OUGD505 / Design Practice 2 / Production / Final

After reprinting onto 90gsm and using a GF Smith Colourplan as the cover I was to bind the zine.
The Colourplan was used originally as an experiment due to my recent obtaining of samples. 

The three holes were placed asymmetrically.

Using a stab and thread, I aligned the pages with a bulldog clip.

This method was much more efficient than a staple however the natural opening was still apparent.

The bind worked well and all the pages were aligned perfectly unlike the previous attempt.

The final title and image page created a final I was happy with.

The cover created a strong and interesting allure.

OUGD505 / Design Practice 2 / Research / Page Layout

A4 2 column grid, fully justified ragged right copy. 

A4 Double page spread, 4 column fully justified text, a single column left from quote. 

3 Column grid, fully justified ragged right bottom line.
Image centred with text wrap sam width as margins. 

Single page 4 column grid with column for quote.

DPS. Full bleed image, centred, top and bottom aligned copy.

Title followed by left indent to identify the start of the quote;
left aligned under width of image.

Copy fully justified under width of image.

Left page: Justified, bottom left aligned sitting under images around 3 of 5 column wide centred.
Right page: Text sitting in 1 of 3 columns with images centred. 

A more post modern aesthetic in MAT.
Right aligned column of text sits in the last of three, while the title
'Tainted Love' sits centred in the two other columns.

Right page: The last of three columns' left aligned text slightly imposes on the image.

Right page: Sitting on a central line, the left column is right aligned and vice versa.
An unusual aesthetic creating a vibrancy. 

Glorified clip art is another tool for communicating the magazines ethos (MAT) 

i-D's use of white type over a light image is not so effective, the contrast is too low and makes the type illegible.

OUGD505 / Design Practice 2 / Covered / Design Boards

OUGD505 / Design Practice 2 / Production / Development

Initial production experiments:

Printing the cover page onto a 90gsm pink stock yielded a pleasing result however this stock would not be suitable for the cover as it is too thin.

In the staple binding of this draft the centre wasn't matched perfectly, creating a visually unpleasing result.

In the cutting of pages to align them after binding, the left margin was considerably leaving this poor result.

An experiment to include the publications title down the spine proved unsuccessful but is a
attribute I can use in a future project.

The alignment of the inside index became unaligned as each page was cut individual.

The natural opening of the book was quite extravagant due to the bind;
The publication on thick stock was too thick for a staple bind yet too thin to perfect bind,
the publication sits in a awkward page number / thickness.
Perfect binding could be an option to consider resulting in alternating the design to fit. 

OUGD505 / Design Practice 2 / Secondary Imagery / Illustrated encyclopedia

This practice created visually interesting results however it directed the project in the wrong direction. It no longer represented the fusion of Arts / Culture / Fashion I intended to create, with the appropriated imagery it seemed to just slightly become a mockery, altering the tone of voice in a negative sense.