It’s what you make of it!
Future Students, The class you are about to take is truly what you make of it. This class is one of the very few classes in Newhouse that you get to choose a topic or subject that you particularly enjoy… Continue Reading
Author: coltonmadore
Field Notes | Real Simple | Color
Cover: The covers for Real Simple are very plain, simple, and to the point. Luckily, there are often vibrant, saturated colors that are incorporated into the nameplate, headlines, and main image. The colors for the cover change from each issue, but always… Continue Reading
Field Notes | Real Simple | Images
Real Simple uses images in such a specific manner, that you almost don’t even notice it because it is so uniform. When carefully looking through the magazine, the reader begins to realize the uniqueness to each page and image. Without a… Continue Reading
Field Notes | Real Simple | Furniture
Department/Section Front: Regularly appearing article or section with the same format every issue. Every department front has an image, the department name, a headline, and a subhead. Typically the headline and subhead are a teaser to what will come in the… Continue Reading
Field Notes | Real Simple | Language
Name The name of the Real Simple is straight forward and to the point. As someone who has never picked up this magazine before, I always had a sense that I knew the magazine was simple, modern, and meant for someone who… Continue Reading
Field Notes | Real Simple | Typeface
Typography is extremely important as a typeface helps complete the image for a magazine. The main typeface for Real Simple is ‘Sharp Grotesk.’ This typeface is sans serif and used for the nameplate and folio. It is also used for all headlines, cutlines… Continue Reading
Field Notes | Real Simple | Organization
Cover: The function of Real Simple’s covers is to bring in readers with the use of colors, images, and detail. The covers tend to have a setting which is appropriate for that month’s issue with images relating directly to things associated with each month.… Continue Reading
Field Notes | Real Simple | Space
Format Real Simple is a women’s lifestyle magazine that launched in 2000. For over 18 years, the magazine has been introducing busy women to numerous ways to make their lives easier and simpler. This January, Real Simple published their January 2019 issue with… Continue Reading
Lessons Learned Response
During my time as an undergraduate student, I briefly worked in Photoshop in two courses. I edited photos – making them darker, lighter, setting them to black and white, etc. I remember thinking how I wanted to learn more. Little… Continue Reading