OUGD405 - Layout Design - Research

I looked online at some existing editorial design for inspiration for my layout designs. I looked at the recent re-design of Surf magazine and I feel that this is one of the projects that inspired me the most. The use of minimal graphics, a limited colour palette and the way the body text is laid out creates a clean, simple aesthetic which works really well. It is readable and eye catching at the same time which I would like my layout designs to be.  

Another one of the editorial design projects that I looked at was Countrywide, a property publication. This was another design that really stood out to me and that I took inspiration from. I especially liked the use of lines to divide up the page and I also took inspiration from the use of infographics

Sara Pellegrino

This editorial work by Sara Pellegrino was something I came across on Behance. I was looking at editorial photography trying to get some inspiration and this was one of the projects I looked at. The way the photographer has incorporated the obvious brush strokes into the clean imagery works really well. It gives the photos more texture and balances the images. The use of colour is really effective, the colours of the backgrounds and the brush strokes compliment one another and the clothing that the model is wearing. 

This project started off some thought processes which allowed me to develop my idea further.

David Bailey

I looked at a famous photographer called David Bailey. There are many things I like about his work, I feel he captures the personality of the people he takes portraits of incredibly well. The images are always well composed and balanced but the thing that I like most about his work is the use of black and white. He uses high contrast black and white imagery which I feel is really effective and I would like to use within my work.

Gem Fletcher 2

I came across another set of photographs by Gem Fletcher. Again these images depict people behind glass. The photographer has used steam again but he has also used water and a glass texture which distorts the image. The photographs are really minimal which is how i would like to shoot my photographs. The bottom photograph of the three gave me an idea that I will use to develop my work for this project.

Gem Fletcher

I came across these photographs by Gem Fletcher on Behance. They depict a woman behind steamed up glass. The combination of the steam, the black and white imagery and the positions that the model is in give the photographs a mysterious aspect to them. I think it could be interesting to use something such as steam to distort the photographs that I take behind glass.

Fabrizio Strippoli

I found some photographs that have a similar idea behind them to one of my concepts. They were taken by Fabrizio Strippoli. These photographs use high contrast lighting, dark backgrounds and cold colours which make the images look quite sinister and scary. The faces look creepy and disturbing. I'm sure that this was the idea behind this photo shoot however I intend my photographs to have a much more light hearted feel to them. I would want them to come across with a bit more humour rather than having a scary undertone. 

eDsanca

I wanted to look at some more portrait photographs that completely defied the stereotypes of portrait photography. I came across a photographer called eDsanca. A couple of his portraits are shown below.

These images are quite shocking but at the same time humorous. He has photographed people who look as if they have been seriously hurt but managed to make the images funny by getting the models to pull stupid faces. The colours on the images are really vivd and this adds to the shocking nature of them. I think these photographs work so well because of that juxtaposition of humour and shock.