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Mag-Art: Innovation in Magazine Design

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This a definitely a book for graphic designers, lots of non-traditional thinking shown. Not intended for those who are looking guidance in the fundamentals of creating grid systems. This is for those who are looking for inspiration in non-traditional layouts. The drawback, at this point there is not much shown here that is new. Many of the magazines referenced in this book are by now pretty well known. I would point designers to "Print Work: Capture the Best Publication and Promotion by Victionary."

This isn't what I thought it was going to be. After rereading the description I wouldn't say it isn't accurate but when it says mag "art" it really means art. I'm a Journalism Major with an emphasis in magazines. I've started two magazines and published 50 spreads and 3 covers. I didn't feel that anything in this book reflected design that could be used in realistic publications because it wasn't content driven. A lot of the featured spreads had nothing but photographs and a small little caption. If I wanted photography suggestions I would've boughten a photography book.

Sadly I wouldn't recommend this book unless you had breezed through it first... That was probably my mistake.