The Assignment
Design a 24-Page Publication/Magazine.
The publication is 20 pages + cover = 24-pages total.
We will be breaking this project down into several phases.
Phase One
1. Publication Proposal – in a written document (PDF) provide a title to your publication, describe who your intended audience is, what is the benefit to this audience, what is the style of the publication (i.e. photographic, illustrative, both), include an outline (a table of contents) of your planned content. Include:
2. Thumbnail Dummy Mock-up The thumbnail dummy mock-up is a small PHYSICAL folded paper mock-up with the total number of pages for your magazine. Number the pages and note the planned content and purpose of each page (i.e. Front Cover, Inside Cover, Back Inside Cover, TOC (table of contents), Articles, etc. This is your hands-on guide to where you are going to organize all your information.
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Take 3 letter sized (8.5 x 11) pieces of paper.
2. Neatly and accurately cut the 3 pages in half to make 6 smaller pages that measure 5.5 x 8.5.
3. Stack them together evenly and fold them to make a booklet that is 5.5 high x 4.25 wide.
4. Burnish the spine to make the booklet lay nice and flat.
5. Neatly label each page with a black marking pen as follows:
– Front Cover
– Inside Front Cover
– Page 1 through 20 (Page one always falls on a right-hand page is sometimes the Table of Contents (TOC).
right-hand pages are always an ODD number and left-hand pages are always an EVEN number.
– Inside Back Cover
– Back Cover
6. When you have planned out your content, mark up this mock-up as to where you are placing your articles, etc.
3. Logo + Masthead + Cover Design: Develop a logotype that will be used on the masthead / cover of the magazine. Also, by this time you need to have a good idea of all the articles, images, and placement of your content on your publication.
Deliverables:
• All images must be converted to CMYK mode (not RGB). You can edit these right in In-Design through the LINK menu.
• Printer file should be Press Quality PDF with Crops + Bleeds output
in single Pages (not spreads)
• Package and Zip the In-Design File: include fonts, images, idml file but NOT the packaged pdf. You will furnish a separate PRESS QUALITY PDF with Trims and Bleeds ready to print.
4. Production Specifications:
Magazine Specifications
Page Size: 8.25“ w x 10.75“ h
Bleeds: Top = 0.125” / Bottom = 0.125” / Inside = 0” / Outside = 0.25“
Margins*: 0.25”
*Normally I suggest turning these off, but for this project, the margins serve as your “safe zone”
— that means to keep all your text far away from this area. The trim line can vary slightly in either direction, so all text content should be kept within the safe zone to avoid getting trimmed off, while all images touching the edge of the page should extend into the bleed area.
Make sure you check the “FACING PAGES” box when you are creating your InDesign document.
Prints: 4C/4C
Finishing: Saddle Stitch
MINIMUM PAGE COUNT:
20 pages of text + 4-page cover
A SPREAD = 2 pages.
Your Cover is comprised of 2 spreads (4 pages).
Don’t put page numbers on your cover or inside front and back covers.
This means you will have 24 total pages, (6 spreads) in your In-Design document.
The total number of pages in your magazine must be divisible by 4.
In-Design_Set-up_AnatomyofaBooklet
Composition Software: In-Design
NO BLANK PAGES WILL BE ALLOWED.
Note: Book Pages in infographic above were designed by Liza Trettle.
We will be printing our magazines at Magcloud.com
Here is a pdf of their specifcations that are also reflected on the project sheet.
Tips-From-MagCloud
Student Examples
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