How to Plan Magazine Sections Before Designing Pages
Before picking a grid, positioning a headline, or swatching a palette, you should answer this question: What does the reader encounter first, and what comes later? Sections are what impose…
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Simple Ways to Make a Magazine Cover Less Crowded
Often, a cover that appears cluttered doesn’t really suffer from a singular issue; rather, it becomes cluttered because a multitude of smaller issues collide. The masthead and cover story battle…
How a Flatplan Simplifies the Task of a Beginner Magazine Designer
A flatplan acts as a miniature schematic of the magazine pages that hasn’t yet been designed, like boxes in a notebook, which might be annotated with the page numbers and…
How to Decide on a Theme for Your First Magazine Issue
A first magazine issue is simultaneously thrilling and chaotic. You’ve probably got a handful of article ideas, a list of cool photos, a couple of concepts for the cover, your…