Design Journal: Group Assignment (Newspaper Design)

For this assignment, we were asked to form a group of 5-6 people to come out with an urban daily free evening newspaper.

First Part: Creating logo and template

We did research through online to get some ideas for our logo and theme.We referred to Malaysia daily newspapers, as well as foreign newspapers. From the research, most newspapers use the most basic font on their logo because it is easier for readers to read. Moreover, the colors used are not too colorful and yet to keep it clear and clean. After we gather all information, we start to discuss and design the logo and newspaper front page.

Brief explanation for the logo and theme

Theme: Vintage, as it is evening newspaper.

Color: Vintage color (deep brown to light brown)

Font: Avatar Bold

Size: 170 pt

Design Development

*We use Adobe Illustrator to design our logo.

Second part: Content development

Section A: Cover page & local news

Put in and arrange the headline and images.

Add an advertisement as well. (Upper right)

This page continues the news from the first page. We divide the content into six columns and it is divided into 3 parts on the page:

Top: Images on the news.

Middle: Sub headline and content. More image to show how badly is the condition.

Bottom: An advertisement.

Following page is a full page advertisement. The advertisement was enlarged to fit the page.

Texts were added into the sections. A horizontal and a vertical line were added to give a clear cut view between two different news. Another full page advertisement were added.

Section B: World News

Firstly, open a new document with 5 columns and 3 pages for the World News part.

Start with 1^st page: Add image and then use “Text Wrap” function to adjust the image.

Continue with the second and third news. Add in the headline first.

Add in advertisement on the right and bottom, then done on the first page.

Basically, this page is more on Asia News.

Steps repeated for the 2nd and 3rd pages in World News section.

The World news includes of 3 pages which covers Asia, US and Syria News.

Section C: Feature (Lomography)

This section is the section where most of the reader will find it more relaxing and enjoy reading. As we realize, there are more and more people in Malaysia love photography. Therefore, we choose to write up on the "Lomography". First of all, choosing a background is very important as it will make the content stand out. And our theme for this feature is "white valentines"

In the end, we chose to proceed with the option 1. It look more classic and vintage which reflects on lomo style.

The background looks dark and dirty, therefore we cropped the darker part of the background and adjust the tone to be brighter in Adobe Photoshop. After adjusting it, a picture of a person holding a lomo camera were added at the top left corner. The typeface of "Lomo" were drawn by using pen tool in Adobe Photoshop. After editing, the whole file being transferred to Adobe Indesign.

Find the love related background and then adjust the opacity to 20%.

Apply “All Ages” font type to "Special Edition" and “Admiration Pains” font type to "Love".

As for the content page, more images are added in and the opacity for those images are adjusted to 20%.

More photos are inserted and they are edited in Adobe Photoshop. Place the photo over the white layer, adjust the color tone of the photo, insert the lomo camera and then create a headline at the bottom of the picture.

After editing, insert the pictures and adjust the placement and layout.

Add the content in the colored box and adjust the placement.

Lastly, insert a box on top of the right side and the content.

Section D: Entertainment

This page is all about the entertainment and leisure page where readers can enjoy playing simple games and read comic after work.

First to catch an eye of the reader, I decided to put comic strip at the left top corner and “horoscope of the day” on the right top corner. Images are re sized to fit into the columns.

Next I fit in Sudoku and “Spot the differences” at the bottom of the page. Images were re sized to fit the page.

After all the images were added, captions were put on top of them. The font is Minion Pro with font size 12.

The last part is to insert the “Lego” advertisement at the bottom of the page. The advertisement was cropped to fit the space as the original advertisement is too large and in odd shape.

Section E: Sport News

As for the sports section, this page consist of both images and words where the balance is given importance there.

This was the last page at the back where the where six column as one large image on the top and an advertisement in the below to make it consistent and balance. The text placed in each columns according to flow based on the news. The font varies depending on subhead and the masthead.

Final Artwork: