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Creative Magazine Layout Design

Laura KeungLessons: 11Length: 1.4 hours
Adobe InDesign
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2.2 Typographic Hierarchy: Designing a Preliminary Article and Paragraph Styles

Before we dive into designing articles, we will design a short article to decide on font sizes, colors, and the placement of the page elements. Once we’ve decided on the initial look of the pages, we can create Paragraph Styles. These styles will help us design the rest of the magazine seamlessly.

1.Introduction
2 lessons, 02:45

1.1
Introduction to Creative Magazine Layout Design
01:24

1.2
Design Assets and Software
01:21

2.Setting Up an InDesign File for Magazines
4 lessons, 26:14

2.1
Creating an InDesign File, Creating Grids, and Organizing Layers
03:56

2.2
Typographic Hierarchy: Designing a Preliminary Article and Paragraph Styles
12:00

2.3
Creating and Grabbing Color Swatches
05:13

2.4
Creating Master Pages and Consistent Folios
05:05

3.Designing a Magazine Cover
1 lesson, 09:03

3.1
Designing a Magazine Cover: Tips and Tricks
09:03

4.Creating Layouts
3 lessons, 43:25

4.1
Designing a Contents Page
08:39

4.2
Designing an Article
10:58

4.3
Breaking the Rules
23:48

5.Conclusion
1 lesson, 01:55

5.1
Conclusion
01:55

Laura Keung
Laura Keung
Laura is a design writer, design mentor, and entrepreneur leading Laura Keung Studio, currently based in Munich, Germany. She had her first design client during her first year of university and since then she fell in love with the design process. Laura studied at the Ontario College of Art and Design University in Toronto before interning at renowned studios in Canada and Austria. With 12 years of experience in the design industry, Laura leads her own design studio and collaborates with other creatives on branding and editorial design projects.