Question 1

Practical assignment (Two and a half days)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.

• Go through the Graphic Design history timeline and choose a style and designer that you feel relates best to your personality.
• 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!
• Add your own pictures, text, illustrations, elements as well as the proper typography and titles for your cover.
• The expression must represent your personality (remember the color choice regarding this).
• Remember to include what kind of magazine it is, for example cars/bikes, fashion, design, weddings, etc.

I chose to make a front cover to my magazine inspired bu the swiss style and the artist Arminn Hofmann. I made a front cover for a mental health magazine. Im interested in many different things but one of them is mental health. I really thinjk thats an important topic to make a magazine about.

My design is made of a picture I took for another assignment earlier in this study. I like how the black background make it a bit rough and dark but the light in his face refers to lighter thinking. Otherwise the design is simpel.

Question 2

Presenting and discussing (half a day – 4 hours)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 front cover at the forum page. ! 🙂