DPS Development

First DPS Development 

This was the starting process in making my first double page spread, keeping in mind that my research reflects my decisions with keeping the consistency flowing with the magazine. Here With my own imagery tried to fine the best composition on the page to get the best visual effect of the image, also taking into consideration where text would appear on the page.

This is the text that will appear on my first double page spread, Whitstable being the main header as that is the name of the area, the typeface I decided to go with was Minion Pro as this was a typeface currently used in the magazine itself. The type that follows says "A Beach For All Seasons" This is in the same typeface but in italic as its a quote but I also think design wise makes the text look better. After doing some research on the internet I found a quote on a travel site complimenting the area so decided to put it in as Discover Britain magazine is all about the promotion of areas around Britain.

After figuring the text that is going to appear on the page I had to figure where I would place the text. Text on the page has to be highly visible and this become difficult as it conflicted with the background image, having the text on the page like this keeps the consistency of which the Discover Britain magazine has.

I tried changing the placement of the text on the page to make it more visible, if light coloured text is on a light background this makes the text less visible but if light text is on a darker background this will give maximum visibility. After trying this out, the previous position in which I had the text proved to be more visible.

This was my final design for my first double page spread, after development from previous ideas I changed the point size, colour and placement of the text to give the best possible visual effect. I think the way the page is laid out keeps the consistency within the Discover Britain magazine. Alike the Discover Britain magazine the image covers the whole page and has a small amount of text, this makes the image the most dominant thing on the page which is followed by a small but relevant amount of text, my research helped me to gain the balance of simplicity as I kept referring to it which helped a lot.

Conclusion

Second DPS Development

This is the starting point for my second double page spread, trying to mix things up a bit from the previous design but again keeping the simplicity of which the magazine has. I used an image which I found on the internet of canvey island, I decided that I would have the image on the left half of the page followed with text on the right, firstly I had to find a good composition for the image, I moved the image around in the space given and tried to find where it would be most effective.

The text I decided to go with on the right was Times, as this text has serifs I saw it as appropriate to have this text as it has a very British feel to it, I felt the previous text was too bulky and didn't really look appealing on the page. I also moved around the image to give it maximum visual effect, although this page looks very simple I think it fits in with the discover britain magazine and would stand up well amongst their current design.

After some peer assessment, I was suggested that I changed the colour of "Canvey Island" to some what match the colour contrast of the image on the left which makes them look more related. I changed the colour to a very slight grey as the image to the left has a very cold feel as there is snow so I felt a grey reflected this very well. I also centre justified the text as I felt this makes it look cleaner and more concise on the page.

This is how the page looked overall when the style of the text under canvey island was changed 

Conclusion

Third DPS Development

This was the starting point for my third double page spread I experimented with the composition of the image to give it maximum effect, with the space given on the left I decided to put text. As Discover Britain talks about the history of a variation of areas so I chose Canterbury Cathedral and researched some history on the area to find appropriate text.

After researching some information on Canterbury Cathedral i found that Henry VIII had a lot to do with the cathedral so found some relevant information on it and put it into text. This style is kept consistent with the Discover Britain magazine.

Forth DPS Development