Plymouth's moving up in the world...

Ok, so this may not be entirely 'relevant' to this module (sorry Steven), but I think this is exciting so I thought I'd share it.

The Roland Levinsky building is mentioned in CRblog!! Apparently the Peninsula Arts gallery is showcasing a load of pretty Chopin posters next month, and the Very Important People at CR think it's cool enough to feature in their Extremely Awesome Blog.

What's kind of disappointing for me is the fact I found out about this through a blog that has no direct affiliation with the uni/gallery/event, when I practically live in RL. Why is there such a low level of awareness about events in the arts gallery? CR knows more about things than we (the students!) do.

http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2010/february/old-and-new-polish-posters

Grids!!

Heres a really good website all about grids, it's got sample grids in all sorts of formats, articles on grids, grid generators, basically everything-you-could-possibly-know-about-grids, plus a list of websites that inspired the site. What I love is that you can toggle between seeing the grid on top of the elements in the site and the regular site without the grid, really useful for seeing how all the elements sit within the grid. www.thegridsystem.org :)

Creative review cover

This is just cool. It's in the journal section in the library if you want to see it in real life, nice stock too!

i-D Magazine

Tipped on its side, the "i-D" typographic logo reveals a winking smiley. Most issues of i-D magazine have featured a winking cover model. Nice concept.

A reminder of terms

These are some WIKI descriptions with hyperlinks so you can read further if you wish too:

A masthead, technically speaking, is the box or section within its pages which contains detailed identifying information regarding its publisher, staff, location, frequency of publication etc. What appears on the front of a periodical, is technically called the nameplate and is distinct from its masthead. For this project wouldn't it be good if you did both for this project? look at your favourite magazine - what kind of distinction does it make between its masthead and nameplate?

Copy refers to written material, in contrast to photographs or other elements of layout, in a large number of contexts, including magazines, advertising, and book publishing. In some fields, copy refers to the output of copywriters, who are employed to write material which encourages consumers to buy goods or services.

In publishing more generally, the term copy refers to the text in books, magazines, and newspapers. In books, it means the text as written by the author, which the copy editor then prepares for typesetting and printing.

In newspapers and magazines, body copy, the main article or text that writers are responsible for, is contrasted with display copy, accompanying material such as headlines and captions, which are usually written by copy editors or sub-editors.

The verso is the back side and the recto the front side of a leaf of paper in a bound item such as a book, broadsheet, or pamphlet. Thus in languages written from left to right (like English), the recto is the right-hand page and the verso the left-hand page.

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Image: Masthead for a 1845 edition of Scientific American

Initial cover design

This is a first idea I've had for a working cover design (I'm being held at gun point by Steven at the moment). My topic is Francis Drake. p.s i've found a pretty good website for old magazine covers - magazine art

I'm not sure what magazine or book this is, but I just thought it might be useful for people when considering the magazine size and shape and breaking the conventional rectangle.

$1,250 well spent?

I'm never quite sure about this guy but he certainly has a good collection of magazines to inspire and enjoy.

Welcome to our world of magazines

This is a blog for those on GCOM 143 module, part of University of Plymouth's Graphic Communication with Typography BA course. Glad you could make it. Here we should be able to put up any relevant info, films and pictures that we want and comment on whatever is up here already.

Only put up things that are directly relevant to this module. We do not want lots of photos of friends on the boat trip - that is what facebook is for! One or two photos/images at a time is best, and sometimes it is just a great way to flag something that's online (you can embed hyperlinks using the symbol next to the T in the toolbar you'll see when you're writing a post).

So remember, this blog is for academic study and sharing our design work and ideas. Please respect that.

For those that are new to blogging there is a bit to learn but the best way is to just click on things and see what happens. However, some features, such as Labels, would be good for us to use from the start, so I'll explain that one quickly.

When you write a post, you can put in a 'label' - if you look below you can see for this 'posting' I have put 'covers' and 'Introduction'. Material thus gets collated and therefore easy for someone in a few weeks time (when there is lots up here) to see all the info on covers, for instance, by clicking on the label 'covers' rather than trawling through all the posts. Make sense?

The best way to learn it is just to try something. So have a go at putting up a new post or a comment and we'll see how we get on. Prize for the first one to add something... and no, I don't know what the prize is yet. Let's just say it's a (sur)prize for now.