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Link to the design:

https://issuu.com/aliuzzi05/docs/liuzzi_adrian_anni_albers_zine

Here is my final design, and I am proud of how it turns out. The changes I made was changing the back cover and adding yarn balls. 

Honestly, this assignment was rollercoaster of emotions, I continuously brought myself down and compare myself to others for creating amazing zines. Like @chl0wang​ and @katiezhou​, staying up all night designing and working hard. Redesigning the whole zine and I realised I just have to believe in myself and tell myself this is good!! I am happy how turn out but it’s difficult for me at first and as designers we all work hard, we all feel stressed and exhausted but it will be all worth it. I felt like doing an old-aesthetic perfectly represented my subject.

I quote this from Walter Gropius is a quote which Anni Albers stood up and prove Walter wrong.

“It is not advisable in our experience that women work in the heavy craft areas.”

Anni Albers was the perfect subject for this assignment and I am glad I covered a Bauhaus Individual who made an impact in weaving, although she hated it at first she created her own legacy and prove that she can be an artist just like the men.

Final Zine - Ask Me Anything

After weeks of time and effort I’ve put into the zine, I finally did it! That amazing feeling of ticking it off my to-do list and close all my tabs on my laptop. 

I have chosen Massimo Vignelli as my interview subject as I’ve heard about him and his work numerous times this semester. I looked him up and read about him, his concept and his works. I’m just really inspired by his style of minimalist, clean designs, the use of grids and the influence of Swiss-style graphic designs. I tried to mirror Vignelli’s previous work styles into my zine by using Helvetica and the colour of black, red and white. Yes, it seems pretty easy but it’s way harder than it sounds. There are times that I think my zine is too simple, boring, expected and basic. But the whole idea of Vignelli’s designs is the minimalist approach and timeless designs. Therefore, I constantly refer back to his previous work, do more research and get new inspirations. 

The most challenging part of this project is the layout. It is hard to fit all the content and texts into a minimalist layout while being unique and creative. But I have made my way around it through adding small details and adjusting minor changes as they do make a difference! 

Project 3 

Zine Wrap-up

I thought that I pretty much finish my zine and it’s good to go as it is due in 2 days from now! However, the more I look at it the more wrong it gets. I forgot to mention in my last zine wip post, Bailey ask me to be aware of the page layout between the two pages as the final zine is going to be two pages facing another (it’s like when you’re reading a book you look at the layout on both of the pages). So I’ve been playing around with that since last week. I went into my last drop-in class today with Bailey to get my final feedback on my zine. And there are a few minor things that I need to change before I submit it. 

Firstly, I tried to match Question 3 and Question 4 in a red background, but it just seems a bit too overwhelmed and a bit too much. [refer to the first image above] Bailey and I had a discussion about these two pages and we both agree that the red background works really well in Question 4 with it’s balance of the white rectangular graphics. However, it doesn’t work as well in Question 3. We talked about different options that I could do but sometimes if a layout doesn’t seem right or seem to work as you wish, then maybe I should just start a new page and explore a totally new layout option. Play around with it, explore different options and if I still can’t find a layout that suit this page, then I could always come back to this and make minor changes, such as size of the number, colour and lines if I need to. 

Secondly, last week I added a new page to my zine cause I thought that Question 5 seems a little crammed with having the questions and answers on the same page. But when I move the number and the interview question to the seperate page, it seems like the second page is not balanced and too heavy at the bottom with all that text. [refer to the second image above] Bailey and I both really like the new page that I added, so i decided to just leave it as a blank page after Question 5 and see it as a page break before my image references. 

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