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Lightbox: Design your future
First edition publication of a design magazine
The project brief.
The brief was to design the complete first edition of a new design publication, including creation of the name and logo/masthead. The publication is a multi-spread magazine with an editor’s letter and imprint information, contents page and three articles.
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The solution.
Lightbox magazine is contemporary and minimalist in design, with a monochromatic colour scheme and basic shapes used as the main design elements to bring visual interest to each spread. The text was organised using a grid system to create a clean layout and balanced with image and white space to ensure readability and visual appeal.
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The name comes from the lightbox tool which is used across design and commercial industries for things like photography, illustration, and marketing, and is inspired by the idea of ‘having a lightbulb moment’ and being a ‘box full of new ideas’.
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A sepia colour scheme was chosen for the design elements to help create visual interest and continuity across the cover and spreads. It also acted as a reference to photography, the topic of the publication’s feature article.
The decision to use a separate colour scheme for the feature article helped the spread stand out as a main article and was intended to compliment the work of the photographer who was interviewed.
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