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- thanks_kelpie
Hellooooo the self appointed judges of the design industries and the critics experts, here is my latest designed magazine, wanna c your comment, don't blame me if issuu site is slow or technical glitch.
- akrokdesign0
i do not like the typefaces. the content one is ok, but the other subheads. hard to read.
- yeah, but we are using all the fancy fonts, will consider your suggestion next timethanks_kelpie
- mistermik0
its all adverts?
- read the other pages, ofcource we need advrts to survivethanks_kelpie
- akrokdesign0
on pg. 33-34. would been nicer of there where no text on the left page, and the hole header on the right pg.
i get the idea, with the RR but, I think it look silly.
- chossy0
I don't think it works very well, when I read a magazine I like to look at the pictures at the same, I do not like having to move the pages around it is not a nice experience for the reader.
- oh chossy, you are reading it online, so you need to sacrificethanks_kelpie
- akrokdesign0
pg. 40 (which is page 43 on top) the kia story...
why is it repeated on the right side. its annoying. looks more like a bad ad.
- Bluejam0
too many adverts which in turn disrupt the stylistic follow of the magazine and thus the result is just too much 'visual' noise. there's no consistency in the actual magazine design which binds the whole thing together.
- please don't complain about adverts, this magazine is distributed for free in Dubai, we need to think of cost, so ads are fair enough.thanks_kelpie
- Exactly!Sandman_1982
- akrokdesign0
- i don't have a img of the right cover.akrokdesign
- can i get a preview of this issue or a pdf file cover looks cool.thanks_kelpie
- that car has got a nifty handbrakemistermik
- sorry, no pdf(s).
lotus are awesome.akrokdesign - Alright hans! c16 is one of my favorite mags... or was, its online now I think :(sofakingbanned
- Jorge, i don't think they got it online. ever. lol. i only worked on one issue though.akrokdesign
- i was working on BPM at the time.
akrokdesign - 2-3 years ago. :-)
akrokdesign - the first thing they did was change the logo. as on the picture.akrokdesign
- Its one of the coolest car mags. good jdm style and design love.sofakingbanned
- I just looked at c16 online. they canned it for some ugly online shit mag.sofakingbanned
- akrokdesign0
"there's no consistency in the actual magazine design which binds the whole thing together." - bluejam
true. its missing the consistency.
- max_prophet0
The choice of typeface for the headers is awful, it looks like it's from Da Font. You don't seem to have enough styles for the text itself, it looks like you just have a style for headings and a style for body copy. You need to hinstriduce some standfirsts and leads, you should have some decent pullquote styles to help break up the monotony of the copy which lkooks like it's been handled like decorative blocks of lorem ipsum and little consideration to pace or flow. I flicked through some more and found some subheads but I think the italic is jarring especially against the para insets you have there. If you are having insets I wouldn't use them under a subhead like that. I'm flicking through a bit further in and it's improving as I go through, but I still think the articles need to be made more accessible and interesting because at the moment its more like "ooh pretty pictures... err oh and there's some words" - I'd want to introduce some sideboxes and pullquotes. I'd look at ditching the use of free fonts for headers but I may be being snobbish, this is probably fine for the audience.
The car graphic thing on the RHS part of the running head is... not to my tastes... but it also doesn't seem to fit in with the rest and I find the running head itself a bit dominant. It's kind of like a ticking clock, once you notice its there, it just gets louder and louder.
All in all I think the imagery is working well, but I think you need to spice up the article's and inform the reader what they are about and how interesting they are so they'll actually read them. And be wary of cheapass, dated typefaces. Respect content and pay attention to pace. More typographic detail.
ramble on don't I?
- "hinstriduce" WTF?
*introduce!max_prophet - +1akrokdesign
- I do agree with your detailed instruction of typeface, yup some typo are from da fonts and rest adobe font foliothanks_kelpie
- "hinstriduce" WTF?
- chossy0
It doesn't work. I think your problem is you have tried not to sacrifice anything and tried to take a magazine and simply pop it on the web, for a user it is a horrible experience having to move a page around in order to read the text and see the pictures. It's fancy but it hurts my eyes and head trying to read it.
- yeah, 8pt printed is not the same as 8pt online, which you can't hardly read at all.akrokdesign
- just a ex. oki-do-ki.akrokdesign
- well this magazine is meant not to read online, so there could be problems i agree, again its not an online magazine,thanks_kelpie
- Khurram0
that is one really shit magazine dude. Design, layout, everything. Just ugly.
Reading it online is pretty useless experience, don't know why anyone would bother.
- I think it's not meant to be online Kuz, I am only realising this now.chossy
- if it's not meant to be seen online, then why go to all that effort to create such a complicated online experience?Khurram
- experience?Khurram
- No idea, you probably just upload a PDF though and it does it automatically.chossy
- ok. well, i reserve the right to be a dick to him at a later date....Khurram
- fair enough he hechossy
- chossy0
Right now I get you it is a printed magazine which you are simply putting on the internets for people to critique sorry I didn't realise this I thought it was for the internet and not printed.
In which case I agree with max_prophet, lots going on hard to comprehend.
- sofakingbanned0
I'm a big car fan and read a lot of magazines.
After looking at yours I have to say, I think it needs work.
You have decent content to work with so thats a plus.Like others have mentioned, font choices are bad, I think some of your car images could use some photoshop cleaning, try to use quotes to break up long blocks of copy.
Look at other well designed magazines for inspiration. INSPIRATION. don't copy it. :)
My personal favs are CAR, RallyX, EVO, C16, Motor Trend Classic was awesome!
Some of those are no longer available :(
- kelpie0
we do an application which publishes online editions of magazines like this too. I kind of agree that its a shitty experience but publishers are going wild for it.
- we got 2nd in the scottish tech awards for it last year. WOO WOO WOO ;)kelpie
- is that zmags or pagegangster kelpiethanks_kelpie
- nope, its not an off the shelf thingkelpie
- kelpie0
ps. man please get another log in name you freak!
- well when ever i visit this site i rem you, if i change the id, i might forget you, but believe me i really thank you for bringing me to this sitethanks_kelpie
- max_prophet0
so thanks_kelpie is not kelpie?
- kelpie0
I'm not at all insulted that you would think I would frequent DaFont.com
not at all
- aha! He got his fonts from DaFont.com! What an amateur that thanks_kelpie fella is!Khurram
- khurram, everyone goes to dafont even you does i bet, but for your kind info, i have a collection of fonts let me know if you need somethanks_kelpie
- mmMMMm deep fried da font!max_prophet
- neue75_bold0
zomg, he lives!?
- chossy0
As an application Kelpie I think it is ace, you can send it off to people to proof read etc. but it really is only useful for a 'sign off' type viewing. As an internet experience it left me feeling flaccid.