The Commission- Self Evaluation

What we learnt

Throughout the task we learnt many new skills  including how important research is before starting the publication, researching is vital especially when thinking about layout, format and narrative. Through the research we all done we now can understand the particular visual methodology magazines chose in order to understand how it creates its particular narrative, this was an important aspect when thinking about narrative for our publication. InDesign was a tool we used to help create our fashion magazine. The desktop publishing application gave us pixel- perfect control over designs, photos and typography, and helped create elegant and engaging pages for print, tablets, and other screens. From using this program, we have learnt how to design and create a magazine.

The Commission- 'Trash Fashion' Pages

Concept

Makes a statement about fast throwaway fashion, Looks at how people would rather spend money on new clothes rather then repair or recycle there own clothing, 

These images make a statement about fast throwaway fashion and how people would rather spend money on clothes that do not last very long than repair or even recycle their clothes and save themselves money.



Page layout & Style

We decided to place three images on a double page spread to make the page visually appealing and as we have used the number three throughout the magazine. We decided to use the images twice to make represent recycling.

Article
'Taking textiles out of landfills' Discusses how the fashion industry are one of the largest creators of waste, Talks about companies who have launched recycling programs,

The article we choose to go with the pictures discusses how the fashion industry are one of the largest creators of waste, this suits the pictures as they show clothing made out of waste materials.

The Commission- Recycled Jewellery

- Concept

Jewellery made from car parts, Shows how something that was once considered waste could be 

recycled and remade into something beautiful. Jewellery is photographed in a modern way which 

will appeal to our target audience. 

In our magazine five page have been dedicated to recycled jewellery. We included six images, three of them are of a mannequin with different necklaces on it made from car parts, the other three are of a model wearing the recycled jewellery. The images look at how something that was once considered waste could be reused to make beautiful items.  The jewellery has been photographed in a way that makes it appear very desirable because of the  modern styling and the way the model is posed which will appeal to our target audience and will encourage the audience to recycle.

- Page Layout & Style

Overlapping text over image in the style of David Carson, Positioned the images in the style of Posititve magazine, Simplistic pages so all attention is on the jewellery and to give the magazine a modern feel, Black and white colour scheme on text page, 

We wanted to keep the pages simplistic so all the focus is on the recycled jewellery to show its importance and to encourage the audience to make jewellery out of unwanted items.  Positive magazine inspired us with how they lay there images out, there use of space and the way they make sure the images are spread out equally. We decided to place three images on two of the double page spreads as three is an important number in design and makes everything visually appealing. The first page of this article has been designed so it starts of as black and then goes to white to make the pages merge with the rest of the magazine so it looks professional. We used  black and white font on the first page as we was inspired by Stefan Sagmeister and how he uses black and white text on one design which makes it stand out. 

- Article

'Recycled Jewellery Makes Beautiful, Unique Gifts', Discusses eco friendly jewellery made from waste materials, The article suits the images as they are of jewellery made from car parts, 

We felt that the article 'Recycled Jewellery Makes Beautiful, Unique Gifts' suited the photographs of jewellery made from car parts perfectly. The article encourages the reader to make jewellery made from waste products and discusses how it has been made fashionable to make eco friendly jewellery.

The Commission- Fashion Editorial

Design- Consume- Use by- Discard (Repeat) 

Concept
The Concept behind this fashion editorial is to show how fashion designers now make clothes that only last for a short period of time as there is always new trends and therefore there is always waste in the fashion industry. The photographs represent how consumers act like the fashion industry's mannequin and just like clothes has a use by date which is why the model has been portrayed as a mannequin thrown out into the rubbish. The title 'Design- Consume- Use by- Discard (Repeat)' represents the way fashion industry treats there clothing and the consumers.




Page Layout & Style
We decided to keep the rest of the page plain so all your attention is on the photographs and the important issue they show about waste in the fashion industry. Positive magazine inspired us with the way they lay there images out in editorials, by keeping every picture the same size and in the same place on each page adds a repetitive feel to represent the way we as consumers are treated all the same and as mannequins. Typographer and designer Erik Spiekermann inspired us with one of his typefaces where he lengthens and makes the lettering closer together, we liked the way it made the text stand out and how it made it look very powerful.

The Commission- Page layout of my images

'Fast Fashion' Magazine article and images

- Concept

The title of this article and images is called 'Fast Fashion'. We decided on this name as my images looks into mass consumption in the fashion industry and how buying second hand clothing should be encouraged. My images are in the style of a collage, by placing my images with cut outs from old magazines demonstrates how you can recycle fashion in more then one way, the receipts I used represent the mass consumption in the fashion industry as I have used a lot of them in my work. 

 - Page Layout

For the page layout we was inspired by Positive magazine and how on one of there pages they repeat some of there images, we decided to use this technique on this page as it symbolises the images being recycled and reused. The images had a black background so we decided to make the whole page black as we noticed it was often used in Positive magazine and made the pages stand out. To merge the plain white pages in with the black, we began and ended the article pages with a black strip on a white page so the magazine flows together. We decided to line up the images so they were all the same size so that they are in the style of pictures from Positive magazine. Too add interest to the page we made the images start from a different side on each page. 

- Article

The article we choose to go with the images is called 'Yes- even clothes can be recycled', which discusses how Americans are buying and getting rid of clothes quicker then ever and how there are more options besides throwing away clothing such as charity shops. The article suits the theme of our magazine as it talks about how recycling helps the environment and encourages the audience to recycle there clothing. We decided to have the text in white so it contrasts against the black background which makes it stand out and as to match the colour scheme of the rest of the magazine.

The Commission- Back Cover

Our idea for the back cover was to use the same images as we used for the front cover so it’s as if the reader has done a full circle to represent recycling. The repetition of the images symbolises recycling and upcycling to give the audience an impression that they are recycling the magazine by going back to the beginning. This idea was inspired by the back pages in Positive magazine as they look very similar to the front cover and look as if they could be the front page of the magazine. On Photoshop I made the front cover by applying four of the same images to a blank A4 page, two were in colour and the other two were in black and white to make the page stand out. To make the back cover slightly different I flipped it horizontally on Photoshop.

Our Final Back Cover:

The Commission- Idea's for name of magazine

To gain inspiration on what we could call our magazine I looked in a thesaurus to see what words are associated with recycling as all of our images deal with the issue of recycling in fashion.

recycling:
- convert
- reclaim
- recover
- reprocess
- salvage
- save
- reuse

Other names I thought of are:
- Eco
- Environmental