| PRINT COVER DESIGN...10 points In this project you are to design a magazine cover
for one of America's premier graphic design periodicals, PRINT. The
magazine
features contemporary graphic design from all areas. Research the magazine
and design a cover using the category listed below. The theme for your cover design is as follows:
Cover Theme
Pick one of the designers listed below and do a cover illustration based on their work. The name of the designer you use should appear somewhere on the cover.
• Paul Rand
• Saul Bass
• April Greiman
• Margo Chase
• Paula Sher
• Neville Brody
• David Carson
• Hillman Curtis
• Kyle Cooper
The DESIGN process is as follows:
1: RESEARCH: If you are not familiar with PRINT,
find some back issues and look them over. And/or, buy a recent issue
to have on hand.
2: THUMBNAILS: Six to ten thumbies should be done to preview your
concept.
3: ROUGH LAYOUT: A 1:1 layout is required for final approval. This
will include color decisions as well as the style of the image (illustration)
to be used.
4: FINISHED COMPREHENSIVE: A finished comprehensive matted and mounted
is required.
Objective:
In this project you are essentially working on cover illustrations.
The theme is all important. The media that you decide to use should
be determined by the theme as well as what media you feel comfortable
using. Designers these days generally use traditional media to preview
their ideas and then take the idea via scan and other methods to the
computer platform for final output.
Media:
Your choice. Camera ready art for the PRINT logo and cover size format
are provided above for download. You will be required to have color
output
made
from
your
finished
file. The covers will be matted and mounted for final presentation. The details will be given in class.
Working Time:
Please check the MessageBoard and Schedule pages for specific due dates.
A class review will conclude this exercise.
Examples shown in class
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