Your Assignment This Week

1) choose a topic for your mag. post

2) identify the target audience. post
* age group (make it a narrow one)
* income level
* education level (some school/high school graduate/
some college/2 yr college/4yr college/postgraduate)
* geographic locale (urban/suburban/rural)
* gender

3) write the table of contents. post.

4) swipe type and layout ideas that show the style you're planning for your mag. post.
check out these web sites to get inspired:

* society of publication designers
* American Institute of Graphic Arts
* ffffound.com
* idnworld.com
* our list of type foundries, and typoblogger

5) collect swipe/imagery for your mag. print out, bring to class, hang on the wall.

* do not use a famous photographer's work in your magazine.
* check out flickr.com
* or use your own imagery (illustration, photos)

Have fun out there...