filter

Filter is a Nordic magazine that investigates the impact of photography on our lives and on how we make politics, science and art. Filter has articles, interviews and reviews with Danish and foreign photographers. Each issue is centered on a theme. The magazine had a one or two column layout and uses a lot of negative space in their spreads. -Melisa Ozkan

The Learners by Chip Kidd

The Learners is a novel written by graphic designer Chip Kidd. The book is the sequel of t=his previous book The Cheese Monkeys. The Learners is a story of a young graphic designer fresh out of college in his first job at an advertising firm in Connecticut.

The book was designed by, of course, Chip Kidd. The book breaks the boundaries of legible text. The from of the book has several illustrations and wacky type games to be able to read the text. The story layout had large margins, that makes the text look like it was in a bible. This gave me the impression that the book might be like the graphic designers bible.

This video shows the book design:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y73D9KvWgNY

-Melisa Ozkan

Foam

Foam Magazine is a quarterly magazine based on photographers and photography. Because the images in a magazine mean the most to me, I find this particular magazine very beautiful. The content varies from documentary to fashion photography and features up and coming photographers. Each year one of the issues is dedicated to emerging talent, which is also pretty amazing for a well-known magazine to do. The cover girls are pretty typical- ranging from young actresses models, and also photographers. The composition of the photographs and the general layout of the magazine is done very creatively and a-symmetrically, which is something hard for me to do personally, so I appreciate this aspect of it. - Belinda Hale

CMYK

CMYK Magazine is a publication dedicated to giving their readers an inspiring visual experience. Each issue is filled with new inspiring designs and fresh designers. The layout of the magazine changes with each issue, but the basic structure of the cover stays the same. In the latest issue of CMYK the feature an interview with Wes Wilson the father of psychedelic poster art, so their layout had changed according to the psychedelic poster style, from the cover to the table of contents and typography. -Melisa Ozkan

Damien Hirst - I Want to Spend the Rest of My Life Everywhere, with Everyone, One to One, Always, Forever, Now

I Want to Spend the Rest of My Life Everywhere, with Everyone, One to One, Always, Forever, Nowis an award winning monograph for the British artist Damien Hirst.This artist book a collection of Hirst' ideas and obsessions designed by graphic designer Jonathan Barnbrook. The book is a powerful combination of text and visuals. Each piece by Damien Hirst is set against a beautiful visual narrative, filled with drawings, typography, photography even pop-ups!

-Melisa Ozkan

Adbusters America

Adbusters magazine is based in Vancouver, Canada. It is a not-for-profit, reader supported magazine concerned about the erosion of our physical and cultural environments coursed by commercial forces. The articles in the magazine are philosophical and activist commentary from around the world. The magazine is printed on recycled paper. The FOB has a two column grid structure that changes to a three column grid at the feature well and BOB. There are several different typefaces used during the magazine, changing between serif and sans serif type. They also break some boundaries with their use of typography in the spreads, some articles have all the body text on a 45 degree angle. -Melisa Ozkan

Paper Magazine

Paper magazine is a New York City based independent magazine covering and discovering cultural movements with a focus on fashion, design, pop-culture, nightlife, music, art and film. The magazine discovers trends, new creative talent, urban American lifestyle as well as international lifestyles and is read by urban culture vultures all over the world.


The alternative edgy, independent style is expressed with their use of font, layouts, and photography which slightly changes between each issue. There are roughly 8 issues a year, that cover the subject matter of the moment. Here are a few covers from this past year.