Dance Magazine
Editorial layouts for a dance magazine.
- Year
- 2022
- Category
- Graphic Design
- Discipline
- Editorial design
Overview
A magazine layout on ballet. As the cover announces, the issue takes the reader through the definition of ballet and its main styles, an interview with a famous ballet dancer, a list of the greatest ballet dancers, and the different jobs of dancers.
Challenge
Give movement to text-heavy pages: an interview, long articles and portraits had to feel as dynamic as dance itself, while staying comfortable to read.
Direction
Black, dramatic spreads where photography and typography move like dancers: giant serif letters used as drop caps, cut-out dancers stepping in and out of the letters, and red circles as a recurring accent.
Process
- 01
Cover
The word “DANCE” in a large high-contrast serif, crossed by a multiplied dancer whose arms and legs spread like a flower; a short summary of the issue sits under “Special title”.
- 02
What does ballet mean
An opening spread on the definition of ballet and its styles, where a giant “B” and “A” frame a dancer cut out from her background.
- 03
Interview
A spread interviewing a famous ballet dancer, built around a giant “L” and a red circle, with the questions and answers set in a typewriter-style font.
- 04
Portraits & jobs
“The greatest ballet dancers” — such as Misty Copeland, Anna Pavlova and Violetta Komyshan — and “The dancers' jobs”, with portraits placed inside the letters.
Deliverables
- Cover01
- Editorial spreads02
- Print mockups03
