Tool options

Identifying which  tool to use when creating the magazine is proving to be a difficult task. On one hand I could use the Adobe DPS (Digital Publishing Suite) and on the other is creating it using HTML5. Both are viable options.




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Name??

Along with the continue research and design layouts, I have been trying to think of a name for my magazine. Here are many variations. Some good, some not:

• Hack
• UniLife
• StudentLife
• Rising Giants
• Now & Beyond
• Visions
• Viewport
• Life Lens
• Lens Life
• OnLife
• Optional
• iStudent
• Certified
• Under
• Unii
• 18
• NUF
• Above 18
• Direction 18
• XV111
• Versity 18
• U-18
• 8Teen
• Social hub

At the moment I am quite struggling for a name. I am trying to incorporate the meanings as its a:

• 18 and above magazine for university students but may have younger audience for potential students such as 16 or 17 year olds.
• A fun magazine about university experience containing enjoyable things to do, but not your stereotypical drinking.

What i need to do?

• Name of magazine - differenty names, and styles
• Design a logo (Place into psd file.)
• Wireframe designs.
• Futher researtch into how i will make it (html5, mag+, dps)
• blog + prersentaion maintenance
• user testing
• gantt chart
• research into fonts, colors, size

Cover layout

 

 

 

 

Magazine design

As with any magazine the design plays a major role. I have previosly studied the art of print magazine, when i was assigned to design my own. So with that I had to look into the aspects of a magazine such as the strapline, font, sub heading and bleed. So before i go into the design I will have to refresh my memory by looking into the topic.

Overview

As previously discussed, my idea is an interactive magazine about university life but focusing on Swansea metropolitan. This may be a broad topic when you think about it but in not going to go in great detail about everything, so in thinking this mag as more of a student survival guide and how much of a fun experience uni is, sk this covers different events, sports etc.

I have looked into how the magazine will be made, i looked into the different ways i could make it
one option is a html5 app, so basically a responsive website. This is a viable option as this will enable me to design it for many screens sizes and a range of devices.
 This would also enable more features.another option is to create the magazine in indesign and then either use a plugin called mag+ or use the adobe digital publishing suite, the mag+ option is a rather simple option with basic interactivity option, while the dps enables me to add html5 files.
The other option which i currently think is a no go is the use of ibooks author. Its a good tool but lacks the complexity for a major project.
At the moment the indesign with the adobe dps is the leading contender but with more research into the better option i cant make the decision yet.

Topic idea

To start of my idea is to design and create an interactive magazine. My main focus is for it to work is on the iPad. There are many ways I can create the magazine,  such as using an application called iBooks author, this offers a simple and easy way to create the magazine by adding text and images. Another way is to use inDesign, with the use of plug ins such as mag+, joomag and issuu.

The magazine topic is based around university life. So this includes student nightlife, sporting activities and general student life. So like a student life book.The user will be able to flick through pages and watch videos. Another feature I would like is a sign in function which lets the user unlock more content. Some interactive features will be scrolling, swiping, button  press and pinch & zoom.

One dilemma is about the content in terms of the text, as I am not an english student it would be time wasting for me to write an article about something. So instead I think the best answer for this is to either use Lorem ipsum text or find a similar article and use that text. This will be solved closer to the time of putting the magazine together.