Editorial Research Task

My pre module task is to find and annotate some editiorials.

The Good

Year Zero

Year Zero is the latest project from Barış Bilenser. This editorial immediately caught my eye due to its highly contrasting colours. I really like the way the colours of the coat fit the colours of the editorial cover.

https://www.stackmagazines.com/art-design/dispatch-from-istanbul/

The front cover is bold and engaging. Yellow and black are the two most contrasting colours so this is why I like it and why I selected it. It jumps out the page and the text has a slight agle to it which makes it unique. The spread I really like is the one shown in the bottom right. It flips the colours and it really stands out compared to the others because it is flipped. The text has interesting ways of curving around the images and each spread is visually engaging and interesting to look at. The spread bottom left really interests me, this is because the text follows the shape of the picture and the grey text in the background gives an ‘edgy’ feel to the whole spread which seperates it from the other examples and then the stand alone photography on the left allows the page on the right to be ‘messier’ and cooler.

The Bad

Behance Project

This is a project I found on behance and I instantly thought this was a very outdated design.

https://www.behance.net/gallery/101335887/dizajn-avtorskogo-kursa-po-naraschivanie-resnic?tracking_source=search_projects_recommended%7Cmagazine

I think the layout is very old fashioned now and the boxes aren’t really cutting it for me. I am not entirely sure what the editorial is about as it appears to be in Russian; however the design is not making me want to find out which supports my thoughts. I think that there is not really anything exciting going on here and it is very basic. This is a complete contrast to my first example. I even think the use of the gradient purple is dated and it could look much better as a flat colour. Also it feels inconsistent, if the titles are compared, one has an underlining and is flat colour and the next page is not underlined and has a gradient. This gives this design a very unprofessional feel to it.

Overall the 2 editorials are hardly comparable. I think the first one is so much better, its modern and engaging and makes me want to read the magazine which can not be the same for the second