Newcastle Fashion Week

I'm not a very fashionable person, but I've been really excited for Newcastle Fashion Week! I'm a massive people watcher and love seeing everyone's quirky and eccentric styles! When there's local events like this, there's a distinctive buzz in the air and I'm hoping to gain a lot of inspiration from the week.


The NFW official magazine is out now and it's a really nice editorial piece. Its busy and bold but in a non-overpowering way, everything perfectly placed. I think this would have been a really fun project to work on, supporting the local area.

My favourite spread from the magazine is the 'events calendar':

I really like the overall layout and the geometric shapes; there's so much to look at.

The full magazine can be seen here:

http://www.getintonewcastle.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/NE1-NFW13-Brochure-Web.pdf

Editorial & Typography Module - Final Design

These are my final spreads for The Society of Publication Designers live brief:

 

I really enjoyed this live brief, editorial design is something I hope to do in the future. I will definitely be entering next years Society of Publication Designers student competition!

Editorial & Typography Module

The live brief for this module was to create a two page editorial spread for The Society of Publication Designers, choosing one of the following categories: entertainment magazine, city/regional magazine, how-to magazine, innovations magazine, or a sports/adventure magazine. For me, it was a toss up between the city/regional magazine or the sports/adventure magazine, in the end I opted for a sports spread for Ice Hockey.

I started my research by looking at sports magazines, which I found to be very generic and uninspiring. Each sports magazine I looked at had very similar layouts and were designed with no imagination. In my mind I wanted to create sports editorial spread that targets the younger generation and has a contemporary feel. I decided to widen my research and look at a variety of editorial spreads, rather than just sport. Here are a few I found inspiring:

 

 

A lot of my research included a grunge vibe, which I decided to pursue...