Magazine Layout Assignment
Due: April 9th
150 points
Assignment
Use Adobe InDesign to create a two-page, double-truck
magazine layout. You must hand in a completed layout in
InDesign format to your lab instructor, and post a .jpg
image of your layout and your project brief to the class
blog.
Requirements
1. One main image and at least one secondary image
2. Photo credits
3. Headline
4. Subhead
5. Byline
6. Pull quote
7. Dingbat
8. Story (with COLUMNS!)
Evaluation
Overall Design – 30 points
How well did your layout display your knowledge of CRAP –
Contrast, Repetition, Alignment and Proximity? How well did
your use of these four basic principles work to attract the
average eye, organize the magazine’s information, give the
layout a clean look and a clear structure?
Story Presentation – 20 points
How well was the story organized? Did the story have each
of the required elements, listed above? Did each element
work well alone and also as a package?
Color – 20 points
How well did the colors work for the type of
chose to create? How well did the colors you
with one another to provide not only a color
also contrast from the other elements on the
magazine you
chose work
theme, but
page?
Typography – 20 points
How well did the type you created work for the type of
magazine you chose to create? Was the type legible? Did you
create contrast between very different elements through
your type choice? Did you repeat type settings for
elements that are alike in your layout?
Description – 10 points
How well did you explain your understanding of the design,
color and typography choices you made?