AMR // Publication Layout // Stage 2

I have gone through and edited all the points that were made in the feedback. I really helped to come back to the publication with a fresh eye as I started to see other areas that needed to be tweaked slightly that I hadn't noitced before. 

I justified the colums as well throughout the article which has made a huge amount of difference. Some of the spreads have been kept the same, with minor changes, but others have changed drastically and are much better for it. Overall the article reads a lot smoother than it did before. 

I have isolated the quote that before, was in between two columns of text, it reads much better and looks better. 

I have swapped around the pages here and added in the logo of Audiojack's Label because when the article was printed out before I didn't feel there was enough on the page, especially considering it was the opening page to the article. 

I have re-arranged the height, number and position of the columns so it is more readable, also I have removed the two lines at the two of the paragraphs that were slightly isolated. 

I tried to keep this page as similar to the previous design as this was one of the pages I was happiest with. 

I had a few problems trying to lay out the rest of the article, I had to swap the images around. 

I have added in an extra column here to make it more readable, and shortened the height of them. 

I have swapped the pages around, and isolated the quote so there is more text on the second of the pages, making the overall spread more balanced.

Overall I am very happy with the development of the publication. I have designed the contents page and just need to add in the advert for the app, the advert for the music blog and the ad for the next issue with an image of the chosen cover design. 

AMR // Printed Publication // Stage 1

From the layout that I finished earlier I have printed out a black and white a5 version, primarily because I know I will be reprinting it and editing it slightly so I wanted to save print costs.

I actually really like the black and white print out and I will include one of these in the final outcomes on the proper stock.

Some of the pages still need a bit of editing, I still need to add page numbers and a contents page but overall I am very pleased with how the publication looks.

There are 3 blank pages at the back of the publication that I had to include so it would make 32 pages, one of which I am going to advertise the music blog, the other the phone app...and the final one I am not quite sure yet!

Some areas of the design I need to revisit;

Audiojack - the first page, it is a little dull at the moment and needs more on it.

I need to change the images to CMYK from RGB.

Audiojack - the quote on the interview page needs to have smaller ledding and kerning.

Check the DPI of some of the images as they have come out pixilated - if need be then find a better image...

Printed Publication_Stage 1

These are two of the layouts which I like the most...and that I will refer back to when trying to improve the weaker pages of layout.

AMR // Layout Development

I have returned to the brief with the aim of being able to print it out and finish at leaste the first eiditon of it today. Below are screenshots of the developments. The layout I had before was very basic and I hadn't paid much attention to it, I was more concentrating on getting all of the information and the images on the page.

I have also added the last featured producer; Bakermat, a young producer from the Netherlands.


Layout Development

Maya Jane Coles // Page Design

I have replace the primary image to another high quality one. The previous image was the same as the photograph on her website and I didn't think it felt right, also you couldn't see her face so it would make the article less personal. 

I have used Future for all of the text but used a combination of condensed italic and bold. 

I think this is a step in the right direction, it still needs a lot more development but I am happier with the typeface choice and it is similar to the typeface I was looking for in the Loud and Quiet article. 

When looking back at the page design I went through my notes and my design context blog, I realised that I had left out two pieces of information that I wanted to include for each artist / dj; their social media and music website links, and their tour dates (if they are available.)

I started with the information left aligned but then changed it to the right to see which one was better. I do still have to fit in her tour dates somewhere on the page but this is just testing out the layout and white space. I will decrease the size of the website links to include the tour dates which will also be in a small point size. 

I prefer the right alignment more because it makes the page design a little different and more exiting. I am going to make the web links much smaller as they are not as important as her tour dates and review of her music.