First Assignment

Your first assignment is to decide on a topic for your magazine, a GQ department
page mark-up and 24 page swipe book.

Topic:
1)Pick a subject that you find interesting and can work on for 12 weeks. Make it a
narrow topic. Research other students' works if you may. Write a paragraph
describing it.
2) identify the target audience.
•age group (make it a narrow one)
•income level
•education level (some school/high school graduate/some college/2 yrs college/4yrs college/postgraduate)
•geographic locale (urban/suburban/rural)
•gender ( male/ female/ gender neutral)

Swipe book:
•Find sample images, a color palate, layout ideas and typography related to the topic.
You might use your own imagery (illustration, photography), check out flickr.com for
a free download, scan an image you already have, use the public library or you direct
a photo shoot, etc...
•Print out and bind a 24 pgs swipe book.
•Keep it low-brow.

GQ Magazine Mark-up:
•Get a GQ magazine and pick up a department page (eg. manual) where there is lots
of little details and scan and mark it up.
•Try to describe the sections you see on the page. Caption, credit line, rubric, folio line, body copy, etc.
See NY times mark-up and David's mark up for guidance.

Create a blog
Please e-mail me your blog address so that I can add it to our class hub, or contact
me if you have any questions/trouble creating a blog.

Post all your work to your blog.
Bring everthing to class.
Ayca