Publication design is definitely one of the most rewarding classes you’ll take at Syracuse so you’ve already made a great decision if you have the fortune of reading this! The skills you are going to learn in this course are… Continue Reading
If you want to learn more about design and what it takes to complete a publication layout, then you’re in the right class. This is a great class that prefaces the work and decisions that designers have to make in… Continue Reading
If you’re looking to learn more about design and prepare for a career in graphic design or art directing, you’ve made a great choice in taking this course. You’ll go through some growing pains, but you will learn a lot… Continue Reading
After a semester in Professor Strong’s publication design, I’ve learned so much about what design means and how easy it can be to become a designer in just a few short months. It was a challenge trying to narrow down… Continue Reading
Like most daily newspapers in America, the Los Angeles Times uses color sparingly. Most of the display and body text is black against the white page, so only the photographs have color. This works well for the Los Angeles Times… Continue Reading
While I couldn’t find a complete color palette for the New Yorker online, I looked through multiple issues of the publication and looked for similarities with my own eyes, and found a few. The New Yorker is mainly black and… Continue Reading
Esquire magazine uses many different colors throughout its issues. The colors depend on what the overlying theme and color for the entire issue is. The basic color palette id black, white, blue, red and yellow. These five colors are always… Continue Reading
A Condé Nast publication, bon appétit, uses color in a very intriguing manner creating a symbolic narrative in alignment with the literary narrative. The color schemes are usually a derivative of the images and illustrations that are used in the stories.… Continue Reading
While browsing through both of my issues of New York Magazine, I found that the main three colors used in typography and graphic elements were black, red, and blue. Red is known as a fiery color representing passion, strength, and… Continue Reading
Wired expertly uses color as a way to establish hierarchy on each page, and to distinguish features from one another. On the cover of Wired, the use of color varies. On the December 2019 issue, there is a bright yellow used to contrast… Continue Reading