I very much enjoyed Gary Hustwit's new film Urbanized at the Plaza Theatre last night! Definitely a must see for designers if you liked Gary's other film Helvetica.
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Adobe Digital Publishing Tools now installed
Phillip Webb reports: The Adobe Digital Publishing Tools are now installed on AH468 iMacs 1 and 2 as well as the AH468 Instructor's Workstation.
If you haven't seen Laurissa's example of what Martha Stewart Living Magazine is doing with this, ask to see it - very cool!
If you haven't seen Laurissa's example of what Martha Stewart Living Magazine is doing with this, ask to see it - very cool!
Friday, October 21, 2011
General feedback on your magazines
I am at last getting a chance to look through your layouts and liking what I see very much! I am especially impressed with the thoughtful combinations of type faces and sizes - something many designers miss.
Somethings I've noticed in many documents:
~ Far too many FRRL paragraphs. Keep your same layout but flush left those paragraphs. It will be far more readable and hold the grid just fine - trust me!
~ While you don't need to fuss with line breaks in the text type yet, do give thought to line breaks in your headlines and subheads. It's fine to have short lines next to long lines but the contrast shouldn't be extreme. Try inserting soft returns to make your two-line heads more cohesive.
~ Headers provide a great opportunity to bring color into a layout, so reconsider those black headlines.
~ Now is the time to set paragraph styles! Put your cursor on type that is formatted the way you like, open the Paragraph Styles box, and create a new style (looks like the Create Swatch icon). Give it a meaningful name. Now you can instantly make global revisions, such as increasing or decreasing the text size throughout the document.
~ Many pages look thin on content. Sure, white space can be elegant, but work in more content gracefully to display your skill as a designer.
- Liz
Somethings I've noticed in many documents:
~ Far too many FRRL paragraphs. Keep your same layout but flush left those paragraphs. It will be far more readable and hold the grid just fine - trust me!
~ While you don't need to fuss with line breaks in the text type yet, do give thought to line breaks in your headlines and subheads. It's fine to have short lines next to long lines but the contrast shouldn't be extreme. Try inserting soft returns to make your two-line heads more cohesive.
~ Headers provide a great opportunity to bring color into a layout, so reconsider those black headlines.
~ Now is the time to set paragraph styles! Put your cursor on type that is formatted the way you like, open the Paragraph Styles box, and create a new style (looks like the Create Swatch icon). Give it a meaningful name. Now you can instantly make global revisions, such as increasing or decreasing the text size throughout the document.
~ Many pages look thin on content. Sure, white space can be elegant, but work in more content gracefully to display your skill as a designer.
- Liz
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Monday, October 17, 2011
Georgia State Expands Free Online Training with Lynda.com
Information Systems and Technology (IS&T) is excited to announce that we've expanded
Georgia State University's online technology training options to include a new library of media-rich courses from lynda.com.
Faculty, staff, and students now have 24-hour, unlimited access to lynda.com's online video library of courses for enhancing software and technology skills.
Lynda.com's training library provides:
- Access to over 1,000 courses, with new courses added every week
- The option to view courses in their entirety or as individual video segments, for just-in-time
learning while exploring a particular software application
- Instructor-led video courses give the experience of having a private tutor
- Printable certificates of completion to demonstrate skills learned
Lynda.com is available from both on and off-campus by connecting through the campus
network. To learn more about accessing this new service, visit:
http://www.gsu.edu/ist/lynda
If you have any questions about lynda.com, visit lynda.com's support center at
http://www.lynda.com/support/ or call 1-888-335-9632.
Georgia State University's online technology training options to include a new library of media-rich courses from lynda.com.
Faculty, staff, and students now have 24-hour, unlimited access to lynda.com's online video library of courses for enhancing software and technology skills.
Lynda.com's training library provides:
- Access to over 1,000 courses, with new courses added every week
- The option to view courses in their entirety or as individual video segments, for just-in-time
learning while exploring a particular software application
- Instructor-led video courses give the experience of having a private tutor
- Printable certificates of completion to demonstrate skills learned
Lynda.com is available from both on and off-campus by connecting through the campus
network. To learn more about accessing this new service, visit:
http://www.gsu.edu/ist/lynda
If you have any questions about lynda.com, visit lynda.com's support center at
http://www.lynda.com/support/ or call 1-888-335-9632.
Converting PDFs and Other Ebooks to ePub Format
This article from LifeHacker might be useful to anyone wanting to convert a PDF of their magazine to e-reader format. It's definitely not as sophisticated as using the Overlay Creator and Folio Builder extensions in InDesign, but it's a fast and easy way.
Thursday, October 6, 2011
The Making of "Little White Lies" a british film magazine
So Sean was showing us different spreads of "Little White Lies" today, which is a really beautiful, and inspirational film magazine...I went to their website and found a link to their process which was really interesting to watch ( their ID file had so many spreads..) Hope you guys enjoy watching it too!
Saturday, September 24, 2011
I am not an artist
Create you own animated gif about nonstop design workers and publish it on GIF PARANOIA
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Written Rationale Examples
Hey guys! Here are a few examples of written rationales that I found online.
This one is actually for a logo, but it had some really useful information and ideas. I like how the information is broken up and organized--you may want to consider the five elements that they've listed (symbolism, style, typography, relationship, and color) when coming up with your design plan.
This website was particularly helpful because it has actual examples.
Here is one of the examples that's relevant to our assignment.
Hope this was helpful!
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
BOOK DESIGN : Not required but recommended
Haslam designs science textbooks and has lots of ideas about combining text and images to communicate. Preview it here
Friday, September 2, 2011
DECK: one or more lines of text found between the headline and the body of the article. The deck elaborates or expands on the headline and topic of the accompanying text. Decks are set in a typeface that is sized somewhere between the headline and body text to provide contrast.
MASTHEAD: The listing in a newspaper or periodical of information about its staff, operation, and circulation.
SINK: The top margin; the space above the topmost element on the page.
MASTHEAD: The listing in a newspaper or periodical of information about its staff, operation, and circulation.
SINK: The top margin; the space above the topmost element on the page.
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
MRI has demographic information for many magazines
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You may need to access MRI through the GSU Library site.
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Thursday, July 14, 2011
Exact Editions lets you browse multiple issues online; see free previews
From Tank to Miniature Wargames to Green Parent
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