Group Layout Selection

To come up with a layout plan that works for the publication, we decided to let each person to put their own 5-6 pages together with their own layout. Then we will go over all of them to evaluate which layouts we like better to create a master layout template. That way we can all readjust our layout by picking from the master layouts to ensure the consistency within the publication.

After compiling all 56 different layout options, we narrowed it down to 9 layouts in the master plan.

We agreed on constructing our own page from the template then rearrange them together. During our copy making session with Richard, he suggested that a publication should flow like a piece of music, with different rhythms and beats. It should not be too predictable. Reader should be able to navigate through the publication without being able to foresee what is coming next based on the layout patterns. Therefore, we made sure that each of us have a different way of constructing our stories, however, by choosing from the same layout template, we managed to keep the information structure the same but just we different content each time.