Designing Magazines Pa

Turn editorial challenges into graphic solutions How does a designer create graphic solutions to the behind-the-scenes editorial challenges at a magazine?Designing Magazinesis the complete guide to understanding the inner workings of magazines and their day-to-day managementand a great guide to using that knowledge to create visually stunning, editorially effective magazines, in both new designs and rebranding. Thirty-five experienced editors, designers, and consultants, all at the top of their fields, present their insights on the goals and process of magazine design. Chapters focus on problems faced by designers, ethical considerations, the future of the field, and many more rarely discussed issues. A look at magazines that have risen above the crowd to achieve special social importanceand how design has aided that successprovides added inspiration for magazine designers everywhere. Big-name contributors include Steven Heller, Fred Woodward, Joyce Rutter Kaye, dozens more Focus on trade and small magazines as well as newsstand publications Eighty photographs show great examples of designs and redesigns

Jandos Rothstein, an assistant professor of graphic design at George Mason University and design director of Governing magazine, has won more than fifty awards for his design work. The creator of more than a dozen redesigns, he lives in Arlington, Virginia.