Studio Brief 2 Publication 1.4

Double-Page Spread 

Sketched out potential double page layouts influenced by these publications which were predominantly visual and lacked typography. I can adapt to adding more/less typography depending on what's appropriate:

Behance
(See PPP)

Since getting Behance I have been able to follow successful designers that present their work professionally and to a high quality. 

Saxon Campbell is practices branding and art direction for fashion. He presents his projects really well because he creates an attractive contact sheet so people can see his style and inspiration:

What Youth Magazine

WHAT YOUTH began by documenting surfing, but quickly realised there was a lot of other 'rad shit' happening around as well. Music. Skating. Art. Fashion. Travel. Food. Drink. Life.

There layouts are expressive and contemporary which makes every page different and exciting to find. The relationship between image and type changes on each page because of the contemporary style. What Youth aren't consistent with typesetting but it's appropriate for the magazine because it is contemporary and pushes the rules of design.

Evidence of grid systems being used:

Makes the spread consistent, especially for the typesetting. Mueller-Brookman states 7 words per line is a sufficient amount for an audience to read and you can see this in practice above. The type has been justified with the last line on the left so it's easily legible. Justifying the type creates blocks of text so that the is no rag. I aim to justify my type like this because it looks formal and will be good practice for creating clear and concise information that's easy to understand.

Placing a sequence of images over the two pages takes advantage of the double page spread to be purely visual:

The image is full bleed and if I was to do this I would need to create 3mm bleed marks on my publication and manually cut it down.

The double page spreads can change from  a series of images, like a contact sheet, to a minimal layout such as the above. I like this because it creates contrast and intrigues the reader to turn the page. The publication is predominantly visual but I like how What Youth have set the type with as much respect as an image. The type is very small which forces the audience to focus on the type due to the large amount of white space. 

I can use these example of double page spreads to inspire my layout for my publication.