Zeromile Magazine Issue 14
The Objective
As a class, we all participated in developing and publishing a student lead magazine called Zeromile. We divided the work and filled positions reflective of an actual magazine production team to learn how to work together to bring our project to fruition.
The Solution
As one of two graphic designers, I was presented with designing the back cover, a release party poster, and my own article in the magazine. I researched possible topics that fit the theme of the magazine which was “fusion” and chose fusion of man and machine. I selected my subjects and wrote my article which was approved and edited by our editors to then design the layout of my article. The entire process was very informative and had a lot of hands-on teamwork with plenty of back-and-forth critiques and feedback that helped me refine my work and improve my skillset as a designer.
The Process
Below you can see see some of the process that went into creating our Zeromile Magazine.
The Initial Stages
We looked at previous Zeromile releases and how their student led projects were approached and then decided to go with the theme of fusion. We each developed our own article and worked together as a team following a professional system to both practice how to interact with others in these types of environments and to make the production of the magazine be as smooth as possible.
Refining & Finalizations
As mentioned before, we went through various rounds of critiques and feedback. We would often print our drafts and hang them up on the wall to have group critiques, write notes on them, show our progress, and make sure everything is uniform and following the guidelines we made, but made sure each of our works felt unique and impactful.
