This was the first direction i took on, where i broke the grid. I changed this quickly because the amount of type of both sides didnt feel balanced enough and the overall look felt too sporadic. The headers on the article arent working here either, they arent uniform and the design rules arent working well enough on this direction.
This direction felt much more realised after I had done my development design sheets. After folding this up I realised it didnt work as I said in my previous post.
I had amended a few things such as the placement of the sub info type on the cover and changing around the logo in position. At this point the layout still wasnt working comfortably and after a feedback session with Jane I decided I needed to move assets around to make for a totally uniform visual look that runs all the way through the newsletter.
This was the final layout. I think for the purpose the newsletter needs to serve, my resolve works. An initial worry I had pre crit was that the colourway i chose for my final design direction wasnt appropriate because It was too dark and possibly dingy, but the feedback I got was that it works well and is appropriate, so I'm going to keep it the same. I'm happy with the layout except for the fact that the columns and large headings conflict a little and two colums seem to nearly merge visually.
I will go into more depth about this in the next post.
