Magazine Layout, 2011

I guess for most print designer, there’s an irresistible desire to design a magazine cover. My dream job would be working for a well-known magazine publisher as their layout designer, but as said… it’s only a dream. The enormous stress that a designer in a publish-house having to bear is unbelievable.

These is just a tryout that I did as part of my design-practice (having to sharpen your tools sometime), trying to design a cover and a internal spread for a magazine. It is based on one of the oldest Malaysia base Man’s Fashion Magazine that I like, and recently it had seem to be decline in its design flair and content that thus attract subscribers.

iiCommunicate

iiCommunicate is a monthly internal newsletter for iiNet, highlighting the news and events of the business to it’s 2000 stuff around 5 locations.

The content of this publication were contribution from various departments ranging from engineerinng, marketing, customer service front, as well as contribution from individual staff on light-reading material (such as recipe and travel journal). It was a 15-page PDFs that evolved to a 40-60 pages eletronic publication.

The pages are mostly individually designed, apart from themed sections that highlight the relevency of the contents. This project had been constantly a challenge due to the short turn around time to produce a ‘full-volume’ electronic magazine as such.