Spread the love: Designing delight into your opening spread
Good design should include delight—not just for the reader but for you as the creator. Learn to love your opening spreads from concept to completion, [...]
Magazine Comics: How and Why to Use Them
Are you are interested in creating a comic strip? Do you want to know how visual storytelling can be regularly featured in your magazine? Discover [...]
Using Photography in Magazine Design
The visual experience is a fundamental part of the magazine’s attraction. Great design uses images in ways that enhance the story experience for the reader. [...]
Typography: The Essential Art for Great Design
Typography is more than typing words on a page. Each letter and word (and spaces in between) need to be finessed to achieve great design. [...]
Magazine Design: Doing a Lot with Just a Little
Making the best design choices when working with a small team and a small budget is difficult, but it can be done. Working on the [...]
Visual Storytelling: Using Comics in Your Publication
Comics are an effective way to tell your story visually, and can be a strong communication tool in your magazine's arsenal. You can make use of this popular [...]
A Redesign Case Study: Christianity Today magazine
If you've considered redesigning your magazine, but don't know where to start, this Webinar is for you. In this Webinar you will explore the process [...]
Combining Words and Images for Effective Communication
Do the words and images in your magazine's design work together to communicate the message of an article? Words and images are the basic building [...]
Redesigning Your Magazine
Is your magazine design outdated or does it simply need a facelift? It may be time to update your magazine in order to keep pace [...]
Art Directors and Editors: Relieving the Tension
Magazines are made of words and images. Both have an important role to play, but tension can arise. Editors and designers of a magazine need [...]
Design Elements: The Building Blocks of Design
It is impossible to produce outstanding magazine designs without a clear understanding of the basic building blocks of design. You must understand how they work [...]
Checkpoints for Good Design
"It's just not right, but I don't know why." Have you ever felt that way about the design of your magazine? The checkpoints for good design [...]
Introduction to Publication Design
Your magazine's design is critical to effectively communicating your magazine's message. A designer's choices set the magazine's tone and help editors tell the story visually. [...]
Attracting Readers Through Great Cover Design
Readers are perceptive, and they form their opinions quickly. So, it is no surprise that the magazine cover is the primary battleground in the war [...]
Achieving a Strong Visual Identity
Brands matter, and never more so than today. In the escalating din of global choice and competition, brands are perhaps the most effective way of [...]
