Current 07
Publication Design
Current is a multi-platform design journal that exists to showcase creative, practice-based and applied research. It functions as a site for design researchers, design academics, students, professional designers, entrepreneurs, and the business community to reflect on contemporary design thinking—products and processes. Through a variety of forms and formats—interviews, case-studies, critical essays, reviews and photo documentation, we challenge researchers to represent their processes as iterative cycles of research and to skillfully navigate information-led/practice-led methodologies. Current is continually evolving exposition on the people and processes involved in design research. It is a platform for the cross-disciplinary, cross-sector professional communities of people with educational and professional interests in the currency of design thinking.
Project Description
This project involved the redesign and editing of an annual academic journal. The redesign of the magazine was a semester-long project and involves the teamwork of the whole class. Students worked collectively to produce and publish design research and writing.
Students engaged in the planning, writing, design, production and marketing of the journal as a way of developing relevant skills and abilities to manage time and budgets. Students served on the publication’s editorial board, in addition to generating content themselves.
While faculty instruction provided guidance in creating an effective editorial process and working to a realistic production schedule and budget, class participants retained full responsibility for the publication, additional policy, content, and design. There were different roles involved with the re-design; Art Director, Illustrators, Photographers, Designers, Animator, Assistant Editors, Communications Manager, Production Managers.
I was one of 2 Art Directors, the other being Tina Yan
Art direction works with editorial to define the sections of the publication. They create the concept for sections and pages the publication, design the layout, look + feel, pacing, etc.
This includes print, and blog.
Design Treatment
The redesign Consisted Of 4 Phases
Phase 1: Research/Concepts/Art Direction
Students develop and propose a range of concepts. Concepts will be displayed publicly for the student body to evaluate and choose the overall direction and theme.
Phase 2: Editing
All journal submissions will be edited for word length, grammar, structure etc. During this time, the design team should also be receiving image submissions that accompany the articles. All image submissions must be reviewed for correct resolution, format, etc.
Phase 3: Design Implementation
Student groups implement chosen art direction, developing a structural system for the publications and refining the concept to suit several visual formats.
Phase 4: Production, Proofing and Printing
All design decisions are made and students work towards creating print-ready and app-ready materials. Students work closely with the printer to ensure top-quality work. Proofing and press checks are necessary.
Design Direction Booklet
Document outlining the design decisions involved in the redesigning of the publication.
Read the Current 07 here
Exhibition
Project Description
This project required me to design and create a exhibition to help promote and garner attention for the Current 07
Design Treatment
With the space provided I laid out the elements of the exhibition. The separate elements were designed to replicate the overall aesthetic and theme of the Current 07 publication
Posters from the Exhibition
Process
Some pictures of the process of setting up the exhibition.
