Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Editorial: Round 1

Here is "Garden Ornaments" for Blueprint Magazine...




"Design Within Reach" for Nylon Guys:



I realized that these are taking longer than I thought, so my time management this time around was pretty terrible. Now I know how much time I need to allot in my day: all day, every day.

Sunday, June 12, 2011

Editorial: Swipe

My first article is about Mike Perry. There was a small article about him in Nylon Guys, and there wasn't any special type or layout treatment. We'll see what I come up with today.

Nylon Guys means that my audience is most likely male. Young, late teens to twenties. Income is not too high, but they do want to stay hip and current. Fashionable. Trendy. A little bit rebellious.

First, some of Perry's works:

The title of the article is "Design Within Reach." A very approachable design style. I started looking up vernacular designs, mostly zines, and one Marinetti:
Second article is from Esquire, called "What is a Man?" All I can think about is dark wood, taxidermy, leather chairs, leather-bound books, cigars, whiskey. Ooh, animal skin rugs and butterfly specimen are a cool touch too.