Editorial Design: How to Make a Magazine
A course by Lars Harmsen , Creative Director and Editor
Discover how magazines are designed alongside the founder and editor of Slanted Publishers, and learn to tell stories through layout, color, and typography
- German with subtitles in English
- 95% positive reviews (83)
- 3932 students
Discover how magazines are designed alongside the founder and editor of Slanted Publishers, and learn to tell stories through layout, color, and typography
A magazine is like an open door that allows you to discover the world and break new ground. Transforming and rendering fragments of reality through the subtle magic of color, typography, and layout is the specialty of Lars Harmsen, cofounder and editor of Slanted Publishers. In this online course, explore the possibilities of editorial design using Slanted Magazine as a case study.
Together with your teacher, learn how to develop a magazine and all the aspects it entails. Lars shows you the different possible options for designing a magazine, from the idea, research, and layout, to production and marketing. By the end of the course, you'll have the tools to find the right format for your publication. Take a fragment of reality, analyze it, and reassemble it in magazine form.
What will you learn in this online course?
16 lessons & 28 downloads
- 95% positive reviews (83)
- 3932 students
- 16 lessons (3h 15m)
- 28 additional resources (12 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: German
- German, Spanish, English, Portuguese, French, Italian, Polish, Dutch
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
What is this course's project?
Using Slanted Magazine as a case study, learn about all the steps involved in creating a magazine.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
Design professionals who want to explore the possibilities and tools of editorial design, as well as beginners who want to learn how a magazine is planned and designed.
Requirements and materials
No prior knowledge of layout or editorial design is required, although a basic knowledge of Adobe InDesign may be helpful.
As for materials, you need a computer with layout and text editing software, as well as a cutter, a pencil, and paper.
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A course by Lars Harmsen
Lars Harmsen is a creative director from Munich, Germany. Following an internship as a print media designer, he founded the design agency MAGMA while still studying visual communication. He is also a founding partner of the creative agency Melville Brand Designs. In 1996, he created Volcano Type, an independent font foundry with more than 200 different typefaces. In 2004, he started the web blog project Slanted, dedicated to typography and design, which was complemented by a magazine under the same name the following year. This project has grown into what is today Slanted Publishers, an independent publishing and communication company. In addition to his many endeavors, Lars has been teaching design and typography at the Fachhochschule Dortmund since 2011.
His work, recognized at home and abroad, focuses on typography as well as corporate and editorial design. He is also chief curator of the artist's book series 100for10 and designer of Makers Bible. He is the author and designer of many photography, typography, and design books, including Yearbook of Type, Typodarium, Photodarium, and numerous photo books.
Content
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U1
Introduction
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About Me
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Influences
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U2
The Planning
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What Is a Magazine and How Does It Work?
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How Do You Plan a Magazine?
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Research
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Organizational Tools
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U3
Editorial Design
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Graphic Elements: Illustration, Typography, and Graphics
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Photography: The Power of the Image
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The Storytelling
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U4
Other Editorial Design Elements
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The Rhythm
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The Experimentation
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The Design of the Cover
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U5
Further Thoughts
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Material and Processing
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The Printing
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Special Editions
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Distribution and Marketing
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FP
Final project
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Editorial Design: How to Make a Magazine
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Es war sehr interessant, danke!
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m_vinicius186
Aulas bem explicativas e com bastante referências. Os exemplos são ótimos.
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isabb7
brutal!
mayragrech
Me parece un curso muy interesante y completo. Creo que puede servir de inspiración para cualquier interesado en el diseño editorial.
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luci.nazarena91
Muy completo, excelente las explicaciones y referencias
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