREAT LAYOUT, CAN BE DONE ON INDESIGN, SAVED AS A PDF, THEN SAVED TO A DISK WHICH WE CAN GIVE OUT.


BEAST ONLINE CREATIVE MAGAZINE

THIS IS AN ONLINE MAGAZINE FOCUSING ON 'DESIGN, TYPOGRAPHY, ART, ILLUSTRATION, PHOTOGRAPHY, MIND AND MATTER AND ALL KIND OF CREATIVE EXHAUSTS.'  PUBLISHED BY THOMAS SCHOSTOK, BEAST WAS A FREE MAGAZINE PUBLISHING TWELVE ISSUES. 



LOTS OF HANDWRITING, DOODLES, INK YOU WOULD THINK IT WOULD ONLY WORK AS A HARD PUBLICATION. YET IT LOOKS AMAZING AS AN E MAGAZINE.

ASOS ONLINE MAGAZINE

ASOS ALSO ARE AN ONLINE SHOPPING WEBSITE, AND HAVE AN ONLINE MAGAZINE. IT IS VERY EASY TO READ AND HAS GREAT CONTENT. IT HAS EXACTLY THE SAME FEATURES, LAYOUT OF A HARD COPY PUBLICATION, YET IS VERY ACCESSIBLE FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT FASHION STRAIGHT AWAY WITHOUT HAVING TO POP TO THE SHOP. MANY FASHION MAGAZINES ALSO HAVE APPS SO THE NEW ISSUES CAN BE PURCHASED AND READ ON AN IPAD. SOON THERE WILL BE NO NEED FOR PAPER COPIES WHICH WILL ALSO BE AN ADVANTAGE FOR THE PLANET.



NET A PORTER ONLINE MAGAZINE

NET A PORTER, ONLINE SITE FOR DESIGNER FASHION HAVE AN ONLINE MAGAZINE FOR THEIR CUSTOMERS. IN THEIR WORDS IT CONTAINS 'FABULOUS FASHION EDITORIAL, PHOTO SHOOTS AND FASHION VIDEOS EVERY WEEK. IT IS VERY EASY TO NAVIGATE, AND CONTAINS ADVERTISEMENTS MAKING IT REALLY FEEL LIKE A PUBLICATION, NOT JUST A WEBSITE. 




MOVIE OF ALL TRENDS - MADE FROM POWERPOINT




THIS VIDEO SHOWS ALL THE TRENDS, MOOD, WOMENSWEAR, MENSWEAR, ACCESSORIES AND COLOUR PALETTE. BY SHOWING THIS INFORMATION IN A VIDEO FORMAT IT COULD BE UPLOADED TO YOU TUBE, FACEBOOK OR EMAILED OVER TO CLIENTS. THIS COULD ALSO BE UPLOADED TO A CD, WHICH COULD BE POSTED TO CLIENTS, MAGAZINES, DESIGNERS. BACKGROUND MUSIC CAN ALSO BE ADDED TO THE VIDEO.

ALL IMAGES BY FRANCESCA TAYLOR

ONLINE MAGAZINE- BAK

FROM RESEARCHING A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT MAGAZINES BAK REALLY STOOD OUT. AGAIN A FLIP STYLE MAGAZINE ONLINE, WITH EACH ISSUE AVAILABLE TO BE DOWNLOADED FOR FREE FOR PC, MAC OR ONLINE.



LINK FOR EXISTING ONLINE MAGAZINES

http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/42-free-online-magazines-for-designers/

A WIDE RANGE OF ONLINE MAGAZINES THAT ARE AVAILABLE.

3D ISSUE TRIAL - ONLINE MAGAZINE LAYOUT


USING THIS ONLINE TRIAL WE CAN CREATE A MAGAZINE LAYOUT WITH OUT OWN IMAGES CHOOSING EITHER A SINGLE OR DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD. THIS WILL ENSURE WE HAVE A PROFESSIONAL LAYOUT FOR OUR TREND PACKAGE.

ONLINE MAGAZINE

AN ONLINE MAGAZINE SUCH AS FASHION156.COM IS AN ALTERNATIVE WAY TO A HARDBACK COPY. QUIRKY, CLEAN AND SPLIT INTO RELEVANT SECTIONS WITH  FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY AND ILLUSTRATIONS. THE FEATURES SECTION HAS CURRENT INTERVIEWS AND EDITORIAL.


                            

MAGAZINE-TEMPLATE OPTIONS

THE WAY WE WILL PRESENT OUT TREND PACKAGE WILL BE IN THE FORM OF AN ONLINE MAGAZINE. THIS WILL MAKE IT INTERESTING AND AN INTERACTIVE LEARNING BLOG FOR THE READER. THIS WILL TAKE THE FORM OF A DIGITAL PRESENTATION AS THIS WAY WE CAN REACH A LARGE AUDIENCE IN AN ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY WAY. SOCIAL NETWORKING IS ALSO A MASSIVE PART OF SOCIETY SO BY CREATING AN ONLINE PRESENTATION WE CAN ENSURE WE REACH OUR TARGET MARKET.

E MAGAZINE



One option is an E Magazine, as shown above. This lets the reader open the document and flick through the pages, like they are reading an actual magazine. 

REJUVENATE/REBIRTH

FOCUSING ON REUSE, ALTERING AND RECREATE. SEEING SOMETHING NEW COMING FROM SOMETHING OLD, BUT GETTING BETTER FOR THIS.






ALL IMAGES BY FRANCESCA TAYLOR

EXAGGERATED


THIS TREND FOCUSES ON ALL THINGS OVER THE TOP, UNREALISTIC AND EXAGGERATED. WETHER THIS BE SHAPE, COLOUR, FORM OR IDEA.







ALL IMAGES BY FRANCESCA TAYLOR

ANCIENT CIVILISATION

ANCIENT CIVILISATION TAKES US BACK TO THE PAST, ENABLING US TO UNLOCK SECRETS AND DRAW INSPIRATION FROM IT AS WELL. THIS CAN BE ANYTHING FROM TRIBAL TO THE MODERN WARRIOR, ALLOWING ENDLESS CREATIVITY. 





ALL IMAGES BY FRANCESCA TAYLOR

RETURN TO CRAFT

RETURN TO CRAFT FOCUSES ON GARMENTS AND ACCESSORIES CRAFTED BY HAND, USING TECHNIQUES SUCH AS KNITTING, EMBROIDERY, CROCHET, RECYCLING AND ACCESSORISING. WE FOCUS ON RE-INVENTION, RE-JUVENATION AND EXPLORATION. 




All images by Francesca Taylor

ZEITGEIST:SPIRIT OF THE TIME

Zeitgeist means 'spirit of the times', defined by wikipedia as the 'general culture, intellectual, ethical, spiritual, and/or political climate within a nation or even specific groups, along with the general ambience, morals, and sociocultural direction or mood of an era (i.e trend). Under this topic we have picked four trends.

RETURN TO CRAFT

ANCIENT CIVILISATION

EXAGGERATED

REJUVENATE/REBIRTH


ALL IMAGES BY FRANCESCA TAYLOR