Niche Magazine Concept
Editorial
Illustration
Design Problem:
Create a compelling story in the form of a printed magazine around a very specific subject.
Conceive and design an identity and type system with guidelines for implementation.
Design, develop systems, research target audiences and manage the project effectively.
4th Year Student Work
Project Framework:
"Midnight Oil" - the name of the magazine - became a living archive of the lives of those who live and work during nighttime. Content honed in on the narratives of the invisible and quiet that are possibly lonely, raw, and intimate.
Instead of providing readers with medical solutions, cure-alls, and more metrics to fail at, Midnight Oil showcases real people's stories while allowing them to feel seen and understood without romanticization.
My Decisions:
Ensuring each spread felt especially humanist and lighthearted with crafted illustrations was key to the design.
Developed a system of rules that created a sense of logic while navigating each spread.
Named the magazine and developed an identity for it. This includes logo/masthead and all supporting graphic elements in the style sheet.
I sourced and created all included written content. This included continuing the narrative thread of the passage of time:
The page numbers move each page so one could fan the pages like a flip book and see the moon move.
Style Sheet:
Introduction to Midnight Oil:
Editor's Letter :
Table of Contents:
Department 01.
Department 02.
Single Page Departments
Feature:
Conclusion Spread:
