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Front Cover

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Week 21

Question 1

Have a look at all the tasks and lessons you have done over the last few weeks. Your task now is to make a cover (a front page) for your very own magazine.

  1. Go through the Graphic Design history timeline and choose a style and designer that you feel relates best to your personality.
  2. Using that designer/style as inspiration, use your name or part of your name and create a title/name for your magazine. Feel free to be creative!
  3. Add your own pictures, text, illustrations, elements as well as the proper typography and titles for your cover.
  4. The expression must represent your personality (remember the color choice regarding this).
  5. Remember to include what kind of magazine it is, for example cars/bikes, fashion, design, weddings, etc.

This magazine cover is inspired by the New Wave movement. New Wave designers rejected the order and cleanliness of the Swiss grid-locked design and typography, experimented and broke the rules. I find it fascinating how different elements with apparently nothing in common can work together to form exciting and beautiful compositions. I recently came across Carly Guppy’s work. She creates collage art and mixed media pieces inspired by vintage photographs, found papers and patterns, plants and animals. Her art was an inspiration for this task too.

I initially named the magazine “On the Move”, but my teacher suggested dropping the E, as this more ‘rebellious’ spelling is in line with the style, and people would still be able to read it. MOV are my initials (Mónica Otero Vidal).

The main picture is a self-portrait I took last semester with the use of a tripod and timer. I integrated it in the collage, with other stock images and graphic elements using illustrator. Blue, purple and green are my favourite colours, that is what I chose them. Both the photos and the articles describe me in a way, as I love plants, healthy and plant-based eating, photography and enjoying time with my family.

Question 2

Post your final design on the forum (Lessons and Activities forum) for comments from your tutor. Remember to include what your inspiration was (designer/style from the Graphic Design timeline). Discuss the results with your fellow students (your group) on the forum. 

  • Explain shortly how you perceive your group members through their covers.
  • Do they see your personality through your cover, too?
  • Make a short comment if you feel they’ve nailed it!

I posted my cover in the forum and got feedback and guidance from my tutor, which helped me refine the design.

There are not many students in my group, so I also checked the covers in other groups. It was fun to see the different approaches for the same assignment.

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