Serifs/sans serf

I was reading through one of my boyfriends muscle magazines the other day and ran across this article on "put Your Body Into 'Beta',but being a typer I recognized that they were using two different fonts.

On the second page of the article, they have a bullet or a sort of quote. They did this with a very nice serif that matched and went well with the san serif found every where else in the article.

It looked very clean and just noticeable but did not stuck out like a sore thumb.

Breviario Magazine

In my search for nice editorial design, I came across this Erik Spiekermann issue of Breviario magazine, and was just in awe of theses spreads. Since the issue is over Spiekermann, one can only assume the type and design would be outstanding. I really enjoy the oversized display sans-serif that is used for most of the headings and callouts and its paired opposite in the serif of the body text. I find myself being drawn to editorial design that does something more than just a basic head line and article. The way the text is interacting and hierarchically ordering the information is a skilled technique that I hope to accomplish in our exhibition catalog. This is a nice example of a strong grid system as well.  The magazine is designed by Boris Vargas Vasquez. 

Awesome book on Behance

I found this book on Behance and really liked the different type they used. One was super stencil/decorative while they used a more plain one for the body. Overall it came together really nice and I also really enjoyed the color palette.

Leitureas de Margues da Silva 

(Readings of Marques da Silva)

Joao Lima (Porto,Portugal)

 

 

CRAFT Magazine

CRAFT * is a magazine that talks about economy in arts, made in the discipline of publishing projects of structure, integrated in the Postgraduate Diploma in Graphic Design and Publishing Projects, in Escola Superior de Disseny i Enginyeria de Barcelona.

CRAFT uses multiple typefaces in their publication as seen in the pictures. For their main title text and body text, they stick to a serif font, using bold and regular styles.  It uses a new typeface as the display text in the last two images do a great job in complimenting the images around them.

http://www.editorialdesignserved.co/gallery/CRAFT-Magazine/1815735

post post modernism

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Gumlands - New Zealand Geographic 110

This design for the article Gumlands: Forgotten Treasures of the North for the magazine New Zealand Geographic Issue 110, is simple. It showcases the wildlife or other treasures of what I assume to be Northern New Zealand. It mostly uses the condensed sans serif as a display time, sometime it pairs it with heavy weighted slab to help it stand out. The body text is another sans, but one that is a lot more readable in body copy.

I like the overall simplicity (or the appearance that makes it simple). I have to say that I was drawn to the full page image for the start of the article. Some similar things will need to be done for my catalog.

Volta

Hi guys!

I found this on one of the design websites I frequent, Abduzeedo. The magazine is Volta and the designers were Francesco Muzzi, Giacomo Gambineri, and Matteo Gualandris. Here's a bit about it from the designers themselves:

We had to design a magazine about alternative energy sources.
Our main concept was to put everything in an historical perspective, showing how some of the energy sources we now consider as "alternative" were once the most common, showing how the future could get and finally showing the present as just a point in a long evolutionary process.
The parts about the past have a yellowish background and make use of b/w images, drop caps and a rigid grid. The parts about the present have a white background and use mostly photos and some little infographics with a more complex and versatile grid. The parts about the future have no fixed background colour and are completely based on infographics.

 What a smart way to be consistent and yet be able to differentiate the parts of the book that they needed. Also, they did really interesting things with their grid that really helped me see the benefit of more columns. Flexibility seems to be key in things like this. I will be keeping that in mind.

Uncut Magazine

 

                                      

I found this beautifully designed magazine on Behance. It's called Uncut Magazine, I really enjoy the movement & continuing-ness of this magazine. It is a great inspiration for my catalog book theme.  The type really involves the reader and keeps them excited to turn the page and see what interesting movement it will play with the images and headlines. I love that the display text is the only element that bleeds off the pages and that the text and images seem to be confined.