We were given a brief to design a travel Magazine about Berlin titled 'XPLOR'. It had to consist of 4 consecutive double page spreads including the Contents as well as the Cover. We were also set the tast of designing the Masthead.

 

For mine I used the idea of a drop pin on a map as it was aimed at a more contemporary market and it worked well with the travel theme.

 

For my front cover I used a landscape photograph as I had the idea of making the Contents a fold-out page, enabling the cover to work as the other side.

By having a fold-out cover I used it to place the credits at the front but not detract from the Contents if need be.

Here I used the red lines as a way to pick out the Berlin article that I would be designing.

For the article pages I continued the black and white theme with the photograph background but also bought in the red details to add some colour to the page.

For the other side of the double page spread I wanted to bring in some colour but keep with the contemporary feel so decided to use the angled side of the lines as a inspiration and decided to use some triangle images. But I also mirrored the black and white image as a background but kept the opacity low so that it didn't interfere with the information.

 

I also continued to use the red lines to highlight the names of the hotels so that they are noticable for the reader.