critique wk 6 - MEREDITH CRITIQUE

This week I worked mostly on my designs for Fusion. I was really pleased with the typeface I chose for the logo of the second cover and I think I'm going to stick with it for my official logo. Although I really liked my concepts for the different pieces, I ended up not satisfied with the execution of them. So I'm changing the pictures and the color palette to make it a little less "retro" which was not the style I was going for, and a little more sophisticated. Here are a few samples from my collection. Let me know if you have any other comments for me.

MEREDITH

Features - I wanted the features to be simple, with vibrant colors. I wanted the colors, not the layout to draw readers into the spread. The colored boxes around the "Get" in Get Organized, mimick the colors and style of the shelves on the opposite page and were a way to add interest to an otherwise predictable spread. Budget Bracketing was supposed to show products in different price ranges and while the pictures are interesting, I think the spread ends up looking more like a department and a feature.

Covers- The covers turned out to be only as good as the photos I found. It was a little difficult to find photographs that looked good, related to one of the features in that issue, and would work well with the concept of the magazine. The two covers below are for features in the magazine. The first is a story about the nice homes and the other is about nice appliances. Finding the right colors for the sell lines on the cover also proved difficult because of the photos' color schemes.

Departments- My idea for the departmens involved lots of white space and short, quipy pull-outs so they'd be easier to read at a glance.


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